Chapter 7 Monitoring
(NCWRC) and conservation partners. These activities implement the recommendations made in previous chapters and are accomplished through the planning process and collaboration and cooperation among the many agencies, organizations, and initiatives discussed in Chapter 6. Sections 7.2 and 7.3 provide information about species-specific and guild-level monitoring protocols, while Section 7.4 addresses habitat and natural community monitoring. A list of Species of Greatest Conservation Need (SGCN) can be found in Appendix 3 and their habitat associations are provided in Appendix 3, Tables 3-17 and 3-18. Lists of monitoring activities and programs conducted by NCWRC and partners are available in Appendix 7. 7.1.1 Monitoring on Public Lands In North Carolina, the largest acreages of publicly owned land are managed by state and federal agencies, and there are many smaller tracts owned by local municipalities and conservation organizations. Species and habitat monitoring is part of routine monitoring conducted on state and federal public lands. The NCWRC coordinates with other agencies and organizations to identify shared priorities and to facilitate efficient monitoring and data synthesis. Table 7.1-1 provides examples of large tracts of public lands monitored by federal and state agencies. More information about the management programs on these lands can be found in Chapter 6.
Table 7.1-1 Examples of large public land tracts with monitoring programs. Agency Land Tracts with Monitoring Programs
Department of Defense (DOD) Integrated Natural Resource Management Plans stipulate monitoring needs for each installation US Forest Service (USFS) Land and Resource Management Plans identify monitoring needs related to each forest’s Management Indicator Species and communities. US Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) Comprehensive Conservation Plans outline the programs and corresponding resource needs for managing each wildlife refuge over a 15-year period.
Army https://www.denix.osd.mil/army-nr/army-integrated- natural-resources-management-plan-inrmp
Marine Corps https://www.lejeune.marines.mil/Offices- Staff/Environmental-Mgmt/
https://www.fs.usda.gov/r08/northcarolina/planning
https://www.fws.gov/library/collections/comprehensive- conservation-plans
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