Allegheny River Headwaters Watershed Conservation Plan

Allegheny River Headwaters Conservation Plan
Chapter 7. Management Recommendations
GOAL 4-2: IMPROVE HABITATS (CONTINUED).
Objective 3: Implement strategies to enhance habitats for wildlife (continued).
Method to achieve objective: Potential Partners Potential Funding Priority
2. Refrain from using manicuring techniques on some
fields in public ownership allowing them to revert to
a more natural state providing habitat for wildlife.
Conservation Groups,
Landowners, PNHP,
PFBC, DCNR, PGC
NA
Medium
3. Maintain grassland species habitats on public lands
through practices, such as controlled burns and
limited mowing.
Conservation Groups,
Landowners, PNHP,
PFBC, DCNR, PGC
Foundations,
Private Sources,
DCNR, PFBC
Medium
4. Delay hay harvesting and mowing of fallow fields
until July protecting bird nesting sites and young
wildlife, if economic situation permits.
Conservation Groups,
Landowners, PNHP,
PFBC, DCNR, PGC
Foundations,
Private Sources,
DCNR, PFBC
Medium
Objective 4: Protect rare, threatened, and endangered species and their habitats.
Method to achieve objective: Potential Partners Potential Funding Priority
1. Develop monitoring strategies and management plans
for species of concern that are particularly vulnerable
to habitat destruction by working with the
Pennsylvania Natural Heritage Program.
Conservation Groups,
Landowners, PNHP,
PFBC, DCNR
Foundations,
Private Sources,
DCNR, PFBC
Medium
2. Protect or improve habitats that support threatened
and endangered species and species of concern
through acquisition, easements, and/or landowner
education.
Conservation Groups,
Landowners, PNHP,
PFBC, DCNR
Foundations,
Private Sources,
DCNR, PFBC
Medium
3. Submit recent identification of rare, threatened, or
endangered species and their habitats to Pennsylvania
Biological Survey.
Conservation Groups,
Landowners, PNHP,
PFBC, DCNR
Foundations,
Private Sources,
DCNR, PFBC
Medium
GOAL 4-3: REDUCE INVASIVE SPECIES POPULATIONS WHILE INCREASING THE USE
OF NATIVE SPECIES.
Objective 1: Monitor and control invasive species.
Method to achieve objective: Potential Partners Potential Funding Priority
1. Compile a publicly assessable Internet database of
exotic and invasive species that allows moderated
submissions from the public.
Conservation Groups,
Conservation
Districts, DCNR
Foundations,
Private Sources,
DCNR
Medium
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