North Carolina Natural Heritage Program: Science Guiding Conservation with Misty Buchanan

The Natural Heritage Program is a small state program with a big mission: to inventory North Carolina’s natural areas and use the information to create a network of nature preserves that will protect our natural heritage for future generations.
www.ncnhp.org/
Misty Buchanan, Deputy Director for Natural Heritage, Division of Land and Water Stewardship, Department of Natural and Cultural Resources, will discuss current research and conservation projects, including how field biologists explore and document North Carolina’s flora and fauna, how we determine which species are common and secure versus rare and imperiled, and how the Natural Heritage Program works across North Carolina to create land conservation agreements with government agencies, land trusts, and private landowners.
Rare plant species and recent conservation projects in the Triad area will also be discussed.