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UPPER NEUSE CLEAN
WATER INITIATIVE
Wake County Board of Commissioners
June 2, 2008
Reid Wilson
Conservation Trust for North Carolina
PURPOSE
• To protect drinking water quality and water
supply through conservation of targeted
properties
• Cost-effective approach
• Limits polluted runoff and sedimentation
• Maintains natural water cycle
• Recreation and wildlife habitat benefits
CONSERVATION
ORGANIZATIONS
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Conservation Trust for North Carolina
Ellerbe Creek Watershed Association
Eno River Association
Tar River Land Conservancy
Triangle Greenways Council
Triangle Land Conservancy
Trust for Public Land
UNCWI Project Partners
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City of Raleigh
Wake County
Orange County
Durham County
City of Durham
Town of Butner
Town of Hillsborough
City of Creedmoor
NC Clean Water
Management Trust Fund
• NC Dept of Environment
& Natural Resources
• NC National Guard
• NC Plant Conservation
Program
• Natural Heritage Trust
Fund
• NC Botanical Gardens
• NC Cultural Resources
• NC Ecosystem
Enhancement Program
• NC State Parks
• South Granville Sewer
and Water Association
• Duke Power
ACQUISITIONS
• Projects Completed: 24 projects totaling
1,800 acres, protecting over 17 miles of
stream buffer
• Total Land Value: Over $19 million
ACQUISITIONS in PROGRESS
• Projects In Progress: 26 projects totaling
3,919 acres, 39 miles of stream buffer
• Total Value: Over $27 million
WAKE COUNTY’S
CONTRIBUTIONS
• Creedmoor Road (Angell/Copeland) tract $1.7 million - closed
• Sinclair tract - $3.5 million
Eno River Association
Confluence Project
Triangle Land Conservancy
Little River, Flat River,
and Historic Stagville
Ellerbe Creek
Watershed
Association
Stream
Restoration