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16 <br /> Acknowledgements <br /> We gratefully acknowledge: <br /> The Partners for Green Growth Program of the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission and <br /> Orange County,North Carolina, for funding this project. <br /> The North Carolina Botanical Garden Foundation,Inc., for administering the project. <br /> The North Carolina Botanical Garden for generous provision of meeting space. <br /> Sara Childs from the Office of the Duke Forest at Duke University for generous provision of virtual space <br /> for storage and sharing of data and documents. <br /> Members of the Eno-New Hope Landscape Conservation Group for sharing their time, expertise,insight, <br /> advice, and collaboration on all aspects of this project, especially: <br /> • Brooke Massa and Olivia Munzer of the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission <br /> • Johnny Randall of the North Carolina Botanical Garden <br /> • Stephen Hall of the North Carolina Biodiversity Project <br /> • Sara Childs of Duke University <br /> • and members of the steering,technical, and policy committees(Emily Blanchard,Misty <br /> Buchanan, Celeste Burns, Sara Childs,Bo Howes,Kim Livingston,Brooke Massa,Olivia <br /> Munzer,Johnny Randall,Rich Shaw,Ron Sutherland, and Allison Weakley) <br /> The North Carolina Natural Heritage Program,NatureServe,the North Carolina Wildlife Resources <br /> Commission, Stephen Hall,Wildlands Network,Triangle Land Conservancy,NC State Parks,Piedmont <br /> Wildlife Center, several iNaturalist citizen observers, and members of this collaborative group for sharing <br /> critical data inputs to this project. <br /> The Counties,Towns, and other participating organizations in the project area for sharing their local GIS <br /> data,which were also important inputs to the project and interpretation of the results. <br /> NatureServe and Michael Lee for consultation on data management for the project. <br /> John Fay and Dean Urban of Duke University for sharing their expertise and tools for landscape corridor <br /> network modeling. <br /> Suzanne Mason of the North Carolina Natural Heritage Program for review and helpful comments on two <br /> drafts of this report. <br /> Michelle Benham for generous donation of her expertise and time in the design and creation of <br /> promotional and educational materials for the project. <br /> Blake Tedder from the Office of the Duke Forest at Duke University for assistance with the promotional <br /> and educational materials for the project, and formatting of this report. <br /> Melissa Blackburn of Orange County for graphic design of the cover of this report. <br />