Chapter 6 Conservation Goals and Priorities
• Develop structures and stations for fish and wildlife viewing and photography. • Use media relations to highlight conservation issues and success stories and make a local connection with the public through media outlets. • Use agency websites, its magazine, and social media platforms to engage the public directly on various conservation issues and success stories. • Participate in and support citizen science and wildlife monitoring programs that offer hands-on opportunities to learn about wildlife while helping these programs accomplish their conservation objectives. Examples include the Box Turtle Project; statewide amphibian calling surveys; Backyard Bird Survey, Christmas Bird Count, and other bird survey programs; Carolina Herp Atlas; and the Sea Turtle Stranding and Salvage Network. 6.3.4.4.4 Connecting Recreation and Wildlife • Develop and maintain access points (at piers, docks, etc.) to accommodate kayaks, canoes, and other paddle (non-motorized) boats accessing aquatic systems. • Develop and maintain marked canoe trails along major streams and rivers. • Support and assist with maintenance to the Mountain-to-Sea Trails and the Rails-to- Trails systems as well as connections to local greenway systems. • Develop and maintain hiking trails on state-owned game lands and provide interpretive materials to educate users about local wildlife and conservation needs. • Develop and maintain hiking trails and viewing sites associated with state-maintained campgrounds, picnicking areas, and visitor centers. • Develop wildlife-related displays and educational materials at state-owned campgrounds, picnicking areas, and visitor centers. • Produce wildlife-related educational programs at state-owned campgrounds, picnicking areas, and visitor centers. • Assist with the organization, promotion, and operation of local birding or wildlife festivals. • Develop birding guides for North Carolina species and birding lists for significant public- owned properties. • Establish demonstration areas for backyard wildlife habitat improvements and promote schoolyard habitat programs. • Educate the public about human impacts on sensitive sites, such as isolated wetlands, bogs, caves and mines, and rock outcrops. 6.3.4.4.5 Education and Training Opportunities • Support NC Division of Parks and Recreation educational opportunities which include workshops for educators and information for student activities. • Support the Environmental Education Certification Program offered by the Office of Environmental Education. This program provides teacher guides, state curriculum guides, guides to environmental education centers around the state, and adult education programming.
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