Chapter 4 Habitats
Addendum 2
• Support efforts to create wildlife passages along highways and protect undeveloped connections. These provide safer movement between oak — hickory habitats fragmented by highways. Protecting the connections will preserve cover and food resources provided by these habitats.
• Identify and protect strategically important areas, especially in areas that harbor populations of SGCN.
4.4.19.7 References
Artman VL, Downhower JF. 2003. Wood Thrush (Hylocichla mustelina) nesting ecology in relation to prescribed burning of mixed-oak forest in Ohio. The Auk 120(3):874-882.
Ford WM, Menzel MA, McCay TS, Gassett JW, Laerm J. 2000. Woodland salamander and small mammal responses to alternative silvicultural practices in the southern Appalachians of North Carolina. In Proceedings of the Annual Conference of the Southeastern Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies 54: 241-250 (Vol. 54).
2022 Addendum 2 NC Wildlife Action Plan
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