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General Acquisition Evaluation Template Attachment I routes to avoid those depressions. ATVs have also carved several paths around trees in the floodplain located just north of the perennial stream. They have also caused severe bank erosion and sedimentation. [Note — the severe impacts from ATVs at this location is not indicative of the rest of the tract. While ATV use is evident in all three sections, it is generally limited to a single track that follows a trail running along the upland ridge in the large central portion of the tract.] Section 2 (approx. 250 acres) also has Turkey Hill Creek running along its western boundary. An intermittent stream drains the western half of a broad upland ridge and flows west into Turkey Hill Creek. The riparian areas are largely wooded with mixed hardwoods. The western half of this section is slopes gently to the west and dominated by pine. The terrain then rises slowly to the east to a high point of 706 feet. The ea stern If i a min y h s do minated ated b mixed hardwo ods (oaks,s poplars, hickory, Shagbark hickory) on forested slopes. These 150-180 acres were identified as a core area for wildlife in a 1999 inventory of prime forest areas in Orange County. The sub- canopy and shrub layers are sparse lending a park-like appearance to several acres. The soils are well-drained Enon B/C loam. The aforementioned trail leads up from the stream at the northern boundary (or"neck") of this section up through a wide band of pines and into the large area of mature hardwoods. The trail then branches off in two directions (90-degrees) to the west and east. The western trail follows down grade to Turkey Hill Creek and into private residential properties southwest of the tract. The eastern trail follows the ridge east and then turns south and off the property into a Duke Power utility corridor. Section 3 (approx. 150 acres) includes the eastern half of a broad ridge. An intermittent stream runs west along the northern boundary and a smaller stream drains the eastern portion of the land and flows south off the property. This section is dominated by pines (Loblolly and Virginia/Short-leaf) with patches of mixed hardwoods associated with the riparian corridors and upland slopes. This section of the tract appears to have received more recent disturbances (earlier succession forest; tangled understory with invasive exotics). There is little evidence of ATV use in this section of the tract. A deer stand was observed on the property along the north side of the perennial stream, which flows along the northern boundary. A small empty,container of deer pheromone was found in that area. Land Constraints,(soils, The property can be described as high-quality woodlands on rolling (gently to moderately sloped), flood plain, etc) well-drained upland soils. There are few level areas, with the exception of floodplains arId ridge tops (700+ feet elev.). Several small streams flow along some of the perimeter areas and from interior sections of the tract. From there the land rises up from 600 feet at the stream-8 to 680 feet along an elongated ridge or plateau that extends across the tract midsections.