Chapter 3 North Carolina Species
Priority Conservation Action, Examples of Focal Species or Focal Habitats • Promote appropriate prescribed fire regimes to maintain open, diverse habitat that supports abundant upland snake populations. • Restore lands where lack of fire, or fire suppression, has altered pine-dominated forests. Longleaf Pine forests • Continue to manage mountain bogs using appropriate techniques and promote habitat restoration and maintenance on mountain bogs as guided by the Bog Turtle Conservation Plan. Bog Turtle • Determine “hot spots” for road mortality and assess ways of alleviating issues, including underpasses or other techniques. • Restore degraded ephemeral wetland habitat and maintain existing habitat through application of prescribed fire during appropriate seasons and at required intervals to support abundant aquatic turtle populations (i.e., Chicken Turtle). Eastern Chicken Turtle Eastern Musk Turtle Stripe-necked Musk Turtle 3.8.8.5 Conservation Programs and Partnerships Conservation programs, incentives, and partnerships should be used to the fullest extent 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. Priority Conservation Action, Examples of Focal Species or Focal Habitats • Continue to support programs that limit collection of priority species, including permit requirements, law enforcement oversight, and legislative action that protects species.
• Implement the state listing process by routinely evaluating conservation status and recommending legislative updates to revise the state-species lists.
• Consider repatriation of confiscated animals where appropriate.
• Support land trusts and conservation easements to protect reptile habitat.
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