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23 <br /> 4 <br /> Eno River Association <br /> 4419 Guess Road <br /> Durham, NC 27712 <br /> 91 % 620 . 9099 <br /> lori@enoriver. or9 <br /> www.enoriver. or9 <br /> Eno Wilderness Project Summaiy <br /> Size ; 815 acres <br /> Project Cost: $ 65887, 000 <br /> Funding committed. <br /> • NC Parks & Recreation Trust Fund $ 1 , 207, 808 <br /> • US Land & Water Conservation Fund $ 749 , 399 <br /> • Eno River Association 50 , 000 <br /> Total $ 2 , 007 , 207 <br /> Total funding needed: $ 4F%793 <br /> Potential additional funding sources (grant requests submitted) : <br /> • NC Clean Water Mgmt . Trust Fund $ 2 , 318 ,400 <br /> • NC Natural Heritage Trust Fund 2 562 000 <br /> Option expires . December 31 , 2003 <br /> The Eno Wilderness is one of the largest remaining undeveloped tracts in Orange County. <br /> Located adjacent to the Eno River State Park, and just a few miles from Durham, Chapel <br /> Hill and Hillsborough, it lays in the center of an area under extreme development pressure . <br /> This 820- acre portion of the Eno Wilderness is a prime conservation tract . <br /> It has . <br /> • just over two miles of frontage on the Eno River <br /> • approximately 5 .4 miles of existing trail (logging roads) <br /> • four intermittent streams totaling approximately 2 . 812 miles <br /> • highest point near Eno River State Park, 732 feet above MSL, about 285 feet above the <br /> river <br /> • predominantly chestnut oak forest <br /> The Eno River Association is working to protect the entire length of the riparian comdor <br /> both for water quality and wildlife habitat . A substantial portion of the river has already been <br /> protected . <br />