University of North Carolina Wilmington
Dr. John Taggart

Associate Professor Emeritus

E-mail: taggartj@uncw.edu

Courses: Summer 2016

EVS 485 - Coastal Protected Areas Management

Research Projects:

• “Distribution and Management of Invasive Plant Populations in State Park Properties of the North Carolina Coastal Plain" was published in Natural Areas Journal - July 2015.  Article

• "Effects of White-Tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus) on the Maritime Forest of Bald Head Island, North Carolina" was published in the American Midland Naturalist - April 2015. Article
  

• "Soil Factors in Three Populations of Endangered Golden Sedge (Carex lutea LeBlond)" was published in Castanea - June 2012. Article

• "Noteworthy collection of Baccharis glomeruliflora in North Carolina" was published in Castanea - December 2011. Article

• Multi-year monitoring of emergency firebreak impacts to populations of three federally endangered plant species and pine savanna understory plots at Sandy Run Savannas State Natural Area was initiated in April 2012. Report
  

• "Golf Course Conservation Easements with Natural Habitats:  A Need for Clarity" was published in Natural Areas Journal -- October 2010  Article

• Draft management plan has been submitted to U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service concerning populations of golden sedge (Carex lutea), a federally endangered species, within Sandy Run Savannas State Natural Area located near Maple Hill, NC. Article

• "The Vascular Flora of Sandy Run Savannas State Natural Area, Onslow and Pender Counties, North Carolina " was published in Castanea -- December 2010. Article

• Characterization of habitats used by white-tailed deer on Bald Head Island was completed as part of a UNCW/NCSU collaborative investigation of deer movement and habitat selection. Article

• "Prescribed Burning in State Parks and Natural Areas of North Carolina and Nearby Coastal States" was published in Natural Areas Journal -- January 2009. Article

• "Management of Feral Horses at the North Carolina National Estuarine Research Reserve" was published in Natural Areas Journal -- April 2008.  Article
   

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