North Carolina Wildlife Quick Start Map

Jan 20, 2021 (Last modified Feb 23, 2021)
Created by Chelsea Leitz
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Description
This map serves as a quick start map to display wildlife activity and priorities in the state of North Carolina.

Layers include:
  1. Administrative boundaries in North Carolina for all NC managed areas, as well as the National Forests boundaries.
  2. 2015 NC State Wildlife Action Plan - HUC 12 Priorities
  3. Prioritizing Road Segments for Wildlife Crossings (check the box to turn on layers in map)
    1. Large Species Model
    2. Small Species Model
 
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      NC Managed AreasNC Managed Areas
      NC Natural Heritage Program
      The North Carolina Natural Heritage Program's Managed Areas (marea) shapefile is primarily a collection of fee simple properties and easements where natural resource conservation is one of the primary management goals. It does include a number of properties and easements that are not primarily...
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    USFS
    Use Constraints
    Creative Commons LicenseThis work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
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    Tags
    wildlife habitat, national forest in north carolina, wildlife openings, activities, climate resilience, nc wildlife action plan, land management, conservation, wildlife, habitat restoration, forest management, vegetation, biodiversity, us forest service, vegetation management, united states

    About the Map Author

    Chelsea Leitz
    Regional Inventory, Monitoring, Assessment and Climate Change Coordinator with USFS

    I am a member of the Planning Unit staff area at the Regional Office in Atlanta for the USFS. From August - November 2019, I detailed at the National Forests in North Carolina Supervisor's Office in Asheville as the All Lands Data Program Manager.