The One North Carolina Naturally initiative promotes and coordinates the long-term conservation of North Carolina’s threatened land and water resources.

The Office of Conservation, Planning, and Community Affairs works to develop and implement a comprehensive approach to guide statewide natural resource conservation. As part of these efforts, the Conservation Planning Tool has been developed to streamline the process of identifying and prioritizing the areas in North Carolina's landscape that are essential for conservation.

We provide science and incentives to:

• Inform and support conservation actions of North Carolina's conservation agencies and organizations.

We build capacity of community decision makers to:

• Conserve natural areas for future generations,
• Support stewardship of working farms and forests,
• Protect and restore coastal habitats,
• Guide compatible land use planning, and
• Develop climate change strategies.

Programs include:

• Natural Heritage Program
• Albemarle-Pamlico National Estuary Program
• Conservation Incentives Program
• Stewardship Program

Our Partners in Conservation - links to

• DENR Agencies
• Special Agencies
• Nonprofit