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Lands Legacy Action Plan 2008-10 Draft communities), the McGowan Creek corridor (mill site and tobacco plug factory), and ammunition bunkers near Smith Level Road. Protect "heritage corridors" with both cultural and scenic value (e.g., ~St. Mary's Road). Establish an "archaeology emergency fund" for unanticipated costs associated with surveying or protecting archaeological sites and/or historic roadbeds. Acquire sites with historic structures so long as those structures are appropriately preserved and maintained. Toward that end, the HPC recommends establishing a budget line item for costs associated with preserving historic structures on acquired properties. The. following. are more specific acquisition objectives developed from existing plans, discussions with land conservation partners- in some cases expanding upon or refining advisory board recommendations. These are not listed in priority order. A. Natural Areas and Wildlife Habitat • Work with partners to protect (through acquisition or other means) the higher priority Natural Areas as identified in the Inventory of Natural Areas and Wi/d/ife Habitat (2004 update), including Mason Farm Oak-Hickory Forest, Meadow Flats, Currie Hill, University Lake Slopes, and Morgan Creek Bluffs • Protect the highest priority prime forest areas identified in A Landscape With Wi/d/ife: Part 2 (Wiley, Ludington and Hall, 1999) • Work with the Eno River Association and others to protect (through acquisition and other means) critical land for the Seven Mile Creek Preserve, including Sevenmile Creek Sugar Maple Bottoms • Work with the Eno River Association and others to protect (through acquisition and other means) other priority riparian lands and upland habitats in the Upper Eno River watershed critical area and lands adjacent to Eno River State Park • Work with Triangle Land Conservancy and others to protect (through acquisition and other means) priority riparian lands and prime forest lands located in the Upper New Hope Creek watershed in central Orange County • Work with the Town of Carrboro, University of NC and the Friends of Bolin Creek to identify priority lands far potential protection (through acquisition and other means) the headwater section of the Bolin Creek corridor B. Farmland Preservation • Work with the Orange MRCS/Soil and Water District and OWASA to identify and prioritize willing seller(s) and donor(s) of conservation easements. (Where possible, build a critical mass of protected lands in these watersheds.) • Preserve farmland that also contains riparian buffers to help meet multiple conservation objectives (i.e., water supply protection, wildlife habitat) in the Cane Creek, Upper Eno, University Lake, Little River and Back Creek watersheds • Work with the Orange NRCS/Soil and Water District to apply for grants from the NC Agricultural Development & Farmland Preservation Trust Fund and 3