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From NC Bird Conservation
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Burn around open, dry outcrops that naturally burned to restore more natural structure around the margins, and favor species that will tolerate drought and wildfire better. +
Maintain biologically significant areas, including [[Peregrine Falcon]] nesting areas, reptile den sites, and significant salamander occurrences. +
Assign appropriate management schemes to rock outcrops on conservation lands to minimize negative impacts from human activities, including recreational use and development. +
Initiate a prescribed fire regime to prevent invasive plants and prevent habitat conversion. +
Protect this habitat through active management to remove invasive species. +
Where possible, remove or exclude feral animals. Exclosure plots and electric fences should be considered as methods to prevent grazing or trampling (Porter et al. 2014). +
Control the number of feral horses and contain populations of free roaming horses to reduce habitat damage (Porter et al. 2014). +
Although protected by law in North Carolina, feral horse herds should be restricted from some areas where they currently roam free. Such restriction would be particularly beneficial at Shackleford Banks and Currictuck National Wildlife Refuge (Porter et al. 2014). Fence off portions of barrier islands where feral horses still occur to allow recovery of maritime grassland communities. +
Where sand supply is abundant and substrate is appropriate, restore overwash processes that carry sand from the seaward to the landward side of an island and may allow landward migration and improve prospects for survival. +
Collect seeds of the rarest plant species associated with maritime grasslands (especially annual species) to protect genetic diversity and maintain a source of local material that can be used to reestablish populations if species are extirpated or severely impacted within North Carolina. +
Control predators (not limited to exotic species) through education efforts, trapping, or other means to increase sea turtle and beach-nesting bird reproductive success. +
Make efforts to address beach lighting, sand fencing, sand pushing, and beach stabilization issues so that sea turtles have a better chance for nesting success. +
Continue the use of bird decoys and sound broadcasts to attract colonial nesting birds to better nesting sites. +
Continue coordination to influence where dredged material is placed to be most beneficial/least detrimental to beach-nesting birds, foraging shorebirds, and sea turtles. +
Reduce disturbance from off-road vehicles, people, and their pets on coastal beach and dune systems. Continued support for and enhanced coordination among coastal management agencies regarding existing restrictions and programs aimed at regulating beach activities is also critical. +
Maintain connections between habitatblocks, not only to allow adjustments in range in response to climate change, but to maintain population resilience and adaptability more generally. +
Create transportation facilities that utilize longer bridges at streams and wetlands to minimize impacts (and thereby reduce mitigation requirements) and provide crossing options for wildlife that often travel riparian corridors and disperse to upland communities. +
For protected and unprotected sites, control the exotic plants that are present or may potentially invade. +
Maintain connections between habitat blocks, not only to allow adjustments in range in response to climate change, but to maintain population resilience and adaptability more generally. +
Restore highly degraded stands; options include clear cutting and managing succession to control invasive species (i.e., ecological forestry). +