State Wildlife Action Plans Working Group Plans

The State Wildlife Action Plans Working Group was formed at the 2006 NEPARC meeting. The groups' goal is to provide guidance regarding State Wildlife Grant projects involving herp conservation on a regional level. A list of regional priority herp species was developed based on: a) State's Wildlife Action Plan Species of Greatest Conservation Need (SGCN) lists and Risk Assessment, b) identification of northeast species of responsibility using range maps (those species whose core range falls within the northeastern states will have a higher priority for conservation actions). For 2010 the group plans to compile data from each northeastern state´s Wildlife Action Plan for those species that ranked high in the Regional Species Matrix; species data such as threats, habitat, and actions.