PROTECTED SPECIES IMPACTS AND HABITAT MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATED WITH TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS IN NORTH CAROLINA

Section 7(a)(2) of the Endangered Species Act "requires every Federal agency...to insure any action it authorizes, funds, or carries out..., is not likely to jeopardize the continued existence of any listed species or results in the destruction or adverse modification of critical habitat." The North Carolina Department of Transportation's (NCDOT's) projects are considered federal actions when a federal Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) is required, when the project receives Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) funding, or when a federal permit is required, such as a Clean Water Act Section 404 permit. This paper describes NCDOT's protocols for addressing and resolving endangered species concerns by examining case studies involving some of the protected animal species with which NCDOT is most frequently involved.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Also published by Florida DOT as a paper in FL-ER-58-96, "Trends in Addressing Transportation Related Wildlife Mortality: Proceedings of the Transportation Related Wildlife Mortality Seminar (June 1996).
• Corporate Authors:

  Florida Department of Transportation

  Haydon Burns Building, 605 Suwanee Street
  Tallahassee, FL  United States  32301

  Federal Highway Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Bain, H
  • Savidge, T
• Conference:
  • Transportation and Wildlife: Reducing Wildlife Mortality and Improving Wildlife Passageways Across Transportation Corridors
  • Location: Orlando, Florida
  • Date: 1996-4-30 to 1996-5-2
• Publication Date: 1996-8

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: p. 141-152

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Case studies; Endangered species; Highway corridors; Programming (Planning); Right of way (Land); State departments of transportation
• Geographic Terms: North Carolina
• Subject Areas: Design; Environment; Highways; Planning and Forecasting; I21: Planning of Transport Infrastructure;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00745662
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: FHWA-PD-96-041
• Files: TRIS, USDOT, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Jan 30 1998 12:00AM