2025 NC Wildlife Action Plan

Chapter 4 Habitats

Priority Conservation Action, Examples of Focal Species or Focal Habitats

• Initiate partnerships with the Natural Resources Conservation Service to begin cane restoration projects and research.

• Continue cooperative efforts with colonial waterbird (wading bird) working groups and follow future management recommendations from the North American Waterbird Management Plan (Kushlan et al. 2002) . Colonial Waterbirds • Work to develop eight patches of forested wetlands at least 10,000 acres in size throughout the South Atlantic Coastal Plain, as called for in the South Atlantic Coastal Plain Partners in Flight Bird Conservation Plan (Hunter et al . 2001) .

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