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,Vuke Anibersi#V DURHAM NORTH CAROLINA 27706 SCHOOL OF FORESTRY AND ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES TELEPHONE (919) 664 -2421 OFFICE OF THE DUKE FOREST August 30, 1990 Statement for the Public Hearing on Conceptual Guidelines for the Rural Buffer On behalf of the Duke Forest and Duke University, I would like to express my appreciation for the opportunity to have served on the Rural Character Study Committee in the preparation of the Conceptual Guidelines for the Rural Buffer being presented here tonight. The many hours of open and frank discussions among committee members have produced a set of recommendations which should reasonably represent the interests of the citizens of Orange County living in the Rural Buffer. The Study Committee has worked to achieve logical compromises between environmental, agricultural and development interests, and to recognize the rights and concerns of individual property owners. As a land owner in Orange County, Duke University commends these efforts, and as Resource Manager of the Duke Forest, I fully appreciate the complexities of management for multiple goals. I would like to propose the inclusion of the following paragraph in Section II.4, Other Policy Statements, of the Conceptual Guidelines for the Rural Buffer.. "The Rural Character Study Committee recognizes the environmental significance of the large contiguous tracts of open land represented by the Duke Forest within the Rural Buffer. These lands are important for the enhancement of natural and visual resources and the protection of water quality, wildlife habitats and species diversity. As development progresses throughout the Rural Buffer, the Committee recommends that consideration be given to appropriate measures which will protect and enhance these values and facilitate continued management of the Duke Forest as a research and teaching resource." Judson Edeburn Duke Forest Resource Manager