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<br />1) How many acres of land will be protected as open spac:e? <br /> <br />The WI will protect a minimum 15,000 acres ofland as open space, priimarily these types: <br /> <br />, natural areas, including habitat for rare and imperiled species, <br />, non-game and game wildlife habitat, <br /> <br />and also these types; <br /> <br />, <br /> <br />agricultural lands, <br />greenways, <br />urban open space, <br />community separators, and <br />buffers. <br /> <br />, <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />, <br /> <br />At this time it is not possible to determine how many acrl$ of each typl~ will be protected, but it is <br />helpful to visualize a parcel of wetlands (much like the onl~s the WI will conserve), perhaps <br />surrounded by agriculture and near all urban area, teeming with wildlill: (song birds, waterfowl, <br />shore birds, ampln"bians, small mammals and more). When this parcel is conserved, it becomes <br />open space, it continues to be open space, ie., the act of protection, tTllllslates to open space. <br /> <br />1.5) To what extent will techniques such as land donation" easements, or other tools be used to <br />reduce the net outlay for the project? <br /> <br />The heart of the WI is to bring these tools to bear on the c:hallenge of wetlands conservation. The <br />design of the WI is such that it seeks to maximize efficienl)y in the conservation of wetlands. <br />Therefore, all known real estate "conservation" techniques will be considered for applicability. <br />This will occur at several levels in the WI; at the Partner h:vel, at the J10cus Area Committee level, <br />and at the individual project level TIllis very important a~~)ect of the WI will tackle the challenge <br />of reducing the cost oflong term protection by using: <br /> <br />, land donations; <br />, donated conservation easements of many varieties; and <br />, donated conservation leases (term management a~preements). <br /> <br />2)NA <br /> <br />3) How many acres of new parks will be developed? <br /> <br />It is not anticipated that any new parks will result from the, WI effort. However, there are <br />possible scenarios that could result in new parks; e.g., a wl~tlands is identified and the landowner <br />chooses to donate, but ouly if it becomes a State Park. It iis anticipated that acres will be added to <br /> <br />11 <br />