Appendix 3
Reference Document 3-1
Metric Response Cheat Sheet
1. CONSERVATION CONCERN
Range-Wide Populations Metric
Explanation
Response Options
1. Conservation Protection Status
What is the current conservation protection status?
(a) Federal and State Listed as Endangered (E) or Threatened (T)
(b) State Listed Endangered (E) (c) State Listed Threatened (T) (d) Federal Candidate Species (C) (e) State Special Concern (SC) (f) None
• This information will be provided
2. Range-Wide Population Size
What is the estimated number of adults within the species’ range?
(a) 1 – 50 individuals (b) 50 - 250 individuals
(c) 250 - 1,000 individuals (d) 1,000 - 2,500 individuals (e) 2,500 - 10,000 individuals (f) 10,000 - 100,000 individuals (g) 100,000 - 1,000,000 individuals (h) >1,000,000 individuals (a) < 100 km 2 (< about 40 mi 2 ) (b) 100 - 250 km 2 (c) 250-1,000 km 2 (d) 1,000-5,000 km 2 (e) 5,000-20,000 km 2 (f) 20,000-200,000 km 2 (g) 200,000-2,500,000 km 2 (h) >2,500,000 km 2 (i) Unknown
3. Range Size (Global, Regional)
What is the estimated area of distribution (range size) in square kilometers?
• North Carolina has 125,920 km 2
• The US has about 6.8 million km 2
4. Range-wide Distribution Trend (long- term)
What is the estimated % change in area occupied by the species.
(a) Decline of >90% (b) Decline of 80 - 90% (c) Decline of 70 - 80% (d) Decline of 50 - 70% (e) Decline of 30 - 50% (f) Decline of 10 - 30% (g) Relatively Stable (≤ 10% increase or decrease) (h) Increasing (≥ 10% increase)
• Consider the aggregate change over time periods more than 20 years ago. • This can include the time from European settlement up to the last decade.
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