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18 <br /> Table of Contents <br /> Acknowledgements <br /> Eno-New Hope Landscape Conservation Group members <br /> Table of contents <br /> Introduction 7 <br /> Overview and project objectives 7 <br /> Project area 9 <br /> Background 10 <br /> The evolution of landscape corridor planning in the project area 10 <br /> Why we need landscape corridors 13 <br /> The importance of wildlife crossings 15 <br /> Planning for corridors and connectivity: the Green Growth approach 16 <br /> Methods 18 <br /> Landscape corridor analysis 18 <br /> Approach and tools 18 <br /> Natural communities: species and habitats 19 <br /> Concepts,parameters, and inputs 21 <br /> Analysis and interpretation 24 <br /> Review of existing policies, ordinances, and protection priorities 25 <br /> Results 26 <br /> Landscape habitat-corridor network 26 <br /> Existing land protection priorities 30 <br /> Chatham-Cary 30 <br /> Durham-Orange-Chapel Hill 30 <br /> Chatham County 31 <br /> Durham City-County 31 <br /> Orange County 32 <br /> Town of Carrboro 32 <br /> Town of Chapel Hill 33 <br /> Wake County 33 <br /> Existing policies and ordinances 34 <br /> Chatham-Cary 34 <br />