6.8 Local and Municipal Programs
6.7.3 The Conservation Trust for North Carolina (CTNC) CTNC was created to help protect North Carolina’s land and water resources, both by direct action and by assisting private, local land trusts, other community groups, and private landowners. CTNC is the statewide land trust working with communities, landowners, local land trusts, and other conservation organizations to protect North Carolina’s nat- ural and cultural resources. It serves as the resource center for North Carolina’s 24 local and regional land trusts, and acts as a hub for information exchange, coordination, public policy representation, and fnancial assistance. CTNC works cooperatively with land trusts across the state to help landowners protect natural resources through voluntary conserva- tion methods. Visit its website to learn more (www.ctnc.org). 6.7.4 The Nature Conservancy (TNC) Te Nature Conservancy’s mission is to conserve the lands and waters on which all life depends. Tis mission is carried out through partnerships, alliances, and collabora- tions with a variety of state and federal agencies, land trusts, and conservation groups. North Carolina falls within three of Te Nature Conservancy’s defned ecoregions (the Mid-Atlantic Coastal Plain, the Piedmont, and the Southern Blue Ridge)—each with its own ecoregional plan that identifes priority conservation areas within the ecoregion. Te Nature Conservancy has developed a strategic, science-based planning process, called “Conservation by Design,” which is used to help identify the highest-priority places—land- scapes and seascapes that, if conserved, promise to ensure biodiversity over the long term. Visit the TNC website for more information about their work in North Carolina (www. nature.org/ourinitiatives/regions/northamerica/unitedstates/northcarolina). 6.8 Local and Municipal Programs Tere are 100 counties in North Carolina and hundreds of municipal and local govern- ments that range from large cities like Charlotte and Raleigh to small communities such as Banner Elk and Navassa. Local government programs can participate in Open Space Funding Programs funded through the PARTF and CWMTF programs (see Section 6.2.3). Currently, 92 counties across North Carolina are involved in 14 local and regional open space planning eforts. Local and regional open space planning eforts provide invalu- able new information to add to the statewide conservation plan. Data from each of these regional plans are incorporated into the Conservation Planning Tool and GGT programs (see Section 6.2.4.3).
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