Nutrient enrichment from agricultural runoff will favor competitors of C. rosea. Alterations to the fluctuating water regimes and controlling potentially beneficial fires can also have a negative impact on C. rosea and favor its less stress tolerant competitors. Habitats outside or near the margin of the Pine Barrens need protection from development and farming. All habitats need watershed protection because of the dependence of C. rosea on a fluctuating water regime. Land protection should allow for periodic disturbances, e.g., fire, that are necessary for the survival of C. rosea.
Growth is slow in nutrient poor conditions and recolonization is a long process.
In situations where disturbance is accompanied by nutrient enrichment, recovery would still be low because of competition from more aggressive ruderal species. Species such as C. rosea, which have substantial population gaps and dependence on seed banks for recolonization, will have low recovery rates when substrates are removed or substantially altered. Searches to relocate previously known sites should continue. Periodically visit all sites and determine population sizes of C. rosea and its competitors. Capable field botanists including Ted Gordon and Gerry Moore presently monitor populations of C. rosea to some extent.