Commission Proceedings 



22 April 2004 -- Held at Holiday Inn, Asheville Airport 



Rqjort on the designation of the Blue Ridge National Heritage Area by the Western North 

 Carolina Regional Economic Development Commission (AdvantageWest) (S.L. 2001-491, 

 Sec. 18.10) 



Betty R. Huskins, Vice President, Public Affairs and Corporate 



Development, AdvantageWest 



Annual report on progress towards attaining the State's goal of protecting one million acres 



of farmland, open space, and conservation lands (G.S. 1 13A-241(c)) 

 Richard E. Rogers, Jr., Director 

 Office of Conservation & Community Affairs, DENR 



Annual report on allocations from the Parks and Recreation Trust Fund from the prior 

 fiscal year (G.S. 113-44.15(c)) 



Lewis R. Ledford, Director 



Division of Parks and Recreation, DENR 



Annual report on allocations from the Natural Heritage Trust Fund from the prior fiscal 



year(G.S. 113-77.9(e)) 



Linda P. Pearsall, Director 



North Carolina Natural Heritage Program, 



Office of Conservation & Community Affairs, DENR 



Annual report on implementation of the Conservation Easements Program and inventory of 



all conservation easements held by DENR (G.S. 1 13A-235(c)) 

 Richard E. Rogers, Jr., Director 

 Office of Conservation & Commimity Affairs, DENR 



Report on the Farmland Preservation Trust Fund 



Edgar Miller, Director of Government Relations 

 Conservation Trust for North Carolina 



Gerry Cohn, Director 



Southeast Regional Office, American Farmland Trust 



Annual Report on implementation of the Clean Water Management Trust Fund (G.S. 1 13- 

 145.6A(a)) 



William E. Holman, Executive Director 



Clean Water Management Trust Fund 



Report by the Land for Tomorrow Coalition on the results of its conservation needs 

 assessment 



Katherine "Kate" M. Dixon, Government Relations Project Director 



The Nature Conservancy 



