Chapter 3 North Carolina Species
incorporated where applicable. Land conservation or preservation serves numerous purposes in the face of anticipated climate change, but most importantly promotes ecosystem resilience.
Priority Conservation Action, Focal Species, or Focal Habitats
• Support establishing riparian buffers along streams and implementing low-impact development and better stormwater management (e.g., secondary and cumulative impacts; NCWRC 2012 ) through program coordination, cooperative projects, and technical guidance. • Support stream protection/restoration by working collaboratively with other organizations. Reintroduce or augment rare fish populations in areas where water quality and stream habitats have recovered sufficiently to support them.
• Support incentive and information programs that help reduce sedimentation/erosion, minimize pesticide and herbicide use, and modernize wastewater treatment facilities.
• Support targeted protection actions for priority spawning areas identified by the Cape Fear River Partnership, including Smith Creek, Rice Creek, Town Creek, and Smiley Falls (CFRP 2013) . Cape Fear River Basin Smith Creek Rice Creek Town Creek Smiley Falls
• Work with partners, including private landowners, to release propagated populations of ESA-listed fish species under the Programmatic Safe Harbor and Candidate Conservation Agreement with Assurances agreement with USFWS.
Cape Fear Shiner Carolina Madtom
Lake Sturgeon Orangefin Madtom Roanoke Logperch
Robust Redhorse Spotfin Chub
References are located at the end of this document.
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