State/Federal Programs Administered for Conservation Benefits at Multiple Scales

• Author: Rebecca L. Kihslinger/James M. Mcelfish Jr.
• Pages: 167-168

Explanation of Chapters Ten and Eleven

State/Federal Programs Administered for

Conservation Benef‌its at Multiple Scales

The f‌inal set of case studies offers examples of ways to implement environ-

mental and infrastructure programs aimed at other goals that can generate

wildlife habitat conservation benef‌its and stimulate meaningful regional con-

servation benef‌its if managed to do so.

Chapter Ten

Fall River, Massachusetts:

Source Water Protection (14,000-acre focus area)

Fall River, an older industrial town in eastern Massachusetts, participated in a

collaborative deal with state and conservation organizations to conserve thou-

sands of acres of its reservoir protection lands and integrate them with other

private and public conservation lands as part of the Southeastern Massachu-

setts Bioreserve. Drinking water is a critical natural resource protected by an

interrelated set of federal and state laws, including the protection of watersheds

for reservoirs and other waters under the Safe Drinking Water Act’s Source

Water Assessment Program. The effective melding of water protection, con-

servation, and biodiversity goals was facilitated by a statewide BioMap adopted

by the commonwealth of Massachusetts to assist towns in identifying areas

important for the conservation of state biodiversity resources.

Chapter Eleven

North Carolina:

Mitigation for Transportation Projects

(600,000 acres in watershed areas statewide)

North Carolina developed a program in 2003 to identify lands and waters

important for wetland and stream conservation throughout the state, and to tar-

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