Connoquenessing Creek Watershed Conservation Plan - Western ...

Connoquenessing Creek Watershed Conservation PlanChapter 7. Management RecommendationsGoal 4-A: Develop, adopt, and implement management plans to protect forest and wildlife resources (continued).Method to achieve goal Potential Partners Potential Funding Priority2. Conduct studies in conjunction with thePennsylvania Natural Heritage Programto monitor biodiversity, including surveysfor historical species of concern for whichthe status is unknown.Conservation Groups,Sportsmen Groups,DCNR, PGC, PNHPDCNR, PrivateSources, FoundationsMedium3. Encourage planning departments to adoptand utilize management plans that protectforest landscapes.DCNR, Landowners,Conservation Groups,Planning DepartmentsDCNR, PrivateSources, FoundationsMedium4. Encourage landowners to contact aPennsylvania Game Commissionbiologist to develop a wildlifemanagement plan for their property.Conservation Groups,Landowners, PGC,DCNRPGC, Private SourcesMedium5. Encourage the development and use offorest stewardship or forest managementplans and participation in thePennsylvania Forest StewardshipProgram and/or the Tree Farm Program.DCNR, Landowners,Conservation Groups,Planning DepartmentsDCNR, PrivateSources, FoundationsMedium6. Develop forest and wildlife managementplans.Conservation Groups,Landowners, PGC,DCNRDCNR, PGC, PrivateSourcesMediumGoal 4-B: Implement best management practices to protect forest resources.Method to achieve goal Potential Partners Potential Funding Priority1. Promote tree plantings,sustainable harvesting, and otherbest management practices.Conservation Groups,Landowners, DCNR,Civic GroupsDCNR, PrivateSources, FoundationsHigh2. Decrease forest fragmentation bymaintaining contiguous forest tractsand/or travel corridors between existingnon-contiguous forest tracts.Conservation Groups,Sportsmen Groups,Landowners, DCNRDCNR, PGC, PrivateSources, FoundationsMedium3. Discourage the use of high-gradingpractices, such as diameter-limit harvestand selective cutting, and encouragetimber harvesters to use sustainable bestmanagement practices based upon foresttype and size under the direction of aprofessional forester.Conservation Groups,Landowners, DCNRDCNR, PrivateSources, FoundationsMedium4. Encourage cooperation betweenconservation districts and state agenciesto enforce regulations on the loggingindustry to minimize erosion andsedimentation.Conservation Groups,Conservation Districts,Landowners, DCNR,DEPDCNR, PrivateSources, FoundationsMedium7-27