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Policy 3.2.4
The LMPRD will identify archetypical historic landscape features (old roads and trails,
stone fences, osage orange fencerows, etc.) and incorporate them into the parks and
open space system.
Policy 3.2.5
In collaboration with the Committee on Public Art, the LMPRD will support the Public Art
Master Plan and its guidelines for appropriate integration of public art and monuments
into the parks, greenways and trails, and open space system.
Objective 3.3
Promote interpretive and educational programs and facilities within the parks and open space
system to foster an understanding of natural and cultural resources and processes.
Policy 3.3.1
The LMPRD will design the Louisville Loop proposed by Policy 1.3.2 to incorporate
interpretive facilities which tell the story of Louisville’s cultural and natural history.
Policy 3.3.2
The LMPRD will coordinate with Jefferson County Public Schools to develop programs
which involve students in the management and restoration of park and open space
resources.
Objective 3.4
Promote the long-term preservation and economic viability of active farmland, prime
agricultural soils, and productive woodland.
Policy 3.4.1
The LMPRD will coordinate with the Kentucky Department of Agriculture and the U.S.
Department of Agriculture Natural Resources Conservation Service to promote the use of
programs which maintain or preserve agricultural land and woodland, for example,
acquisition of conservation easements, preferential tax assessment and purchase of
development rights.
Policy 3.4.2
The LMPRD will use the presence of prime agricultural soils, and productive woodland as
criteria in prioritizing land for acquisition as public open space and conservation
easements.
Policy 3.4.3
The LMPRD will consider lease arrangements with private farmers as a management
strategy for agricultural lands preserved as part of the parks and open space system.
Agricultural use of such lands will be consistent with protection of environmental
resources such as natural vegetation and water quality.
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