North Carolina’s Wildlife Action Plan Workshops -

Partner and Stakeholder Involvement

Cindy Carr

Wildlife Action Plan Coordinator

North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission

http://www.ncwildlife.org/Plan/Revision/September2010Workshop.aspx

Federal Agency Cape Lookout and Cape Hatteras National Seashores National Fish Health LaboratoryNatural Resources Conservation Service Tennessee Valley AuthorityUS Army Corps of EngineersUS Army Environmental CommandUS Fish & Wildlife ServiceUSFWS, Partners for Fish and Wildlife programUS Forest ServiceUS Geological Survey Cooperative Extension UnitUSGS, North Carolina Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research UnitUS Marine Corps, Camp Lejeune US National Park ServiceUwharrie National Forest

State Agency NC Cooperative Extension ServiceNC Department of TransportationNC Division of Coastal ManagementNC Division of Community AssistanceNC Division of Forest ResourcesNC Division of Parks and RecreationNC Division of Soil & Water ConservationNC Division of Water ResourcesNC Division of Water QualityNC Ecosystem Enhancement ProgramNC Museum of Natural HistoryNC Museum of Natural ScienceNC Natural Heritage ProgramNC Plant Protection ProgramNC Sea GrantNC State ParksNC ZooPiedmont Triad Council of GovernmentsSoil and Water Conservation ServiceState Sea Turtle Protection Program

Multi-Agency/Group Partnership

Cape Fear Arch Conservation Collaborative (CFA)Carolinas Robust Redhorse Technical Working GroupForest Landbird Legacy Program (a multi-agency cooperative)Greater Uwharrie Conservation PartnershipJohnston County Green Infrastructure PartnershipNC Birding Trail Initiative (a multi-agency cooperative)NC Partners in Amphibian and Reptile Conservation (NCPARC)NC Partners in Flight (NCPIF)Onslow Bight Conservation Forum (a multi-agency cooperative)Project Bog TurtleRobust Redhorse Conservation CommitteeSandhills Conservation PartnershipSE Bat Diversity NetworkSoutheast Painted Bunting CooperativeSoutheast Aquatic Resources PartnershipSoutheastern Partners in Flight Working GroupWestern NC Alliance/French Broad RiverkeeperYadkin-Pee Dee Robust Redhorse Technical Working GroupYadkin-Pee Dee Lakes Project

National Environmental/Conservation Organizations Defenders of WildlifeDucks UnlimitedEnvironmental Defense FundNational Wildlife FederationThe Nature ConservancyTeaming With Wildlife

Private/Non-Profit Audubon NCAppalachian Mountain Joint VentureAtlanta Botanical GardenCarolina Bird ClubCarolina Raptor CenterChatham Conservation PartnershipConservation Trust of North Carolina (CTNC)Goose Creek Stakeholders CommitteeGrandfather MountainHaywood Greenways CouncilHighlands-Cashiers Land TrustLand-of-Sky Regional CouncilLandTrust and Stanly County Friends of the LandLand Trust for Central North Carolina (LTCNC)Little Tennessee Watershed AssociationNC Coastal Land TrustNC Sea Turtle Stranding and Salvage NetworkNC Wildlife FederationNew Hope AudubonPiedmont Cooperative Land Conservation ProjectPiedmont Land ConservancyPigeon River Fund BoardSustainable SandhillsTriangle Greenways CouncilTriangle Land ConservancyUpper Tar River Collaboration Wake Nature Preserves

Location Total

Attendance

Number of Attendees Other

Organizations WRC Staff Williamston, Mar. 31 44 27 17 Burgaw, April 7 29 16 13 Lenoir, April 14 18 9 9 Waynesville, April 21 50 34 16 Asheboro, May 5 54 32 22 TOTALS 195 118 77

Continuing Education Credits:• AICP• ASLA• SAF• NC Environmental Educators

Overall Cost to Conduct 5 meetings: $970.84 (No meeting room costs)

Overall Cost Per Person for Refreshments: $3.60 (coffee, juice, pastry, chips)

Federal Agency Cape Lookout and Cape Hatteras National Seashores National Fish Health LaboratoryNatural Resources Conservation Service Tennessee Valley AuthorityUS Army Corps of EngineersUS Army Environmental CommandUS Fish & Wildlife ServiceUSFWS, Partners for Fish and Wildlife programUS Forest ServiceUS Geological Survey Cooperative Extension UnitUSGS, North Carolina Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research UnitUS Marine Corps, Camp Lejeune US National Park ServiceUwharrie National Forest

