5.9 Natural System Modifcations
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SGCN at very high or high threat from human intrusions and disturbance (cont.)
Threat Level Very High High
Scientifc Name BIRD Actitis macularia Charadrius wilsonia
Common Name
Spotted Sandpiper Wilson’s Plover Common Loon Gull-billed Tern
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Gavia immer
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Gelochelidon nilotica Haematopus palliatus Hydroprogne caspia Pelecanus occidentalis
American Oystercatcher
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Caspian Tern Brown Pelican Black Skimmer
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Rynchops niger Sterna antillarum Sterna hirundo
Least Tern
Common Tern
Talasseus maximus Talasseus sandvicensis FRESHWATER FISH Heterandria formosa SNAIL (AQUATIC) Helisoma eucosmium SNAIL (TERRESTRIAL) Infectarius verus
Royal Tern
Sandwich Tern
Least Killifsh
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Greenfeld Rams-horn
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a snail
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5.9 Natural System Modifcations Treats are from actions that convert or degrade habitat in service of “man- aging” natural or semi-natural systems, often to improve human welfare. Tis category includes suppression or increase in fre frequency and/or inten- sity outside natural range or variation; changing water fow patterns either deliberately or as a result of other activities; and other activities intended to ‘manage’ natural systems to beneft human welfare. (Salafsky et al. 2008) 5.9.1 Anticipated Impacts When development and land-use patterns do not take the needs of wildlife into consider- ation, the result is a landscape with fragmented and degraded habitats that are unable to support populations of sensitive species (NCWRC 2012) . Habitat degradation and fragmenta- tion is a landscape-scale process in which patches of suitable habitat become smaller and
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2015 NC Wildlife Action Plan
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