Chapter 3 North Carolina Species
3.6.8.4 Management Practices Management practices that reduce impacts and work synergistically with other conservation actions are needed to enhance the resilience of natural resources. Particular needs include preserving biodiversity, protecting native populations and their habitats, and improving degraded habitats. Priority Conservation Action, Examples of Focal Species or Focal Habitats • Continue to improve propagation techniques and production capacity for SGCN and other priority fish and mollusk species.
• Conduct population augmentations and restorations using hatchery-reared and translocated mussels.
• Protect and restore native, forested riparian buffers on all waterways.
• Promote use of best management practices on all state-owned lands (wildlife, parks, recreation areas, forests, preserves).
• Ensure that freshwater mussel populations are considered in the evaluation of all projects, including impacts during activities such as dam removal or stream restoration activities.
• Resource agencies should identify the waters important for mussel conservation, which are eligible for ORW or HQW designations, and petition for those protections.
• Assess how upstream land-management activities affect mussels (for example, through sediment and contaminant inputs) and how mussels could contribute to sediment stability.
3.6.8.5 Conservation Programs and Partnerships Conservation programs, incentives, and partnerships should be fully used to preserve high- quality resources and protect important natural communities. Protective measures that use existing regulatory frameworks to protect habitats and species should be incorporated where applicable. Land conservation or preservation can serve numerous purposes in the face of anticipated climate change, but above all, promotes ecosystem resilience.
2025 NC Wildlife Action Plan
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