4.5 River Basins
Location of priority watersheds in the Tar–Pamlico River Basin
F IGURE 4.34
• Snails—conduct baseline distribution surveys on all species that occur in the basin.
Monitoring. Long-term monitoring is critical to assessing species and ecosystem health over time and gauging the resilience of organisms to continued impacts to state waters. Studies should include identifcation of population trends, as well as assessment of impacts from conservation or development activities. Tese eforts will inform species and habitat management decisions. Long-term monitoring sites need to be identifed and monitoring protocols developed for all priority species. Monitoring plans should be coordinated with other existing monitoring programs where feasible. • Identify long-term monitoring sites and develop monitoring protocols for priority species (e.g., Atlantic Pigtoe, Carolina Madtom, Dwarf Wedgemussel, Green Floater, Ironcolor Shiner, and Yellow Lance).
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2015 NC Wildlife Action Plan
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