. Coast watch. Marine resources; Oceanography; Coastal zone management; Coastal ecology. COASTAL TIDINGS Develops Wildlife Plan What is being done about the robust redhorse or mole salamander — two North Carolina species of special concern? The State Wildlife Grants (SWG) program, created by Congress in 2001 as a branch of the Conservation Trust Fund, provides federal funding to each state and territory to support cost-effective conserva- tion with the goal of preventing wildlife from endangerment. The grants call for statewide Comprehensive Wildlife Conservation Plans -due by October 200
. Coast watch. Marine resources; Oceanography; Coastal zone management; Coastal ecology. COASTAL TIDINGS Develops Wildlife Plan What is being done about the robust redhorse or mole salamander — two North Carolina species of special concern? The State Wildlife Grants (SWG) program, created by Congress in 2001 as a branch of the Conservation Trust Fund, provides federal funding to each state and territory to support cost-effective conserva- tion with the goal of preventing wildlife from endangerment. The grants call for statewide Comprehensive Wildlife Conservation Plans -due by October 2005. North Carolina holds a $ million share of funding — out of $80 million pro- posed for the 2005 budget — to be utilized by the Wildlife Resources Commission (WRC). Efforts must focus on the "species in greatest need of ; Generally these are nongame species not supported by recreational fees and taxes. Species review committees guided by WRC and composed of North Carolina wildlife experts helped to compile a list of more than 300 species. The comprehen- sive wildlife plan is slated for completion byjuly 2005. Stakeholders will review the plan and provide input. Funds from SWG have supported a variety of projects in North Carolina, including research on beach nesting birds. To find out more about the wildlife plan, visit WRC's Web site at Click on the link to Wildlife Species and Conservation and navigate to the Comprehensive Wildlife Conservation Plan page. -LL Turtle Trails Project Studies Loggerheads Res esearchers at the Aquarium at Roanoke Island — in collaboration with the Network for Endangered Sea Turtles (NEST), Wildlife Resources Commis- sion and North Carolina State University's College of Veterinary Medicine — are developing the Turtle Trails project to study the post-release movements of 14 juve- nile loggerhead sea turtles treated for cold stunning. "We've been rehabilitating c
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