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<br />Page 16 of 24 <br /> <br />Unit of Impact: <br />Total # of individuals <br />served/benefitted <br />8,840 <br />individuals/year <br />5,070 individuals/year (half <br />of visitors to account for <br />repeat visitors, plus Field <br />Station summer camp <br />attendance) <br />5,370 individuals/year <br />(previous number with <br />added half the number <br />of farms in Orange <br />County) <br />Cost Per Individual <br />Served/Benefitted <br />$3,765/8,840 = <br />$0.43/individual <br />$6,150/5,070 = <br />$1.21/individual <br />$73,800/5,370 = <br />$13.74/individual <br />Other Unit of Impact: Please <br />describe here <br />N/A N/A N/A <br />Cost Per Unit of Impact N/A N/A N/A <br />Other Unit of Impact: Please <br />describe here <br />N/A N/A N/A <br />Cost Per Unit of Impact N/A N/A N/A <br /> (Please feel free to add rows if necessary to show any additional units of impact.) <br /> <br />16. Please describe any avoided <br />financial costs or savings <br />related to the project and over <br />what period of time those <br />costs will be avoided/reduced. <br />By purchasing a tractor, Eno River Association avoids greater costs in <br />the future associated with renting or contracting to maintain the <br />Piedmont prairie at the Confluence Natural Area, in addition to the <br />costs saved for the initial application of seed for the prairie. Because <br />the tractor purchased will have limited use relative to those used for <br />full-time agriculture, its lifespan is expected to exceed 50 years. <br />This project will also utilize volunteers for much of the required labor, <br />including the planting and maintenance of the reforestation field, some <br />maintenance of the Piedmont prairie, and much of the preparation for <br />and execution of prescribed burns. Both costs will be avoided over the <br />first few years of project implementation and maintenance. <br />17. Does your project accelerate <br />or expand on existing <br />programs that already show <br />positive impact? <br />This project expands on the conversion of a 1.8-acre field into <br />Piedmont prairie that began in 2024 with a prescribed burn. We have <br />already seen increased resources for birds and pollinators in this field, <br />including milkweed (Asclepias sp.) and black-eyed Susans (Rudbeckia <br />hirta), in addition to the carbon sequestration from this prairie. <br />This project also builds on the reforestation of a section of a <br />bottomland field at the Confluence Natural Area in 2018, where <br />roughly 50 trees were planted and have successfully established. <br />18. Does your project take <br />advantage of other funding <br />sources? <br />The prescribed burn conducted at the Confluence Natural Area in 2024 <br />to begin the conversion of a 1.8-acre field to Piedmont prairie was <br />funded in part by a $5,000 grant from the New Hope Bird Alliance, and <br />the equipment purchased for this burn will be used for future burns to <br />maintain the restored Piedmont prairie. <br />Eno River Association will also be applying for a $1,000 grant from NC <br />Native Plant Society to cover some of the costs of this project. The <br />remainder of the costs associated with the project will be covered by <br />private donations to the Eno River Association. <br />Docusign Envelope ID: 044C3299-6F90-4782-B8F5-C4A7339F0897