Chapter 8 Review, Coordination, Revision and Next Steps
Approximation (Schafale 2024) . The collaboration included review of updates to the NCNHP’s climate vulnerability assessment reports (NCNHP 2010, 2024) . The NCNHP vulnerability assessments describe how climate change and other impacts are expected to affect fish and wildlife species and compare and rank climate change against other categories of threats. Recommendations developed during the collaborative review identify needs for survey, monitoring, research, management, programs, and partnerships to address the impacts. These recommendations have been incorporated into natural community descriptions for aquatic, wetland, and terrestrial systems (see Chapter 4 of this Plan). 8.2.5 Public Outreach, Review and Comment Outreach information was distributed statewide through the NCWRC’s media and public communication network. Four flyers were published and sent to hundreds of thousands of constituents registered in the NCWRC’s email distribution system. Each notice described components of the SWAP revision and asked for participation through public comments. Few comments were generated by the email campaign, and only two constituents provided input on the revision process or SWAP content.
Throughout the revision process numerous efforts were made to encourage and accommodate wide public participation. Examples of outreach efforts include:
• Offering virtual meetings for conservation partners, NGOs, and American Indian Tribes to provide input and receive updates on SWAP revision topics; • Meetings and correspondence with leaders and elders from state-recognized American Indian Tribes and attending POW WOW events to share information about the Plan; • Meetings with the Director of the North Carolina Commission of Indian Affairs and the Director of University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill’s American Indian Center to provide SWAP revision information for their networks and contacts; and • Presentations to partners and participation in various conservation related events and meetings.
WRC will continue to offer opportunities for partners and members of the public to provide input on the priorities and recommendations detailed in this Plan.
The draft-revised SWAP was made available for public review in electronic format and comments were received from May 27 to June 30, 2025. The public review was intended to offer private citizens and those individuals from organizations not otherwise involved in the revision process an opportunity to review and provide comments and to offer new information for consideration. An announcement requesting the public’s assistance was distributed statewide to news media outlets and was prominently featured on the NCWRC website. The draft document was available in PDF format, which could be viewed in a number of ways: online in a web browser using a variety of electronic devices (computer, mobile phone, tablet,
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