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26 <br /> 2. Encourage preservation of significant cultural and historical features. <br /> • As identified in inventories <br /> 3. Protection of natural terrain features and sensitive ecological areas. <br /> • Duke Forest <br /> • Wildlife corridors along Stoney Creek <br /> • Identified natural areas in inventories <br /> 4. Protection of area's visual resources. <br /> • Vistas along New Hope Church Road and Strayhorn Farm <br /> • Vistas along Old NC 10 and former Guernsdale Dairy <br /> 5. Protection of character of existing neighborhoods from incompatible land <br /> uses/densities and direction of growth not rural in character toward <br /> municipal/transition areas. <br /> • Provide density transition between existing neighborhoods and areas <br /> where future development may occur ' <br /> • Density should be generally higher in areas to north and west near <br /> Hillsborough, lower to south and east near Rural Buffer <br /> • No new commercial development in the planning area <br /> In applying the guidelines to the planning area, we identified resource areas and <br /> then in order to protect those resources, we developed three land use intensity <br /> categories. <br /> Resource Areas <br /> Duke Forest: Primary area on which to focus preservation efforts. It serves as a <br /> major area for teaching and research, outdoor recreation, filters water flowing into <br /> Stoney Creek, and provides habitat for wildlife. Dense development adjacent to <br /> forest degrades it and increases predation on wildlife by house pets. Our strategy is <br /> to locate the lowest intensity uses practicable adjacent to Duke Forest. <br /> Wildlife Corridor: Defined in the 1988 Inventory of the Natural Areas and <br /> 12 <br />