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strategies to affect biological conditions that have been deemed a management priority by the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians. Biological targets receiving management attention consist of species, and assemblages based upon a variety of cultural, economic, legal, and ecological factors as outlined in the EBCI Legacy Plan (EBCI 2013). Because we tie the adaptive management system to social input and biological conditions, our framework is responsive to environmental changes, human decisions and even our own actions (see section- A Framework for Adaptive Management). Conserving EBCI fish and wildlife populations and overall ecosystem health will require well-informed adaptive management strategies based on sound scientific information and support from social and cultural decision- makers.
Figure 1- A social-ecological framework that represents our Cherokee Wildlife Action Plan. This is an iterative process where our activities primarily focus on management actions that are influenced by external factors of biological conditions/contributed services and social and cultural decisions. Our work as an agency is centered in the “Management Actions” area where we can re-assess changes from previous iterations, allowing us to adaptively manage (whether strategies or information we convey).
2025 NC Wildlife Action Plan
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