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Wake Nature Preserves Partnership

Wake Nature Preserves Partnership. Presentation to the Municipal Park Directors of Wake County 2008 October 2. Open Space & Parks in Wake. Municipal & County Owned. Natural Heritage Sites. Wake Nature. Our Mission.

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Wake Nature Preserves Partnership

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  1. Wake Nature Preserves Partnership Presentation to the Municipal Park Directors of Wake County 2008 October 2

  2. Open Space & Parks in Wake

  3. Municipal & County Owned

  4. Natural Heritage Sites

  5. Wake Nature

  6. Our Mission Wake Nature Preserves Partnership will organize and provide resources to identify ecologically valuable, protected open spaces within Wake County and to build capacity for appropriate, long-term stewardship of those areas.

  7. Who We Are NC Museum of Natural Sciences NC Natural Heritage Program NC State University NC Wildlife Resources Commission Triangle Land Conservancy Wake Audubon Society Wake County Environmental Services Wake County Parks, Recreation, & Open Space

  8. Why We Are Doing This People who use ecologically valuable areas in parks and open spaces would like them conserved. County and municipalities have invested in these areas, but funding for stewardship is limited. We’d like to help leverage the substantial, untapped resources we have in this region.

  9. Our Vision: Best Practice Conservation Management Natural resources inventories Management plans Active stewardship

  10. Other Places Doing This Charlotte / Mecklenburg, NC Chicago Wilderness Consortium, IL Cleveland Metro Parks, OH East Bay Regional Parks, Oakland, CA Fairfax County Parks, VA Marin County Parks, CA

  11. What We Have Been Doing Beginning to identify ecologically valuable areas. Piloting our ideas by partnering with Wake County. Planning database for all Wake County open space. Developing service-learning connections with NCSU. Seeking additional partners and volunteers.

  12. Identifying Ecologically Valuable Areas Natural Heritage Program NC Wildlife Action Plan Priority Species Habitat On-site inventory

  13. Demonstration Project: Marks Creek Establish an example process for later efforts to emulate or learn from. Started inventory in early 2008. Draft management plan in early 2009. Mobilize resources for active stewardship as needed.

  14. Willing partners we’d like to involve You and your staffs. Volunteers and interns. NCSU students and faculty.

  15. What are we asking of you? Open a conversation. How can we work together? Can we modify partnership to work better for you? What would you like to see or do next?

  16. Contact Information George Hess :: NC State University 919.515.7437 :: george_hess@ncsu.edu Gary Blank :: NC State University 919.515.7566 :: gary_blank@ncsu.edu Chris Snow :: Wake County Parks, Recreation, & Open Space 919.856.6677 :: csnow@co.wake.nc.us Jamie Ramsey :: Wake Open Space & Parks Advisory Committee :: 919.821.9059 :: cadra4@aol.com

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