Chapter 4 Habitats
spread of exotic or invasive species are vital. Specific issues that need to be addressed in this basin include secondary and cumulative impacts upon water quality, buffer protection, water supply watershed protection, and protection of headwaters.
Priority Conservation Action, Examples of Focal Species or Focal Habitats
• Promote programs to upgrade/increase compliance at wastewater treatment facilities and CAFOs.
• Promote prevention and awareness of the spread of exotic species and damage to native resources, communities, and economic impacts.
• Provide support for land conservation, particularly in riparian areas (acquisition, easements, restoration).
• Support well-planned stream habitat, hydrology, and connectivity restoration work in collaboration with other organizations, where appropriate.
• Continue to identify areas critical to aquatic ecosystem health that can be conserved or restored.
• Coordinate and provide management guidance on managed properties, such as NCWRC game lands, to maximize effective conservation and restoration activities on these public lands.
• Pursue propagation, augmentation, and reintroduction of rare native species into appropriate habitat.
4.5.11.5.5 Conservation Programs and Partnerships Conservation programs, incentives, and partnerships should be used to the fullest extent to conserve 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, it promotes ecosystem resilience.
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