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Protect floodplains and riparian wetlands from development or land uses that interfere with flood control or floodwater attenuation. Changes in flood patterns (frequency and duration) and flooded lands may periodically require updating flood maps to ensure protection of life and property (Band and Salvesen, 2009). +
Preserve forests and open space, farm land, rural landscapes, and park lands. Manage open lands and plant trees and vegetation in urban areas to aid in carbon sequestration. +
Plant riparian areas with vegetation with a broad elevational range within a particular watershed and with broad hydrologic tolerance to promote resiliency from climate change. +
Use easements and value taxation, and fee simple purchase for land conservation or preservation. +
Protect existing large blocks of habitat and restore connections between these blocks, as this will not only benefit the species in this group, but will enhance the viability of the state's native biodiversity overall. +
Preserve riparian buffers and floodplains, especially where clearcutting near wetlands causes higher solar radiation and an increase in probability of wetlands drying out. +
Place a high priority on protecting wetlands and adjacent uplands through acquisition or easement. +
Promote efforts to control stormwater management and point source pollution. +
Make every effort to maintain continuous gradients between wetland and upland sites; roads, agriculture, or forestry operations between complimentary sites may render them ineffective at supporting amphibian and reptile populations (Bailey et al. 2004; NCWRC 2005). +
Provide for habitat connectivity between nearby upland pools and other wetlands or surface waters. +
Place high priority on protecting wetlands and adjacent uplands through acquisition or easement. +
Actively pursue acquisition of conservation ownership of mountain bogs in concert with state and federal agency partners as well as private conservation partners. +
Acquire cave habitat through purchase, conservation easement, or other perpetual management agreements (potential for partnerships with NC Natural Heritage Program, The Nature Conservancy). +
Develop plans to protect caves where roosting bats or other cave resources are at risk from human intrusion. +
Plant riparian areas with native vegetation with a broad elevationalrange within a particular watershed and with broad hydrologic tolerance to promote resilience from climate change. +
Promote efforts to control stormwater management point source pollution. +
With the vast majority of cove hardwood habitat in mid-successional stages, efforts should be directed toward increasing older age classes of cove hardwoods by both lengthening harvest rotation recommendations for timberland owners, and exploring whether we can mimic old growth gap dynamic conditions through selective harvesting techniques in midto late-successional cove hardwood stands. +
Protect cove forests from severe wildfire during drought periods to prevent catastrophic disturbance. In more favorable periods, prescribed burning of surrounding landscapes would help reduce the risk of controllable wildfire, as well as benefitting the upland communities. +
Determine impacts of prescribed fire on these communities and the resulting effects on wildlife communities. +
Develop logistically and economically effective control strategies for controlling outbreaks of the most damaging insect pests and diseases. +