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17 6 T'he ~liflage Projecfi Comments on the Orange Cou.~lty Comprehensive P1aL1 Update Braft 2 <br />work-shop opportiuzities that minimize travel <br />needs. <br />The County is exploring a Strategic Growth <br />and Resource Conservation program that <br />will help to focus new development in areas <br />that can best accommodate it, in•proxirnity to <br />jobs, housing, transportation, and services <br />near transit corridors. Simultaneously this <br />program will also help to preserve/conserve <br />rural and agricultural land with <br />compensation provisions for rural property <br />owners. <br />The County's development of an <br />interconnected system of pedestrian and <br />bicycle trails will both provide recreation <br />opportunities and also hold promise for <br />increasing mobility choices available to <br />Orange County residents. <br />Identification of growth opportunity areas <br />near transit corridors and along major <br />thoroughfares encourages more public <br />transportation use by County residents. <br />1.3.4. NATURAL AND CULTURAL <br />SYSTEMS <br />As of 2007, over 22,000 acres of land in the <br />County has been protected through various <br />land conservation programs. These efforts <br />support the goals of sustaining a balanced <br />and healthy diversity of native plant and <br />animal populations, providing a network of <br />protection natural, cultural, and agricultural <br />lands, and achieving and adequate level of <br />protection for important natural areas, prime <br />forests, and wildlife habitat. Ideas for <br />expanding conservation efforts include <br />improved monitoring of critical natural lands <br />and expanding the County's inventory of <br />critical lands to include new areas not before <br />assessed. <br />Preservation of working farms, forestry, and <br />Page 6 <br />minimize travel needs. <br />The County is exploring a Strategic Growth <br />and Resource Conservation program that <br />will help to focus new development in areas <br />that can best accommodate it, in proximity to <br />jobs, housing, transportation, and services <br />near transit corridors. Simultaneously this <br />program will also help to preserve/conserve-. <br />rural and agricultural land with <br />compensation provisions for rural property <br />owners. <br />The County's development of an <br />interconnected system of pedestrian and <br />bicycle trails will both provide recreation <br />opportunities and also hold promise for <br />increasing mobility choices available to <br />Orange County residents. <br />Repositioned paragraph from here to top of <br />section) <br />1.3.5. NATURAL AND CULTURAL <br />SYSTEMS <br />As of 2007, over 22,000 acres of land in the <br />County has been protected through various <br />land conservation programs. These efforts <br />support the goals of sustaining a balanced <br />and healthy diversity of native plant and <br />animal populations, providing a network of <br />protection natural, cultural, and agricultural <br />lands, and achieving and adequate level of <br />protection for important natural areas, prime <br />forests, and wildlife habitat. Ideas for <br />expanding conservation efforts include <br />improved monitoring of critical natural lands <br />and expanding the County's inventory of <br />critical lands to include new areas not before <br />assessed. <br />Preservation of working farms, forestry, and <br />June 6, 2008 <br />