State Agency NC Cooperative Extension ServiceNC Department of TransportationNC Division of Coastal ManagementNC Division of Community AssistanceNC Division of Forest ResourcesNC Division of Parks and RecreationNC Division of Soil & Water ConservationNC Division of Water ResourcesNC Division of Water QualityNC Ecosystem Enhancement ProgramNC Museum of Natural HistoryNC Museum of Natural ScienceNC Natural Heritage ProgramNC Plant Protection ProgramNC Sea GrantNC State ParksNC ZooPiedmont Triad Council of GovernmentsSoil and Water Conservation ServiceState Sea Turtle Protection Program

Multi-Agency/Group Partnership

Cape Fear Arch Conservation Collaborative (CFA)Carolinas Robust Redhorse Technical Working GroupForest Landbird Legacy Program (a multi-agency cooperative)Greater Uwharrie Conservation PartnershipJohnston County Green Infrastructure PartnershipNC Birding Trail Initiative (a multi-agency cooperative)NC Partners in Amphibian and Reptile Conservation (NCPARC)NC Partners in Flight (NCPIF)Onslow Bight Conservation Forum (a multi-agency cooperative)Project Bog TurtleRobust Redhorse Conservation CommitteeSandhills Conservation PartnershipSE Bat Diversity NetworkSoutheast Painted Bunting CooperativeSoutheast Aquatic Resources PartnershipSoutheastern Partners in Flight Working GroupWestern NC Alliance/French Broad RiverkeeperYadkin-Pee Dee Robust Redhorse Technical Working GroupYadkin-Pee Dee Lakes Project

National Environmental/Conservation Organizations Defenders of WildlifeDucks UnlimitedEnvironmental Defense FundNational Wildlife FederationThe Nature ConservancyTeaming With Wildlife

Private/Non-Profit Audubon NCAppalachian Mountain Joint VentureAtlanta Botanical GardenCarolina Bird ClubCarolina Raptor CenterChatham Conservation PartnershipConservation Trust of North Carolina (CTNC)Goose Creek Stakeholders CommitteeGrandfather MountainHaywood Greenways CouncilHighlands-Cashiers Land TrustLand-of-Sky Regional CouncilLandTrust and Stanly County Friends of the LandLand Trust for Central North Carolina (LTCNC)Little Tennessee Watershed AssociationNC Coastal Land TrustNC Sea Turtle Stranding and Salvage NetworkNC Wildlife FederationNew Hope AudubonPiedmont Cooperative Land Conservation ProjectPiedmont Land ConservancyPigeon River Fund BoardSustainable SandhillsTriangle Greenways CouncilTriangle Land ConservancyUpper Tar River Collaboration Wake Nature Preserves

Do you have any questions that were not answered by the information presented today? Any comments about the workshop?

• Need more on-the-ground examples of adaptation measures• Need participation by planners, non-governmental groups, Div. of Coastal Mgmt., county, soil & water

districts, real estate developers• There should be Wildlife Friendly Development Certification interaction with consultants who specialize in

wildlife friendly development

Has your organization incorporated WAP into its operations/ mission? (Y/N)

• ‘No’ = 6 from total of 62 questionnaires• ‘Don’t know’ = 4 from total of 62 questionnaires

Do you have any recommendations/ comments about the priorities (goals, species, or habitats) described in the current WAP?

• Provide GIS data layers• Web-based, interactive, searchable document• Prioritize habitats and watersheds for conservation action, include stream headwaters• Include game species• Incorporate corridors and connectivity planning for all species and habitats• Identify and address new threats• Integrate other conservation plans• Climate change adaptation recommendations

How can the WAP be revised to assist your organization with carrying out its mission?

• Provide GIS datasets• Identify priority conservation for priority habitats and species; use suites, groups, guilds• Provide searchable information broken out at County or local level• Produce, maintain joint map with NHP for biodiversity wildlife habitat areas and priority species• Include all species, incorporate role of game species in habitat and species guilds

What type of info does the WAP need to include to assist your organization with implementation of actions?

• Provide GIS data layers• Searchable, online document and mapping• Prioritized conservation actions and research needs• Climate change information• Predictions or modeling for species, habitat movement patterns in response to climate change

Cindy CarrWildlife Action Plan Coordinator

NC Wildlife Resources Commission1751 Varsity DriveRaleigh, NC 27606www.ncwildlife.org/conserving

(919) 707-0227

cindy.carr@ncwildlife.org