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28 <br /> From: Gaura Humek <br /> To: Buckhorn Study;ALL BOCC MANAGER CLERK <br /> Subject: [EXTERNAL MAIL!]Buckhorn Study"plan B" <br /> Date: Saturday,May 22,2021 1:51:23 PM <br /> Orange Co Board of Commissioners, <br /> My name is Gaura Humek, I am a resident of Efland. What you call "plan B", I call home, <br /> and so do millions of other creatures that live out here. Not only do the lives living here care <br /> about the protection of this land, but so do millions of others that depend on clean drinking <br /> water. My property contains part of the small creek that flows through "plan B, I hike out in <br /> the woods surrounding the creek many times. <br /> I get to study the life system that thrives out there, not on a screen, behind a desk, but on a <br /> personal level! I have seen thousands of plants and animals in those woods including owls, <br /> hawks, bobcats, coyotes, deer, rabbits, ducks, beavers, muskrats, hundreds of types of <br /> songbirds, turkey, turtles, and even a bear! This is a delicate ecosystem is in a critical <br /> watershed protection area. I can be sure that there are many endangered plants and <br /> wildlife that thrive in that ecosystem, including endangered Mussels! I know of three <br /> freshwater springs that flow all year and I wouldn't be surprised to find more. <br /> All the water that flows out of this property goes into Seven Mile Creek and then into the Eno <br /> River and eventually makes its way into most of Eastern North Carolina. This is the drinking <br /> water for millions of people, including yourself. So if want to guarantee that you, your family <br /> and friends, and the rest of NC gets clean drinking water,you will make the right choice. You <br /> will not let Mebane destroy this delicate Eco System! <br /> Thank you, <br /> Gaura Humek <br /> is <br />