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Lands Legacy Action Plan 2008-10 <br />to discuss progress and potential <br />opportunities for collaboration <br />with other conservation partners. <br />In addition to specific acquisition <br />objectives, the following actions and <br />strategies will be pursued to facilitate <br />long-term land conservation: <br />1. Explore the potential for <br />establishing and managing a <br />system of larger Orange County <br />Nature Preserves, including an <br />Upper Eno Preserve and an <br />expanded New Hope Preserve. <br />(See Appendix 2) , <br />2. Work with advisory boards and <br />other farm service agencies to <br />complete a Countywide <br />Farmland Protection Plan for <br />possible incorporation as part of <br />the Lands Legacy Program. <br />3. Explore the potential for <br />establishing an Orange County <br />Land Trust or Open Space <br />Authority as envisioned by the <br />Lands Legacy program document. <br />4. Identifying key parcels for the <br />proposed NC Mountains to <br />Sea Trail corridor between <br />Occoneechee Mountain and the <br />Haw River. (See Appendix 3) <br />5. Explore opportunities for <br />partnerships with municipalities <br />to implement new rules to <br />address nutrient loading in <br />Jordan Lake. (See Appendix 4) <br />6. Re-convene the Orange County <br />Land Conservation Alliance <br />7. Continue outreach with civic <br />organizations, neighborhood <br />groups, and others to discuss <br />the Lands Legacy Program and <br />conservation options. <br />8. Compile land acquisition inquiries <br />and potential opportunities from <br />landowners and other partners, <br />and present to the Board's for <br />direction on whether to pursue <br />acquisition. <br />The first eight years of the Lands <br />Legacy Program saw tremendous <br />strides in the protection of priority <br />resource lands, with 2,416 acres <br />permanently protected (as of June <br />2008) and several more projects in <br />the works. <br />The FY 2008-10 Action Plan builds <br />on projects from previous years, and <br />includes potential new projects in <br />each of the Lands Legacy priority <br />areas (natural areas, parkland, <br />cultural/ historic resources, prime <br />farmland and riparian buffers in <br />potential wildlife corridors and public <br />water supply watersheds. <br />This Action Plan will continue the use <br />of 2001 Parks and Open Space <br />bonds funds to protect high priority <br />lands, and ERCD will also continue to <br />pursue grant funds from a variety of <br />state and federal sources. (See <br />Appendix 5) <br />8 <br />