6.3 Conservation Opportunities and Incentives
• Develop guides, informational materials, and workshops on wildlife photography.
• Develop structures and stations for fsh and wildlife viewing and photography.
• Encourage commercial guided trips through development of training programs and informational materials. • Use media relations to highlight conservation issues and success stories and make a local connection with the public through media outlets.
• Use agency’s website, magazine, and social media platforms to engage the public directly on various conservation issues and success stories.
• Participate in and support citizen science and wildlife monitoring programs that ofer hands-on opportunities to learn about wildlife while helping these programs accom- plish their conservation objectives. Examples include the Box Turtle Project; statewide amphibian calling surveys; Backyard Bird Survey, Christmas Bird Count, and other bird survey programs; Carolina Herp Atlas; and the Sea Turtle Stranding Network.
Connecting Recreation and Wildlife
• Develop and maintain access points (at piers, docks, etc.) to accommodate kayaks, canoes, and other paddle (non-motorized) boats accessing aquatic systems.
• Develop and maintain marked canoe trails along major streams and rivers.
• Support and assist with maintenance to the Mountain-to-Sea Trails and the Rails-to- Trails systems as well as connections to local greenway systems.
• Develop and maintain hiking trails on state-owned game lands and provide interpre- tive materials to educate users about local wildlife and conservation needs.
• Develop and maintain hiking trails and viewing sites associated with state-maintained campgrounds, picnicking areas, and visitor centers.
• Develop wildlife-related displays and educational materials at state-owned camp- grounds, picnicking areas, and visitor centers.
• Produce wildlife-related educational programs at state-owned campgrounds, picnick- ing areas, and visitor centers.
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