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Connoquenessing Creek Watershed Conservation PlanChapter 7. Management RecommendationsGoal 4-B: Implement best management practices to protect forest resources (continued).Method to achieve goal Potential Partners Potential Funding Priority5. Work with Woodland OwnerAssociations to educate the public, restoredegraded areas, and developdemonstration areas.Conservation Groups,Landowners, DCNRDCNR, PrivateSources, FoundationsMediumGoal 4-C: Identify Important Bird and Mammal Areas.Method to achieve goal Potential Partners Potential Funding Priority1. Identify specific recommendations toimprove habitat related to Important BirdAreas and Important Mammal Areas.Conservation Groups,Landowners, PGC,DCNR, PNHPDCNR, PGC,Audubon Society,Private Sources,FoundationsMedium2. Partner with local Audubon chapters andbirding clubs to identify, characterize,and recommend Important Bird Areas.Conservation Groups,Landowners, DCNR,PNHPDCNR, AudubonSociety, PrivateSources, FoundationsMedium3. Identify and recommend ImportantMammal Areas.Conservation Groups,Landowners, PGC,PNHPDCNR, PGC, PrivateSources, FoundationsMediumGoal 4-D: Identify and protect biologically diverse areas.Method to achieve goal Potential Partners Potential Funding Priority1. Restrict activities, such as grazing andoff-road vehicles, and control invasivespecies within biological diversity areas.Conservation Groups,Landowners, DCNR,PGC, PNHPDCNR, PrivateSources, FoundationsMedium2. Develop a land steward program forBiological Diversity Areas through whichvolunteers would be responsible forregular monitoring of these areas andeducating landowners.Conservation Groups,Landowners, DCNR,PGC, PNHPDCNR, PrivateSources, FoundationsMedium3. Develop incentive programs to encourageand reward landowners to developmanagement plans, decrease development,and use other conservation practices in andaround riparian corridors and biologicallydiverse areas.Conservation Groups,Sportsmen Groups,Landowners, DCNR,PGC, DEP, PNHPDCNR, DEP, PGC,Cost-share Programs,Private Sources,FoundationsMedium4. Work with utility companies to limitherbicide use and to utilize alternativemanagement techniques in right-of-ways.Conservation Groups,Utility Company,Landowners, PNHPDCNR, PrivateSources, FoundationsMedium5. Develop new biotic study areas throughoutthe watershed and encourage local schoolsto utilize this resource, thereby fulfillingstate curriculum requirements andbroadening educational understanding ofecological resources.Conservation Groups,Landowners, DCNR,PGC, Universities,School Districts, PNHPDCNR, Universities,Private Sources,FoundationsMedium7-28
Connoquenessing Creek Watershed Conservation PlanChapter 7. Management RecommendationsGoal 4-D: Identify and protect biologically diverse areas (continued).Method to achieve goal Potential Partners Potential Funding Priority6. Implement strategies to improve habitatwithin Biological Diversity Areas.Conservation Groups,DCNR, Landowners,PNHPDCNR, PrivateSources, FoundationsMedium7. Establish and utilize biodiversity indices,such as Aquatic CommunityClassification, for selected streamsegments to document the current status ofbiodiversity and to track changes overtime as management recommendations areimplemented.Conservation Groups,Sportsmen Groups,DCNR, DEP, PFBC,USFWS, PNHPDEP, DCNR, PFBC,PGC, USFWS, PrivateSources, FoundationsMedium8. Protect biological diversity areas throughcollaborative partnerships among thepresent owner, citizens, localorganizations, and PennsylvaniaDepartment of Transportation.Conservation Groups,Landowners, DCNR,PGC, PennDOT, PNHPDCNR, PrivateSources, FoundationsLow9. Refine information on BiologicalDiversity Areas contained in CountyNatural Heritage Inventories.Conservation Groups,DCNR, Counties,PNHP, PGC, PFBC,PNHPDCNR, PrivateSources, FoundationsLowGoal 4-E: Enhance aquatic habitats.Method to achieve goal Potential Partners Potential Funding Priority1. Incorporate aquatic habitat improvementsinto streambank stabilization and waterquality remediation projects.Conservation Groups,DEP, PFBC,LandownersDEP, PFBC, PrivateSources, FoundationsHigh2. Improve aquatic habitat for fish, mussels,and other organisms by implementingbest management practices and otherrestoration activities.Conservation Groups,DEP, PFBC,LandownersDEP, PFBC, PrivateSources, FoundationsHigh3. Increase habitat and passage for fish,mussels, and other aquatic organisms byremoving dams on small tributaries andmaintaining stable flow regimesdownstream.Conservation Groups,DEP, PFBC, ACOE,LandownersDEP, PFBC,American Rivers,Private Sources,FoundationsMedium4. Utilize volunteers to quantify the amountof large woody debris, in key streamreaches and headwater areas.Conservation Groups,Conservation Districts,Sportsmen Groups,PFBC, DEPPFBC, DEP, PrivateSources, FoundationsMediumGoal 4-F: Protect rare, threatened, and endangered species and their habitats.Method to achieve goal Potential Partners Potential Funding Priority1. Protect or improve habitats that supportthreatened and endangered species andspecies of concern through acquisition,easements, and/or landowner education.PNHP, PFBC, DCNR,Conservation Groups,LandownersDCNR, PFBC, PrivateSources, FoundationsMedium7-29
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