2025 NC Wildlife Action Plan

Southeast Conservation Blueprint Summary for North Carolina

Coastal & marine Stable coastal wetlands

This indicator uses remote sensing to calculate the unvegetated-vegetated ratio of tidal wetlands, which compares how much of a wetland is not covered by plants (e.g., sediment, rocks, open water) to how much is covered by plants. Marshes that maintain a higher proportion of vegetation tend to be more stable and resilient to threats like sea-level rise, erosion, and coastal development. This ratio, and how it changes over time, is a good surrogate for salt marsh degradation processes like sediment loss and conversion to open water. This indicator originates from a U.S. Geological Survey project on an unvegetated to vegetated ratio for coastal wetlands.

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Stable coastal wetlands Other coastal wetlands Not identified as coastal wetlands

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

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