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46 <br /> The plan explicitly requires preservation or strict limitation of development in natural areas along the <br /> Bolin Creek basin, in the Meadow Flats area, and in other sensitive environmental areas identified in the <br /> plan's Environmental Constraints Map. <br /> Conservation Areas in the Upper Bolin Creek Watershed(2005) <br /> The town adopted this map of proposed conservation areas as a guide, stating"Conservation areas shown <br /> on the map will be preserved to the extent required by the Town of Carrboro Land Use Ordinance."The <br /> proposed conservation areas were mapped according to existing conservation lands and open space as <br /> well as conservation areas as defined in the town's Land Use Ordinance. <br /> Recreation and Parks Comprehensive Master Plan Update for the Town of Carrboro (2006) <br /> The recreation and parks action plan suggests a focus on land acquisition for the Bolin Creek and Morgan <br /> Creek greenways and designation of portions of these stream corridors as"Natural Areas"or"Nature <br /> Preserves". <br /> Town of Chapel Hill <br /> Central West Small Area Plan(2013) <br /> A priority in the plan is to maintain(or reestablish if needed)riparian buffers along streams with <br /> sufficient allowance for wildlife corridors. <br /> Chapel Hill 2020 Comprehensive Plan,Future Focus Area 6 (2012) <br /> Priorities include: <br /> • To promote greenways,particularly along and near creeks (Areas 1, 2, 3 on Focus Area map). <br /> • To maximize permanent preservation of open space(Areas 2, 3 on Focus Area map). <br /> WAKE COUNTY <br /> Corridor Acquisition Priorities from the Wake County Open Space Acquisition Corridors map (2008) <br /> include the Beaver Creek Corridor(acquisition priority)with some"partnership"tracts, and a couple of <br /> "partnership"tracts on the tributary north of Beaver Creek <br /> Municipal priorities from the Wake County Consolidated Open Space Master Plan (2006)include: <br /> • For Cary: The planned open space/greenways map. Cary's goal is 12,000 acres of open space <br /> (both public and private). <br /> • For Apex: "acquiring 112 acres of active and 70 acres of passive recreation lands", "acquiring up <br /> to nine specific Resource Conservation Area tracts", and"...developing the Beaver Creek <br /> Greenway and the Lexington Greenway..." <br /> A Landscape Plan for Wildlife Habitat Connectivity 33 <br />