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The North Carolina Natural Heritage Program's Managed Areas are a collection of properties and easements where natural resource conservation is one of the primary management goals or are of conservation interest. It is intended to be used as an aid to conservation planning only and not as a substitute for land survey data. |
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The North Carolina Natural Heritage Program's Managed Areas are a collection of properties and easements where natural resource conservation is one of the primary management goals or are of conservation interest. It is intended to be used as an aid to conservation planning only and not as a substitute for land survey data. |
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<DIV STYLE="text-align:Left;"><DIV><DIV><P><SPAN>The North Carolina Natural Heritage Program's Managed Areas are primarily a collection of fee simple properties and easements where natural resource conservation is one of the primary management goals. It does include a number of properties and easements that are not primarily managed for conservation, but that are of conservation interest. This conservation interest ranges from properties and easements which support rare species and intact, high-quality natural communities to those that are open spaces in places where open space is scarce. Lands that are Dedicated Nature Preserves or Registered Heritage Areas are found in this data set. These data are the current equivalent of the Conservation Tax Credit Properties and Land Trust Conservation Properties data set and the Federal Lands in North Carolina data set. </SPAN></P><P><SPAN STYLE="font-weight:bold;">Inclusion of a Managed Area in this shapefile in no way implies that the area is open to the public. Some Managed Areas are on private land and are not open to the public; written permission should be obtained from all appropriate landowners before visiting any of these sites. </SPAN></P></DIV></DIV></DIV> |
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<DIV STYLE="text-align:Left;"><DIV><DIV><P><SPAN>The North Carolina Natural Heritage Program (NCNHP) provides data for the purposes of research, education, environmental review, assessment, and project planning, including screening for potential impacts to natural heritage resources, as described in N.C.G.S. 143B 135.256.</SPAN></P><P><SPAN>The property and easement boundaries in this data set were acquired from a wide variety of sources, including federal and state agencies, local governments, or land trusts, and in some cases their boundaries are approximate. Because of these inaccuracies, these data are intended to be used as an aid to conservation planning only. These data are not intended to indicate the authoritative location of property boundaries, shape or contour of the earth, or fixed works. These data are not a survey and do not meet the minimum accuracy standards of a Land Information System/Geographic Information System Survey in North Carolina (21 NCAC 56.1608). Inclusion of an area in this data set in no way implies that the area is open to the public.</SPAN></P><P><SPAN>NCNHP data require some understanding of NCNHP methods and definitions for proper use and analysis. NCNHP staff is available to advise all data users regarding the technical aspects of these data. </SPAN></P><P><SPAN>If the data provided are used in reports, papers, maps, or other publications, the NCNHP must be cited as the source, and the data date must be included in the citation. The NCNHP shall be notified if its data are used in publications. Researchers shall submit to NCNHP copies of final reports or publications resulting from research that used NCNHP data. The citation shall be: </SPAN></P><P><SPAN>North Carolina Natural Heritage Program. <data year>. Geographic Information System (GIS) data. NCDNCR, Raleigh, NC. Available at www.ncnhp.org. (Accessed: <data_date>).</SPAN></P><P><SPAN>Because these data can quickly become outdated, the Department of Natural and Cultural Resources, Division of Land and Water Stewardship, North Carolina Natural Heritage Program should be contacted before use of the data set to ensure data currency. While efforts have been made to ensure that these data are accurate and reliable, the North Carolina Natural Heritage Program cannot assume liability for any damages or misrepresentation caused by any inaccuracies in the data.</SPAN></P></DIV></DIV></DIV>, <DIV STYLE="text-align:Left;"><DIV><DIV><P><SPAN>NATURAL HERITAGE PROGRAM DATA The Natural Heritage Program is the state's most comprehensive source of information on rare and endangered animals and plants, and exemplary natural communities, known collectively as "elements of natural diversity." Since 1976, the program has systematically gathered information on the occurrence and the status of the state's ecological resources. The inventory consists of information compiled from a broad range of sources including herbarium and museum collections, published and unpublished literature, and field surveys by volunteers, contracted workers, and staff. Information from and interpretation of this database for specific sites is available from the Natural Heritage Program. This is generally the preferred method of getting information on elements of natural diversity. Users of the data must, however, be aware of the nature and limitations of the data. </SPAN></P><P><SPAN>LIMITATIONS OF ABSENCE OF DATA Although the Natural Heritage Program has assembled as much of the secondary source data as possible, some areas under formal conservation protection or are of conservation interest may not have been reported. </SPAN></P><P><SPAN>DATA CURRENCY The Natural Heritage Program databases are continually updated as new information is acquired. This data set is updated quarterly. Users should determine the date of the last update. All printed maps from the GIS should be dated. Depending on activity in a given area, a map may quickly become outdated, or may remain current for several years. It is not possible to set a specific expiration date on maps; however, data more than six months old should not be depended on without checking with the Natural Heritage Program. </SPAN></P><P><SPAN>ADDITIONAL INFORMATION Additional information about Managed Areas, and user services are available from the Natural Heritage Program. The basic data are "public records" and are available for inspection on request for reasonable purposes.</SPAN></P></DIV></DIV></DIV> |
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