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89 _ VEGETATIVE TYPES I. DESCRIPTIVE pATA Vegetative cover was one of the three environmental parameters addressed in the preparation of the ,joint Plannina Ladd LIZA Plan.- Three broadly defined vegetative classes (wetlands, forest. and cleared areas) were mapped and used in conjunction with topography and soil stability to determine the development potential of land in the Joint Planning Area. In mapping vegetative cover. two primary sources were used. These were 1982 infrared aerial photos obtained from the Soil Conservation Service and the $oil survey DI Orange County which was used to determine wetlands, i.e. . alluvial soils. II. QUANTITATIVE DAP There are no substantive changes to report in the vegetative make up of the Rural Buffer. About 30 acres of the Blackwood Division of Duke Forest (in the vicinity of Old N.C. 86 and Eubanks Road) was logged this past year. This was part of the management program for Duke Forest and represents less than 1% of the total Duke Forest acreage in the Rural Buffer. The area is scheduled for re-forestation • in February, 1987. III. ISSUES 8ND ;MpLICATIONS, The various Duke Forest tracts comprise almost 10% of the Rural Buffer and are the largest unbroken areas of forest cover in the area. The fact that they are in single owner- ship would seem to offer advantages in preserving/protecting the forest. Judson Edeburn. Duke Forest Manager. said there are no current plans for any major changes in Duke Forest. Be did emphasize. however, the study of all Duke University lands currently being conducted by the Urban Land Institute and the possibility that recommendations for uses other than education. research. and recreation may be forthcoming. IV. BEFEREHCEa 1. Joint Planning. land Use Plan October 1986 . 2. Phone call to Judson Edeburn. Duke Forest Manager.