Blackwater River Watershed Focus Area

<p><font size='3'>This watershed contains 80+ priority migratory bird species, several fisheries species of conservation concern, 1 listed species, and several species of concern. It is an important headwater to the Albemarle and Pamlico Sounds. Initial work is being conducted under the Service’s Northeast Region Strategic Plan Fiscal Year 2007-2011, Partners for Fish and Wildlife/Coastal Program. Our goal is to restore 100 acres of longleaf pine habitat for the federally listed red-cockaded woodpecker (</font><i><font face='Calibri,Calibri' size='3'><font face='Calibri,Calibri' size='3'>Picoides borealis</font></font></i><font size='3'>) and priority migratory birds in coordination with over 20 partners in America’s Longleaf: A Restoration Initiative for the Southern Longleaf Pine Ecosystem and the Rangewide Conservation Plan for Longleaf Pine (Regional Working Group for America’s Longleaf 2009). </font></p><p><font size='3'>The <font size='3'>boundaries were defined by the extent of HUC 03010202. </font></font></p>