Chapter 1 Introduction Addendum 2 in the Plan. Only one comment was submitted that indicated the person does not support adding plants to the SGCN list but the comment provides no clarifying information about why they don ’ t support the addition.
A summary of all public review responses and optional comments, with a notation added to indicate support, no preference, or against, is provided in Appendix S.
1.4.4 Summary
The 2015 WAP comprehensively addresses the Eight Required Elements and incorporates several of the best practices recommendations published by the Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies (AFWA). The WRC followed recommendations from the 2009 AFWA guidance on incorporating climate change into State WAPs and worked with a partner to examine how climate change is likely to affect fish and wildlife in North Carolina. An executive summary of the full report (2010 DeWan et al.) is provided in Appendix B of the Plan.
Other best practice recommendations from WAP revision guidance (AFWA 2012) were incorporated during the comprehensive revision, including the following examples.
• WRC developed ranking procedures to identify SGCN, using metrics based on NatureS erve’s evaluation tool ( 2012) to quantitatively assess status of fish and wildlife, both range-wide and for populations in North Carolina. • WRC worked with a partner to develop an online GIS-based tool to identify and spatially depict potential Conservation Opportunity Areas (COAs). • A classification system using standard descriptions of threats and conservation actions (Salafsky et al. 2008) was incorporated into the 2015 WAP to improve our ability to identify regional concerns outlined in adjacent state Plans.
1.4.5 References
[AFWA] Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies. 2009. Voluntary guidance for states to incorporate climate change into state Wildlife Action Plans & other management plans. Washington (DC): Teaming With Wildlife Committee and Climate Change Committee. 50 p. https://www.fishwildlife.org/application/files/1916/3361/4991/AFWA-Voluntary_Guidance.pdf. [AFWA] Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies. 2012. Best practices for developing state Wildlife Action Plans. Washington (DC): Teaming With Wildlife Committee, State Wildlife Action Plan (SWAP) Best Practices Working Group. 85 p. https://www.fishwildlife.org/application/files/3215/1856/0300/SWAP_Best_Practices_Report_N ov_2012.pdf.
DeWan A, Dubois N, Theoharides K, Boshoven J. 2010. Understanding the impacts of climate change on fish and wildlife in North Carolina. Washington (DC): Defenders of Wildlife. 218 p.
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