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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 />