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the program was initiated. Additionally, native grass and feld border habitats managed on Corporate CURE properties can have 10–16 more winter songbirds per acre than traditional unmanaged row crop felds and pastures.

Small Game is Big Business in N.C. • 150,000 small game hunters

• $1,595 is the average expenditure of each hunter • 3,132 jobs depend upon this sport

SOURCE: The Economic Beneft of Hunting, Fishing, & Wildlife Watching in N.C.— Southwick Associates 2006

NCWRC Strategic Reorganization: Al igning Work with Vision

NCWRC is reviewing and reorganizing our work processes agency-wide, to meet the goals of our Strategic Plan. One of the frst areas looked at was the effciency of feld-technician location across the state, including those in Lands Management. The review determined that, while many technicians in three separate divisions share the same skillset and do similar jobs, they were performing those jobs only for the division to which they were assigned. As a consequence, technicians were often traveling great distances to do work when another technician working for a different division was much closer to the work site.

Skillsets and geographic locations have now been cross-referenced and organized under a new agency-wide structure to achieve greater work effciency. This realignment also allowed for the removal of several layers of supervision between leadership and workers, resulting in greater cost-savings and effectiveness.

OUR INFRASTRUCTURE

• 2 Million acres of public game lands: -500,000 acres of gamelands owned

-1.6 Million managed through cooperative agreement • 49 lakes and ponds, including 31 dams • 73 waterfowl impoundments • 39 camping areas on game lands • 130 parking areas on game lands • 1,878 miles of road maintained

• 6 Fish Hatcheries (7 Million fsh stocked annually) • 58 public fshing areas • 211 public boating access areas • 1,400 navigational aids • 4 education centers

• 3,570 sq. miles of water in NC and 52,712 sq. miles of land, patrolled by Wildlife Law Enforcement.

Added Value Of Ecosystems

• 2 Million acres of NCWRC owned and managed land, contains HIGH Ecosystem value in food protection, and positive effects on air and water quality, and erosion control.

• Such protection can prevent the need for additional environmental regulations.

SOURCE on Values: The Trust for Public Land: Conservation Economics (2011)

• Properties near natural protected areas realize nearly a 20% boost in property value.

SOURCE: The Economics Associated with Outdoor Recreation, Natural Resources Conservation and Historic Preservation in the United States (Lutzenhiser and Netusil (2001) For: The National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, By: Southwick Associates, (October 2011)

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