North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission

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North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission

• State Game Lands
• (status funding mechanisms)
• ACJV Management Board
• March, 2008

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Status of Agency Lands

• nearly 700,000 acres in program
• 60 state owned
• 250,000 acres in short and long-term leases
  with cooperating agencies
• N.C. Forest Service
• U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
• Power Generating Companies
• Does not include 1,200,000 acres of National
  Forest

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Primary Funding Sources

• Clean Water Management Trust Fund
• Protect and Restore surface water quality
• i.e., protection and enhancement of wetlands and
  wetland borders
• Money appropriated by General Assembly each year
• 50 100 million appropriated each year
• Total of over 800,000,000 since 1996
• Only for acquisition by NCWRC

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Primary Funding Sources

• Natural Heritage Trust Fund
• Supported by portion of tax on real estate deed
  transfers a portion of fees for personalized
  license plates
• Significant Natural Heritage areas
• Acquisition only
• 218,000,000 since 1987
• Competitive grants to state agencies

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Primary Funding Sources

• CWMTF
• 1997-2007
• 84,000,000 directly to NCWRC
• 50,000,000 to non-profits (lands transferred
  to NCWRC
• NHTF
• 2006-2007
• 14,000,000 directly to NCWRC

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Secondary Funding Sources

• Federal-Aid (PR)
• Wildlife Endowment Fund
• NGOs (DU, Land Trusts)
• Federal Grants
• NAWCA
• Coastal Wetlands Grants

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NAWCA

• Importance to NCWRC
• 7 grants over 7 years
• 4,500,000
• 6,100 new acres
• Primarily used for wetland development/restoration
  and enhancement
• Secondarily for acquisition

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NAWCA Standard Grants

• NE NC Wetlands Initiative (2000)
• Roanoke River Phase 1 (2002)
• Roanoke River Phase 2 (2005)
• Sound Investment Phase 1 (2002)
• Sound Investment Phase 2 (2005)
• Neuse-Pamlico Initiative (submitted)
• Pee Dee River Initiative (submitted)

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NAWCA Small Grants

• NAWCA small grants
• Suggs Mill Pond wetland enhancement (2005)
• Butner-Falls of Neuse (2005)
• Caswell (submitted)
• 153,000 390 acres

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J. Morgan Futch

• Acquisition and restoration
• 600 acres

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J. Morgan Futch

• Mix of moist soil, SAVs, and crops
• Very important for swans, pintails, wood ducks,
  ringnecks, teal

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Roanoke River Conoho Farms

• wetland restoration
• 40 acres

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Roanoke River Pollacks Ferry

• 2,408 acre acquisition

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Roanoke River Pollacks Ferry

• Bottomland hardwoods
• Gum/cypress swamp

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Roanoke Marshes GL

• Wetland enhancement (32 acres)

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North River GL

• 60 acres (wetland restoration)

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Lantern Acres GL

• Wetland restoration
• 200 acres

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Gull Rock Game Land

• Enhancement (350 acres)
• New pumps and WCSs

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Goose Creek GL

• Enhancement
• 700 acres

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Pee Dee River Diggs Tract

• Acquisition
• 1650 acres

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Butner-Falls of Neuse-small NAWCA

• Enhancement
• Replace WCSs

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Butner-Falls of Neuse
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Management Hurdles

• non-traditional user groups
• management capacity