Nags Head Woods Preserve

Annual Report for Town of Nags Head September 2006

Nags Head Woods PreserveNags Head Woods Preserve

• Deer Management• Monitoring NC Natural

Heritage Rare Plants• Invasive Control• KDH disabled hiking trail• Educational Trail Signs • Outreach

Nags Head Woods Preserve

Deer managementDeer management

• Bow Hunting• DMAP• APC study

(SE Cooperative Wildlife Disease Study UG)

Deer ManagementDeer Management

  Hunters Hunters Hunts Does Bucks Road Kills

Reported

Total

Year Registered Active Reported Killed Killed Killed

1992 15 NA NA 0 1 NA 1

1993 31 NA 212 0 3 4 7

1994 65 NA 462 4 13 10 27

1995 46 NA 220 6 10 15 34

1996 43 NA 138 11 4 17 36

1997 64 34 256 13 6 9 30

1998 44 22 232 21 11 12 44

1999 35 14 253 21 11 12 44

2000 49 17 142 5 5 7 17

2001 49 24 103 1 1 7 9

2002 48 24 198 6 4 10 25

2003 51 23 146 14 12 7 33

2004 49 17 235 11 7 7 25

2005 56 24 227 6 8 4 18

Rare Plant MonitoringRare Plant Monitoring

Common Name Scientific name status N.CRank N.C Global

Water violet Hottonia inflata SR-O S2 G4

Carolina Grasswort Lilaeopsis carolinensis T S3 G3G5

Wooly Beach Heather Hudsonia tomentosa SR-P S2 G5

Southern Twayblade Listera australis W1 S3 G4

Mosquito Fern Azolla caroliniana   S3 G5

Fern Orchid Liparis loeselii SR-P S1 G5

Long Beach Seedbox Ludwigia brevipes SR-T S2 G2G3

Spreading Sandwort Arenaria Lanuginosa ssp lanuginosa SR-P S2 G5T5

Common Name Scientific name status N.C Rank N.C Global Date latitude longitude # of species

Water violet Hottonia inflata SR-O S2 G4 4/25/2006 N35 59.799 W75 39.939 46

Water violet Hottonia inflata SR-O S2 G4 4/26/2006 N35 59.900 W75 39.974 38

Common Name Scientific name status N.CRank N.C Global Date latitude longitude

# of species

Southern Twayblade Listera australis W1 S3 G4 5/6/2006 N35 59.406 W75 40.126 298

Southern Twayblade Listera australis W1 S3 G4 5/6/2006 N35 59.863 W75 39.764 16

Southern Twayblade Listera australis W1 S3 G4 5/6/2006 N35 59.856 W75 39.760 45

Southern Twayblade Listera australis W1 S3 G4 5/6/2006 N35 59.829 W75 40.033 66

Southern Twayblade Listera australis W1 S3 G4 5/6/2006 N35 59.458 W75 40.072 12

Invasive WorkInvasive Work

• Boys Scout Project: (Japanese Grass)

• Invasive Plant Control (Oriental Bittersweet)

Invasive WorkInvasive Work

• Gypsy Moth to date: none found in traps

• Nutria management plan: partnering with Jockeys Ridge State Park

Nags Head Woods Preserve KDH Disabled Hiking Trail

Nags Head Woods Preserve KDH Disabled Hiking Trail

Partnering Project• Town of Kill Devil Hills• Wildlife Recourse Commission• NC Handicapped Sportsman Inc.• The Nature Conservancy

Vision: To restore a 5 acre parcel from a retired sanitation facility back to a maritime forest/marsh ecosystem and create a eco-friendly hiking trail/hunting area for disabled persons.

Trail Map layer over aerial picture

Educational Trail SignsEducational Trail Signs

Educational Trail SignsEducational Trail Signs

Educational Trail SignsEducational Trail Signs

Outreach EffortsOutreach Efforts

• Partner with Jockey Ridge to build shallow water oyster reefs

• Field trips for NC Aquarium and Wings Over Water (USFW)

Dare County Fire Wise CommitteeDare County Fire Wise Committee

Partnership effort• USFWS • NCFS• Dare County Fire

Marshall• NC Cooperative

Extension• Park Service• TNC The objective of Fire Wise

is to educate the Towns and community of Dare County about the program and how they can protect their property in Urban interface areas.

Town Trail

Yellow fringed Orchid

Crane-fly Orchid

Thank You