Wildlife Diversity Program Quarterly Report for April–June 2026
HABITAT CONSERVATION
Technical Assistance
Staff have provided technical assistance to multiple community groups and local governments. These technical assistance interac- tions include: • Wake Forest Conservation Alliance – recommendations on development review processes and conservation priorities • Subdivision development review for City of Durham Planning Commission • Town of Chapel Hill Greenways Plan • Durham City & County Open Space Plan • Collaboration with the Office of Conservation Policy & Analysis to implement an evaluation of the Green Growth Toolbox Program
Partners for Green Growth
Recipients of the Partners for Green Growth cost-share program in 2024 and 2025 have been moving forward with their projects, with two projects in the final stages of completion. • Union County has completed their Partners for Green Growth project with their Rural Land Use Plan, draft ordinance lan- guage, and Conservation Subdivision Brochure. Rural Land Use Plan | Union County, NC • The Village of Forest Hills was selected to receive Partners for Green Growth funding to develop conservation policies for their future land use plan and develop a technical memo on ordinance opportunities for enhanced resource conservation. • The Town of Aberdeen has been awarded Partners for Green Growth cost-share funding to create a conservation chapter in their preferred development guide and develop model ordinances for incentivizing conservation design.
Conservation Partnerships
Staff are actively involved in several conservation partnerships around North Carolina. Partnerships with notable involvement include the Triangle Connectivity Collaborative, NC Natural and Working Lands Steering Committee, Onslow Bight Conservation Forum, Cape Fear Arch, the Southeast Regional Partnership for Planning and Sustainability (SERPPAS), NC Bat Working Group, NC Sandhills Conservation Partnership, Collaboration on Helene Impact and Recovery Assessment and Monitoring (CHIRAM), NC Connectivity Coalition, NC Chapter of The Wildlife Society, and the Eastern North Carolina Sentinel Landscape Partnership (ENCSL). Over the last quarter: • Staff are assisting the Onslow Bight Conservation Forum in organizing their Private Lands Working Group and developing an outreach and technical assistance program for private landowners in the Onslow Bight. One private landowner event was coordinated with eight landowners in attendance. • Staff assisted with coordination of a NC Sandhills Conservation Partnership meeting on June 10th, 2026 focused on land use planning and conservation. • Staff continue to participate on the Cape Fear Arch steering committee and continues to assist in planning quarterly meetings. • Staff are collaborating with CHIRAM members to provide landowner workshops on stream restoration. • Staff are serving in a technical guidance role on the NC Connectivity Coalition’s statewide wildlife habitat mapping initiative.
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