2025 NC Wildlife Action Plan

Southeast Conservation Blueprint Summary for North Carolina

Terrestrial Landscape condition

This indicator represents natural areas with limited human alteration while also considering the naturalness of the surrounding landscape. Examples of human alteration include urban development and intense agricultural use. The degree of naturalness across the landscape is a key ecological condition for sustaining species and ecosystem services that are sensitive to habitat fragmentation at multiple scales. This indicator uses the National Land Cover Dataset, various data on grasslands, mines, and quarries, and ideas from the Florida Critical Lands and Waters Identification Project's approach for evaluating landscape integrity.

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Very natural landscape Natural landscape Mostly natural landscape Partly natural landscape Altered landscape Heavily altered landscape

Created 11/20/2024 using the Southeast Conservation Blueprint Explorer

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