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NATURAL HERITAGE PROGRAM 2021 BIENNIAL REPORT Compiled Roy Cooper Governor D. Reid Wilson Secretary, Department of Natural and Cultural Resources Walter Clark Director, Division of Land and Water Stewardship Executive Director, NC Land and Water Fund NATURAL HERITAGE PROGRAM 2021 BIENNIAL REPORT Compiled by Misty Buchanan, Deputy Director for Natural Heritage Division of Land and Water Stewardship Department of Natural and Cultural Resources Raleigh, North Carolina www.ncnhp.org Table of Contents REPORT ON ACTIVITIES OF 2019-2020 .................................................................................................................... 2 INFORMATION SERVICES ................................................................................................................................................. 2 INVENTORY .............................................................................................................................................................................. 5 NATURAL AREA CONSERVATION ............................................................................................................................ 19 NATURAL HERITAGE PROGRAM STAFF ............................................................................................................... 26 MAJOR ACTIVITIES PLANNED FOR 2021-2022 ................................................................................................. 27 APPENDIX A: PUBLICATIONS AND REPORTS .................................................................................................... 28 APPENDIX B: BIENNIAL PROTECTION PLAN LIST OF NATURAL AREAS ........................................... 31 1 REPORT ON ACTIVITIES OF 2019-2020 North Carolina’s Natural Heritage Program (NCNHP) has prepared this report to summarize program activities occurring during calendar years 2019 and 2020, as directed by the North Carolina Nature Preserves Act (GS 143B-135.250-.272). Established in 1976, NCNHP is a unit of the Division of Land and Water Stewardship, within the Department of Natural and Cultural Resources (DNCR). Nine of the twelve staff positions are funded with an appropriation from the state budget. NCNHP works in partnership with a variety of state and federal agencies, private organizations, individuals, and corporations to: 1) identify the most unique and irreplaceable natural areas of North Carolina, 2) share information about these natural areas, and 3) establish state nature preserves with participating agencies, for the benefit of present and future generations. NCNHP is the North Carolina component of an international network of natural heritage programs that share a common methodology and a commitment to documenting occurrences of rare species and natural areas across the United States, Canada, and Latin America. The 86 programs that comprise this network are affiliated through NatureServe, a private, nonprofit organization. Program activities of 2019 and 2020 are summarized in this report under the three major program areas of NCNHP: Information Services, Inventory, and Natural Area Conservation. INFORMATION SERVICES North Carolina’s Natural Heritage Program has developed the state’s most comprehensive database of biodiversity information by combining on-the-ground surveys with advanced GPS and GIS technology. Government, industry, the military, and conservation groups all trust NHP data to make important economic development, infrastructure investment, and land conservation decisions. NCNHP biologists are recognized for their decades of field expertise and commitment to complete and accurate data, and our client-focused analysts respond to hundreds of large-scale and site-specific information requests annually. We are committed to providing timely, creative, high-quality solutions to a wide variety of environmental and development planning needs. Our data systems are linked with powerful mapping tools – now accessible online 24/7. North Carolina is fortunate to have a variety of outstanding biologists working independently or as part of state and federal conservation agencies, at universities, as independent consultants, or in private conservation organizations. Working as part of this informal network of exceptional naturalists, NCNHP consolidates the information collected about rare species, high quality natural communities, and natural areas and makes it available for a variety of uses, including conservation and development planning. The information is also used to weigh the ecological significance of various sites and to evaluate the likelihood and nature of ecological impacts. This information supports informed evaluations of the possible impacts of development projects before 2 plans have been finalized. Finally, this information facilitates the establishment of priorities for the protection of North Carolina’s natural areas. Information Requests NCNHP maintains interactive online maps (at the Natural Heritage Data Explorer website), including a project review feature that generates tables of records occurring within specified project areas and allows users to view locations of natural heritage records. The online information database also generates reports of rare species, high quality natural communities, natural areas, and conservation managed areas, summarized by county or by U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) quadrangle. NCNHP hosts monthly workshops to help data customers learn to use the array of services NCNHP now provides online. Workshops are tailored to specific user groups, including government partners, private consultants, land managers, and conservation grant applicants. This web-based information system has been well received, both by partner agencies and the public. This service is updated quarterly and is expected to reduce the workload for staff while allowing easier access to the most requested information. Due to technical and financial limitations, NCNHP began charging a modest annual fee to users to help recover the costs associated with providing the data online. The Rules Review Commission approved the rules for fees during the September 20, 2018 meeting and fees went into effect October 1, 2018. During 2019 and 2020, 3,386 projects were submitted to the Natural Heritage Program for review by staff and the Natural Heritage Data Explorer online environmental review tool. These projects were submitted by individuals, federal and state agencies, consulting firms, academic institutions, conservation organizations, and city and county governments. As of December 31, 2020, 731 individuals in 297 organizations have active user accounts for the Natural Heritage Data Explorer website. Total State 20% Land Trust 3% Local 2% Federal 2% Consultant 73% Consultant Federal Local Land Trust State Figure 1. Projects submitted for review through the Natural Heritage Data Explorer website 2019-2020, by user group. 3 Most projects submitted to the Natural Heritage Data Explorer website were related to the development, transportation, conservation, and energy sectors (Figure 2). Figure 2. Percentage of projects submitted for review to NCNHP by economic sector in 2019-2020. At the request of emergency responders from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and the N.C. Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ), the Natural Heritage Program provided training on accessing maps of protected areas and endangered species online, to help minimize and avoid impacts to sensitive areas during emergency response and storm cleanup. FEMA staff consulted with the Natural Heritage Data Explorer maps more than 360 times for hurricane and storm recovery projects since 2016, and DEQ personnel reviewed NHP data for 200 Temporary Disaster Debris Staging Sites during this time. Publications NCNHP produces four reference publications (listed below). These publications are used by numerous state, private, and federal agencies, including the U.S. Department of Defense, the N.C. Department of Transportation, the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission, U.S. Forest Service, and various corporations, as well as environmental consultants, academic institutions, and the public. The publications are provided at cost 4 upon request. In addition, NCNHP provides digital files of these publications on the website (http://www.ncnhp.org/). Natural Heritage Program reference publications: Natural Heritage Program List of the Rare Animal Species of North Carolina; Natural Heritage Program List of the Rare Plant Species of North Carolina; Classification of the Natural Communities of North Carolina; Priority List of Natural Areas. Copies of county natural area inventory reports or rare species accounts are available upon request. A database of publications is searchable online at: http://ncnhp.org/web/nhp/searchable-publications. A list of all NCNHP reports in 2019 and 2020 is included in Appendix A. INVENTORY NCNHP natural area inventory efforts are conducted as part of a comprehensive effort to identify the most significant natural areas for Dedication as Nature Preserves and Registry as Natural Heritage Areas. Natural area surveys are also conducted when possible for protection-focused projects on behalf of partners such as the North Carolina Land and Water Fund (formerly known as the Clean Water Management Trust Fund). Inventories are also conducted with partners for particular rare species or natural communities. 2019-2020 Natural Area Inventories A Natural Area Inventory is a systematic search for the best examples of natural communities and locations of rare species throughout a defined location. The identification
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