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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: September 21, 1999 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. /o -A <br />SUBJECT: Triangle Land Conservancy Report: A Landscape with Wildlife, Part II <br />DEPARTMENT: Environment and Resource PUBLIC HEARING: (Y /N) No <br />Conservation <br />ATTACHMENT(S): <br />TLC Report (previously provided) <br />-INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />David Stancil, ext 2590 <br />TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br />Hillsborough <br />732 -8181 <br />Chapel Hill <br />968 -4501 <br />Durham <br />688 -7331 <br />Mebane <br />336- 227 -2031 <br />PURPOSE: To receive a report from representatives of Triangle Land Conservancy entitled <br />"Rating Land In Orange County By Its Wildlife Value; A Landscape with Wildlife for Orange <br />County, Part II." <br />BACKGROUND: In 1996, with funding from Orange County, the Triangle Land Conservancy <br />(TLC) developed "A Landscape With Wildlife for Orange County, Part I." This report identified <br />important prime forest areas in the County and their overland connectors, and assessed the <br />loss of forest land that had occurred in the previous decade. TLC previously authored the <br />County's "Inventory of Natural Areas and Wildlife Habitat' in 1988, also with funding from the <br />County. <br />In 1998, the County asked TLC to continue its work on prime forests with a follow -up report. <br />This report, "Rating Land by Its Wildlife Value" was received in July. The report uses a formula <br />approach to identify and evaluate the most significant prime hardwood forests in the County. <br />There are a number of recommendations in the report on ways to use the formula. The authors <br />of the report, Haven Wiley and Livy Ludington, will be present to present the findings. <br />FINANCIAL IMPACT: None at this time. Some of the recommendations of the report call for <br />acquisition of key prime forest areas for preservation. <br />RECOMMENDATION(S): The Manager recommends that the Board receive the report and <br />refer it to the Commission for the Environment and Environment and Resource Conservation <br />staff, for evaluation and incorporation into the upcoming Orange Lands Legacy program. <br />