Appendix 5
Reference Document 5-1
Evaluate the impacts of climate change into NCWRC programs and operations
Develop and use resiliency criteria in major investments (land, facilities constructions and retrofits, staff)
Technical Guidance
Continue to keep up with research on Best Management Practices for stormwater and erosion control to provide recommendations that best protect and/or enhance fish and wildlife benefits
Continue to keep up with research on Best Management Practices dams to provide recommendations that protect and/or enhance fish benefits
Collaborate with DEQ in determining stormwater standards for larger storm events
Assess and update, if needed, Engineering Best Management Practices to ensure best practices and share best practices with external partners
Integrate climate change adaptation practices and resiliency planning into NCWRC policies and operations
Keep abreast of funding opportunities related to resiliency
Identify and prioritize land acquisition projects that support species and habitat conservation, reintroductions, and migration; land conservation provides carbon sequestration and storage benefits Continue to invest and identify vulnerable species in need of Propagation, Augmentations, Reintroductions, Translocations, and Introductions (PARTI) Work with non-federal private landowners to implement Safe Harbor Agreements and Candidate Conservation Agreement with Assurances (SHA/CCAA)
Species protection
Continue to manage species based on changes in recruitment, growth, survival, and reproductive success
2025 NC Wildlife Action Plan
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