Office of Conservation & Community Affairs
Heritage Data
The North Carolina Natural Heritage Program provides natural area and rare species information to landowners, consulting firms, local, state, and federal agencies, as well as conservation organizations and private citizens. This information is used for conservation planning and to facilitate the design and implementation of ecologically sound development projects. New pipeline corridors, roads, communication towers, municipal utility projects, and general conservation planning are excellent examples of projects where Natural Heritage Program information is useful.

We provide several methods to obtain information about North Carolina's natural heritage:

*NEW* VIRTUAL WORKROOM (User Name is "public" and Password is "heritage")
              Virtual Workroom Help Guide (pdf)

DATABASE SEARCH

GIS COVERAGE

SITE SPECIFIC REQUESTS

NATURAL HERITAGE WORKROOM

RARE PLANT FIELD SURVEY FORM

SPECIAL ANIMAL SURVEY FORM

COUNTY NATURAL AREA INVENTORIES

The North Carolina Natural Heritage Program / 1601 Mail Service Center / Raleigh, NC 27699-1601