Coastal Plain Conservation Group

“Expenses office expense 154 dues 600 photo exhibit 488 promotion & education 4,630 auto expense 225 supplies 1,046 legal & accounting 1,200 investment depreciation 349 total 8,692”

“3,026 3,026 less accumulated depreciation 2,155 2,504 total 871 522”

“Coastal plain conservation group was established to provide property owners and managers with ecosystem research, conservation education and habitat management with special attention to threatened and endangered species in southeastern north carolina long leaf pine pocosin and bottomland swamp forests.”

“This usfws grant funding was used to conduct field research and captive propagation work (totaling more than 800 hours) for the purpose of maintaining and protecting the magnificent ramshorn snail, planorbella magnifica; a critically imperiled species of freshwater mollusk (currently state-listed endangered species; candidate federal endangered species). A portion of funding was used to acquire new aquaculture tanks, aeration pump, air valves, airline tubing, and plumbing materials, and related installation work.”

“Compensation for time and travel to support cpcg work related to establishment and maintenance of satellite captive population of magnificent ramshorn snail (planorbella magnifica), located at the north carolina state university school of veterinary medicine, raleigh, nc. Accomplishments included: expand pender county holding facility to house snails destined for ncsu-svm; conduct aquatic vegetation propagation and establish plant grow-out trays for spatterdock (nuphar luteum) a species of water lily necessary for p. Magnifica's life cycle; conduct field surveys in search of greenfield ramshorn snail, (helisoma eucosmium), a state- listed endangered mollusk, that has not been seen alive in the wild since 2009. A captive population of helisoma eucosmium is currently maintained by cpcg.”

“Funding provided to develop and implement milkweed for monarchs. This project established more than 6,000 milkweed and other flowering plants in and around landfall lake, a 15 acre lake in the private community in new hanover county, north carolina. The lake is part of landfall's stormwarter management infrastructure. The shoreline planting was designed to increase the lake's floral diversity, storm water filtration, and to monitor and create a habitat for the monarch butterfly. Monitoring included observing the plants with attention to the monarch butterfly develoment throughtout their full life cycle. The project was funded by landfall lake neighborhood”

“During 2015, coastal plains conservation group conducted a capital campaign to raise the necessary fund need to buy and protect a 10.5 acre tract of longleaf pine habitat in pender county, nc. The purchase of the tract is important habitat for the red-cockaded woodpecker which is listed on the endangered species list. It is also critical habitat for the state-listed carolina gopher frog, carolina pigmy rattlesnake, and venus' flytrap.”