5.8 Human Intrusions and Disturbance
5.7.2 SGCN Priority Species Te Taxa Team evaluation considered the level of threat biological resource use represents to SGCN priority species. Table 5.6 provides a list of species for which this threat category is considered very high or high.
SGCN at very high or high threat from biological resource use
T ABLE 5.6
Threat Level Very High High
Scientifc Name
Common Name
CRAYFISH Orconectes virginiensis
Chowanoke Crayfsh
X
REPTILE Eretmochelys imbricata imbricata
Atlantic Hawksbill Sea Turtle
X X X X X X
Chelonia mydas
Green Sea Turtle
Lepidochelys kempii Dermochelys coriacea
Kemp’s Ridley Sea Turtle Leatherback Sea Turtle Loggerhead Sea Turtle Northern Red-bellied Cooter
Caretta caretta
Pseudemys rubriventris SNAIL (TERRESTRIAL) Infectarius verus
a snail
X
5.8 Human Intrusions and Disturbance Treats are from recreational activities, military exercises, civil unrest, and work and other outdoor activities (e.g., law enforcement, illegal activities, vandalism, species research). (Salafsky et al. 2008) Human activities that may be considered non-consumptive of biological resources (those that do not take or harvest) can alter, destroy, and disturb natural habitats and species. Examples include people spending time in natural areas for recreational activities such as beach driving, driving ATVs, of-road vehicles, jet-skis, and snowmobiles, or riding moun- tain bikes; fying ultralight planes at low-elevations; dog-walking, bird-watching, hiking, and camping; and caving, spelunking, and rock-climbing (Salafsky et al. 2008) . Disturbance may also be related to military exercises or work activities that occur in nat- ural environments. Training exercises can involve driving tanks and military equipment across the landscape; fring missiles onto bombing ranges; or other munitions or maneuver exercises in coastal areas. Species research often involves survey or monitoring activities that can disturb wildlife (Salafsky et al. 2008) .
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