Chapter 4 Habitats
incorporated where applicable. Land conservation or preservation can serve numerous purposes in the face of anticipated climate change, but above all, it promotes ecosystem resilience.
Priority Conservation Action, Examples of Focal Species or Focal Habitats • Continue to support partnerships like the Southern Blue Ridge Fire Learning Network and the North Carolina Prescribed Fire Council to expand efforts at restoring disturbance regimes. • Identify the best remaining examples of this habitat in the Mountains and western Piedmont and then to pursue easements or acquisition. The efforts of land trusts and government agencies should be coordinated to target the highest priority sites.
• Use land use planning to minimize development within large, unfragmented tracts of all woodland types in the western Piedmont.
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