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Lands Legacy Action Plan 2008-10 Draft federal Farm & Ranch Land Protection Program for purchasing agricultural conservation easements C. Parklands and Open Space • Acquire land for the future Bingham community park ("White Cross Park's • Acquire key °missing link" properties for proposed Northern Chapel Hill Township Rustic Woodland Trail (linking Chapel Hill/Carrboro/County parks with the New Hope Creek corridor, including Duke Forest, and eventually Eno River State Park) • Identify key parcels needed for a combination public .pedestrian trail and wildlife corridor that would connect Occoneechee Mountain to the Cane Creek reservoir for the proposed NC Mountains to Sea Trail • In all acquisitions, be cognizant of the potential for meeting other objectives of protecting riparian buffers, natural areas and historic/archaeological sites D. Cultural and Archaeological Sites • Continue working with landowners in the Faucette's Mill and Hall's Mill areas to protect the combination of historic and natural features in those communities • Conduct archaeological surveys of county properties that were acquired for future parks and nature preserves (e.g., McGowan Creek Preserve, Seven Mile Creek Preserve, Hillhouse Park, Northeast Park) • Work with the HPC and others to accomplish preservation of cultural and archaeological sites associated with land acquisition projects E. Watershed Riparian Buffers • Protect riparian corridors in the Upper Eno River protected watershed; partner with the Eno River Association and others; pursue grant funds from the NC Clean Water Management Trust Fund, Ecosystem Enhancement Program, 'and Upper Neuse Clean Water Initiative • Identify and protect priority areas in the Little River watershed; partner with the Eno River Association and Triangle Land Conservancy where appropriate; pursue grant funds from the Upper Neuse Clean Water Initiative • Identify and protect priority areas in New Hope Creek corridor; work with New Hope Creek Corridor Advisory Committee and the Triangle Land Conservancy • Identify priority areas for protection in the Morgan Creek corridor in cooperation with the Morgan Creek Valley Alliance and others • Identify priority areas for protection in the Bolin Creek corridor; collaborate with Friends of Bolin Creek, the Town of Carrboro, the University of NC, and others • Preserve riparian buffers in other water supply watersheds through parkland acquisitions and agricultural conservation easement projects 4