1.3 From 2005 to 2015—Revision of North Carolina’s Wildlife Action Plan
1.3 From 2005 to 2015—Revision of North Carolina’s Wildlife Action Plan To fulfll a 10-year WAP revision mandate, every state is required to conduct a comprehen- sive review and revision of their Plan no later than the end of September 2015. Guidance from USFWS states that all state WAP documents must address the Eight Required Elements, outlined in Table 1.1, that are the framework for conducting the review and revi- sion, and each element has been addressed in the chapters of this document. To accom- plish the revision of this Plan, NCWRC staf worked with numerous federal, state, and local partners and stakeholders to complete a comprehensive review that began in 2010. 1.3.1 Incorporating Climate Change In advance of the 10-year comprehensive review and revision deadline, USFWS sent a letter to state fsh and wildlife agencies with guidance for review and revision of the Plans (USFWS 2007) . Additional revision guidance was made available by the Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies (AFWA) on evaluating climate change as an impact to fsh and wildlife species during revision of WAPs (AFWA 2009) . Te recommendations outlined in their report Voluntary Guidance for States to Incorporate Climate Change into State Wildlife Action Plans and Other Management Plans are correlated to each of the eight elements required by USFWS for state WAPs (AFWA 2009) . Using this guidance, NCWRC staf worked collaboratively with climate scientists and biol- ogists to evaluate how climate change may afect North Carolina’s wildlife and habitats. Te fndings were published in 2010 in the report Understanding the Impacts of Climate Change on Fish and Wildlife in North Carolina (DeWan et al. 2010) and were presented at a September 2010 Climate Impacts Workshop hosted by NCWRC in Raleigh. Te Executive Summary can be found in Appendix B and the entire report is available for download as a PDF document from the following web page: www.ncwildlife.org/Plan/Revision/ September2010Workshop.aspx. 1.3.2 Revision Approach and Methods Tis second version of the NC WAP is the result of the collaborative eforts of many federal and state agencies, local organizations, and citizens working on the revision. Similar to the process for developing the 2005 WAP, early eforts in the process were spent on planning and organization activities, including the development of committees, review of literature and guidance documents, review and revision of the species evaluation and prioritization process, and investigation of the technical publication resources. Te collaborative eforts and extensive assistance from biologists and staf from many organizations and agencies
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