Wildlife Action Plan 2015 Revision Process White Paper
Metric Response Cheat Sheet
T ABLE F.4
Metric
Explanation
Scale
Conservation Concern 1. Conservation
What is the current conservation protec- (a) Federal and State Listed as
Protection Status tion status?
Endangered (E) or Treatened (T) (b) State Listed Endangered (E) (c) State Listed Treatened (T) (d) Federal Candidate Species (C) (e) State Special Concern (SC) (f) None
• Tis information will be provided and reviewers will not need to make a selection.
2. Range-wide
What is the estimated number of adults
(a) 1–50 individuals
Population Size
within the species’ range?
(b) 50–250 individuals (c) 250–1,000 individuals (d) 1,000–2,500 individuals (e) 2,500–10,000 individuals (f) 10,000–100,000 individuals (g) 100,000–1,000,000 individuals (h) >1,000,000 individuals (a) <100 km 2 (<about 40 mi 2 )
3. Range Size
What is the estimated area of distribu- tion (range size)? • North Carolina has 125,919.81 km 2 • Te US has about 6.8 million km 2
(Global, Regional)
(b) 100–250 km 2 (c) 250–1,000 km 2
(d) 1,000–5,000 km 2 (e) 5,000–20,000 km 2 (f) 20,000–200,000 km 2 (g) 200,000–2,500,000 km 2 (h) >2,500,000 km 2 (i) Unknown
4. Range-wide
What is the estimated % change in area occupied by the species? • Consider the aggregate change over time periods more than 20 years ago. • Tis can include the time from European settlement up to the last decade.
(a) Decline of >90%
Distribution Trend (long-term)
(b) Decline of 80%–90% (c) Decline of 70%–80%
(d) Decline of 50%–70% (e) Decline of 30%–50% (f) Decline of 10%–30% (g) Relatively Stable (≤10% increase or decrease) (h) Increasing (≥10% increase)
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