2025 NC Wildlife Action Plan

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Appendix 5

Integrate climate change adaptation practices and resiliency planning into NCWRC policies and operations

Continue to support the wood products market

Collaborate with partners to bank seeds for replanting projects on game lands

Rewet hydrologically altered peatlands, where appropriate, to provide species and habitat improvements, prevent soil loss and catastrophic fire, and increase carbon sequestration

Continue to monitor game lands for invasive species

Improve stream connectivity by restoring aquatic organism passage and developing stream crossings that promote aquatic organism passage

Design bridges and culverts to allow for increased stream flow, i.e., a 500-year flood event

Continue to limit the impervious surface of new structures and remove existing impervious surface areas when possible

Work with adjoining landowners to address issues of fire protection, non-native invasive species, and habitat management that extend across boundaries

Citation: North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission. 2024. Climate Resilience Strategy Report. NCWRC Habitat Conservation Division, Raleigh, NC. 32 p. https://www.ncwildlife.gov/ncwrc-climate-strategy-report.

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2025 NC Wildlife Action Plan

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