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12 <br /> WILDLIFE CORRIDOR <br /> In a separate description of natural areas, it was noted that the Inventory of Natural Areas and <br /> Wildlife Habitats of Orange County, N.C. did not identify specific natural areas on the <br /> University Station site. The study did, however, identify a proposed wildlife corridor along <br /> Stoney Creek, linking a portion of Duke Forest to the west of New Hope Church Road with the <br /> Eno River and Eno River State Park to the north of I-85. The rationale behind such corridors <br /> is to preserve linkages, generally along stream corridors, between major "preserves" such as <br /> Duke Forest and Eno River State Park that wildlife can move along for feeding and reproductive <br /> purposes. The recommended width of such a corridor is 200 meters, 100 meters [325 feet] on <br /> either side of the stream. <br /> There are 130.5 acres in the wildlife corridor within the project boundaries. <br />