Chapter 3 North Carolina’s Species
3.13.8.4 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, maintaining and restoring natural processes such as fire and natural flood regimes, and improving degraded habitats. There is a need for more understanding of how management practices conducted at varying scales impact plant populations. Priority Conservation Action, Examples of Focal Species or Focal Habitats • Some practices should be employed in very controlled and isolated applications (i.e., herbicide treatments), whereas other practices are more effective if applied across a larger landscape (i.e., prescribed burns).
• Factoring in the feasibility of employing the best management practices at the most appropriate scale is a critical component in management planning, especially for rare plant species and sensitive habitats.
• Develop protocols and procedures for safeguarding rare plants.
• Close sensitive sites to stop direct (trampling, loss of habitat to recreation developments such as trails) and indirect (disturbance, plant poaching) human impacts.
• Restore mountain bog habitats.
Bogs
Wetlands
• Develop and implement a management plan to address invasive species.
• Promote and support new and ongoing conservation and restoration projects within tribal communities and incorporate climate resiliency to the extent possible.
• Work with state agencies responsible for managing public lands to identify plants and community components that need specific management activities and assist with developing appropriate management schedules.
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