Research Idea Details

GIS Analysis of Road Projects and Identified Priority Habitats and Ecosystem Connectors

  • Focus Area: Wildlife & Ecosystems
  • Status: Archived
  • Subcommittee: Natural Resources
  • Cost: Unknown
  • Timeframe: Unknown

Research Idea Scope

Use the NC Conservation Planning Tool to identify and prioritize potential impacts of road construction projects on fragmentation of wildlife habitats and ecological systems. Use this system to target priorities for corridor pass through options and retrofits.

Urgency and Payoff

Targeted mitigation with multiple benefits; reduction of impacts; streamline field studies; collaborative planning; systematic and consistent analysis; coordination of greenway planning and multiple natural resource benefits.

Suggested By:
Kim Douglass, NCDENR
Submitted:
03/26/2009