Appendix Q
Addendum 1
Clicking the SUBMIT COAs FOR THREAT ANALYSIS button will open the ANALYZE tab (see Threat Risk Assessment section, page 9, for details). To complete a threat analysis, make selections for the desired target year (2000 to 2050), bioenergy scenario (none, conventional, or other), and threat categories to be analyzed. Bioenergy can refer to wood pellets burned to generate electricity or to liquid biofuels, and bioenergy sources range from crops like switchgrass and sweet sorghum to cultivated pine forests and natural pine and hardwood forests. As a default, the ANALYZE tab will pre-select threat categories based on ecoregion. Information about bioenergy scenarios is available in two research papers, both published in 2016 and written by scientists with the USGS and N.C. Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit at N.C. State University. Exceptions to the default pre-selections follow:
• Threat categories for Sea Level Rise apply to the Coastal Plain ecoregion only.
• Threat categories for Energy Development Triassic Basin apply to the Piedmont and Sandhills ecoregions; the Wind Energy threat applies to all ecoregions.
River Basins
North Carolin a’s 17 river basins are used by the COA tool to depict the HUC12 priorities described in NCWAP Chapter 4.5. The priorities are represented by Tier 1 and 2 and 1 km river buffers. Figure 5. River Basin Priorities Menu
• Tier 1 = Presence of SGCN species (highest priority). SGCN have been documented through survey and monitoring projects. • Tier 2 = Upstream protection of priority areas (high priority). These areas have been identified by NCWRC staff responsible for conducting SGCN survey and monitoring projects. • 1 km river buffers = mainstem waterways for which riparian buffers have been designated to be a priority.
Expand the RIVER BASIN PRIORITIES tab to select priority type and a river basin of interest (see Figure 5). NCWAP Chapter 4.5 provides complete descriptions of the 17 river basins.
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