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IIII e e [':,7o, e r, i�/i , ig Ih� 4l, r, r, i�/t a iii ii e �� iir, a il <br />k-IMMMU LIIIVUYII LIM I Vl%=,�L, IIVVUIIIY �LMCIIII KJCIMV�, �[AILLINly Li%=%= LI <br />landscape. Twenty years later, the Office of the Duke Forest is remembering this historic hurricane <br />and considering its long term effects on the Forest. <br />Durham Judd reached the Duke Forest and met u e e s a - cLsuydenu_�en <br />It was surprising howsignificant the damage was... When I got to Durham, there <br />were trees down everywhere. I got to the end of Lemur Lone, and I couldn't even <br />get to the [Duke Forest Maintenance] Shop because trees were drawn... The first <br />thing to do was cut through the trees to get to the Lemur Center. <br />After opening up the roads to the Shop and the Lemur Center, Duke Forest staff regrouped and <br />more than 1,400 trees down across 35 miles of roads. <br />Fallen trees had also damaged several structures including the Bobby Ross, Jr. Memorial Picnic <br />imyea r A'.8 <br />Intense rainfall led to flooding that overtopped the Wooden Bridge inside the Korstian Division - a <br />bridge that normally sits 15 feet above New Hope Creek. High waters eroded "rip rap the stabiliz- <br />ing gravel and rocks that reinforce the banks around bridges. <br />Most damage was concentrated along northeast-facing slopes in the Duke Forest's Durham and <br />Korstian Divisions, which faced the eye of the storm. After consulting with the Duke Forest Advisory <br />Committee and Duke University administrators, Judd and his team decided to officially close the <br />Duke Forest. Portions of the Forest remained closed for three to six months following the storm. <br />(continued on nextpage) <br />Bobby Ross Jr. Memorial Shelter <br />Splintered tree trunk <br />