Appendix 6
Table 6.2 Objectives and example strategies and priority actions for conservation of habitats. Goal 2. Improve wildlife habitat and manage populations to support sustainable ecosystem services. Objective 2.A - Conserve habitats to support healthy fish, wildlife and plant populations and ecosystem functions
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Promote and support habitat protection efforts
• Periodically update identification of priority areas for habitat conservation
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• Use acquisition and easements to conserve habitats
Objective 2.B - Manage habitats for ecological complexity at all scales
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Maintain ecological functions of terrestrial and aquatic habitats
• Use prescribed fire where appropriate and to maintain communities adapted to fire. • Work with private landowners to encourage and facilitate burning on their properties in fire-dependent ecosystems
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Support ecologically effective population densities
• Establish means and protocol for captive breeding program for SGCN priority species.
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Manage populations to maintain sustainable communities of species
• Improve long-term sustainability of imperiled species by reducing vulnerability to isolated catastrophic events or genetic problems.
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Objective 2.C - Recover and restore species and habitats
Utilize propagation techniques for reintroduction of native species and populations • Collect gravid mussels from the wild in order to propagate juvenile mussels at fish hatchery facilities. • Re-establish fish and mollusk populations within species’ historic range. Utilize in-stream habitat restoration techniques, including barrier removal (e.g., dams, culverts, pipes), bank stabilization, installing BMPs, and natural channel design • Improve data collection, management, and dissemination within and among agencies, organizations, academia, and private industry
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Promote or restore natural or improved flow regimes
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