8.3 Future Review and Revision
A short-term revision of the WAP is planned in 2017 to incorporate new information about COAs and to incorporate the associated decision support tool (DST) that identifes potential COAs. Using a 2013 State Wildlife Grant competitive award, NCWRC has partnered with the Biodiversity and Spatial Information Center (BaSIC) at the NC Cooperative Fisheries and Wildlife Research Unit (NC State University) to develop a GIS model to evaluate climate change and other threats to species and habitats. Te resulting datasets will be incorpo- rated into an online web-based map and DST that can be used to identify potential COAs. Te DST will allow users to explore individual threat/risk components in a spatial environ- ment as well as combine and weigh components in user-defned confgurations to highlight specifc threats and develop specifc scenarios of future trends. Tis revision to the WAP will be submitted to the USFWS Regional Review Team as a major revision. 8.3.2 Planned Interim and Comprehensive Revision A comprehensive review and revision will occur within the required 10-year interval based on the publication date of the last comprehensive review and revision. Based on current USFWS requirements and the submittal of this WAP revision, the next comprehensive revi- sion will be due in 2025. Interim review and revision of the WAP will occur as needed but is expected at no more than three- to fve-year intervals. Interim revisions will depend on the completion and results of signifcant projects and as determined by the Revision Steering Committee and Technical Team. Tese types of revisions are expected to be submitted to the USFWS as major revisions to the Plan. Other projects that may be included during an interim revision in order to integrate project results or critical information include (but are not limited to) the following: • Ecosystem indicators developed by the South Atlantic Landscape Conservation Cooperation (SALCC) to assist with design and evaluation and to measure success of the South Atlantic Conservation Blueprint. • A freshwater resilience analysis for the rivers and streams of North Carolina conducted by Te Nature Conservancy (TNC) that classifes waterways by their degree of resilience or vulnerability (Benner et al. 2014) . • Southeast region landscapes were analyzed by TNC to identify key areas for conserva- tion based on land characteristics that increase diversity and resilience (Anderson et al. 2014) .
• Te Southeast Aquatic Connectivity Assessment Project (SEACAP) assessed dams in the Southeast to identify opportunities to improve aquatic connectivity by prioritizing
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