Orange County NC Website
Browse       Search
State Natural Resource Agency Adaptation Plans <br />Similarly, H.R. 5454 would require each state to develop a state adaptation strategy within a year after the <br />bill's passage. This strategy is required to be consistent with the state's Wildlife Action Plan, and will be <br />incorporated into plan revisions, due in 2015. The FWS is responsible for reviewing and approving revisions <br />and addendums to wildlife action plans. As written in the bill, State adaptation plans are to include a strategy <br />for addressing the impacts of climate change and ocean acidification on terrestrial, marine, estuarine, and <br />freshwater fish, wildlife, plants, habitats, ecosystems, wildlife health and ecological processes. This strategy <br />must address the following components: <br />Describe the impacts of climate change and ocean acidification on biodiversity, habitats <br />and ecological processes <br />2. Establish monitoring programs to track the impacts of climate change on biodiversity, <br />habitats and ecological processes <br />Describe and prioritize proposed conservation actions to help these species and systems <br />adapt to climate change <br />4. Include specific actions and strategies and a time frame for implementation <br />Establish methods for assessing the effectiveness of these strategies and make changes as <br />necessary <br />Must be incorporated into a revision of the State Wildlife Action Plans <br />Must be developed with participation of the state fish and wildlife agency, the state <br />coastal agency, the state agency responsible for the administration of Land and Water <br />Conservation Fund grants, the State Forest Legacy program coordinator, and other state <br />agencies considered appropriate, as well as coordination with the Secretary of the Interior <br />and where applicable the Secretary of Commerce, as well as other states with jurisdiction <br />over natural resources within the state. <br />Include guidance on how managers are expected to address the effects of climate <br />change and ocean acidification, how they will obtain site - specific information to inform <br />management, reflect best practices shared among agencies, and identify and assess data <br />and information gaps <br />208 Appendix E <br />