See the North Carolina Wildlife Action Plan for other versions. Refer to the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission's NC WAP page here for more information.

Introduction

FOR 75 YEARS, state fish and wildlife agencies across the United States have benefited from federal aid funds provided by the Wildlife Restoration Act (Pittman–Robertson or PR), Sport Fisheries Restoration Act (Dingell–Johnson or DJ), and the Wallop-Breaux Act, which support the conservation and management of game fish and wildlife species. These funds are generated through federal excise taxes collected at the manufacturers’ level and have been critical to the establishment of long-term agency conservation planning related to game species.

Yet conservation efforts for nongame fish and wildlife species (those that are not hunted or fished) have historically been opportunistic and crisis-driven. This is largely because of limited resources, such as a lack of dedicated funding, and a lack of strategic approaches to species and habitat conservation. With nearly 600 wildlife species listed nationally on the federal endangered and threatened species list, the need for a complementary source of funding for nongame species remains critical for the continued conservation, protection, and restoration of the full array of North Carolina’s wildlife species.

Relationship to wiki.ncpif.org

This site is an experiment in progress to make the Wildlife Action Plan more accessible. It is designed to highlight relationships between the species, habitats, projects, and organizations that make conservation possible.

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