Preservation and Protection of Natural Areas
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NCDAC is working to protect and preserve existing natural areas at or near our correctional facilities and restore them to their native state.
To date, a total of 1,040 acres have been officially dedicated as a part of the National Heritage Program, including:
- Robeson Correction in Response to Violation - 44 acres of swampland and buffer
- Granville Correctional Institution - 75 acres of forestland
- NC Correctional Institution for Women - 55 acres of wetlands and buffer
- Carteret Correctional Center - 71 acres of wetlands, restoration and buffer
- Roanoke River Correctional Institution - 661 acres of swampland and buffer
- Franklin Correctional Center - 15 acres of forest preserve
- Odom Correctional Institute - 121 acres of forestland, floodplain and buffer
Coming soon! Johnston Correctional Institution - 23 acres of floodplain and buffer.
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For more information, contact Mark G. Johnson, PE, Director of Central Engineering, mark.johnson@dac.nc.gov