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113 <br /> delegated authority to administer the environmental indicators, discovers <br /> Stream Buffer Rules within Orange knowledge gaps,and contains <br /> County's Planning Jurisdiction. innovative policies and actions for the <br /> future. Recommendations include <br /> In terms of parks and recreation,the developing a tree policy across all <br /> Orange County DEAPR offers a wide County-owned property,expediting <br /> array of programs designed to engage efforts to reduce the county's carbon <br /> residents in outdoor activities.These footprint,setting new goals for <br /> include recreation programs,an annual land protection,and considering a <br /> recreation program guide,and nature- conservation land acquisition bond to <br /> based initiatives that encourage people of expand the Lands Legacy program. <br /> all ages to connect with the environment <br /> and stay active. • The Orange County Mountains-to- <br /> Sea Trail (MST) Route (2018) Plan <br /> The Lands Legacy program oversees shows existing and proposed portions <br /> a conservation easement initiative of the MST route in Orange County <br /> that enables landowners to voluntarily <br /> designate their property for protection, • The 2030 Parks and Recreation <br /> ensuring it remains free from Master Plan (2018) guides the future <br /> development and preserved for future of Parks and Recreation in Orange <br /> generations.The program focuses on five County.The overarching goal of this <br /> priority areas for land protection:future plan is to regionally coordinate park <br /> and recreation facilities that provide <br /> parklands; lands with historic,cultural,or <br /> healthy opportunities for recreation <br /> archaeological significance; natural areas and exercise for all residents of <br /> and wildlife habitats (including NC Natural Orange County and to preserve <br /> Heritage sites); prime and threatened important cultural and natural <br /> farmlands,and watershed riparian buffer resources. <br /> lands. <br /> • The Little River Regional Park and <br /> Policy Guidance from Other Natural Area Master Plan (2021) <br /> County Documents establishes a 20-year vision for the <br /> park and provides guidelines for its <br /> There are various policy guidance reports land management and any future <br /> that guide the County in terms of hazard developments for continued public <br /> mitigation,environmental protection,and use. Goals fall into the categories of <br /> resilience. protecting and conserving nature, <br /> connecting with nature, providing <br /> • Orange County's State of the recreational experiences,and <br /> Environment Report (2019) collaborative and cost-effective <br /> researches key issues affecting land, management. <br /> water,and air/energy resources and <br /> recommends related actions for • "A Landscape Plan for Wildlife <br /> the Orange County government Habitat Connectivity in the <br /> and decision makers, including the Eno River and New Hope Creek <br /> Board of County Commissioners Watersheds, North Carolina," also <br /> (BOCC),as well as Orange County referred to as the Eno New Hope <br /> residents.This report reflects Conservation Plan (2019), provides an <br /> on and recognizes the County's actionable plan for ensuring wildlife <br /> environmental achievements, reviews habitat connectivity across the <br /> 110 PUBLIC REVIEW DRAFT <br />