climate-smart landscape conservation planning & design
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Climate-Smart Landscape Conservation Planning & Design
Increasing complexity in interactions between resources, uses and climate
Background: Secretarial Order 3289
“…Interior bureaus and agencies must work together, and with other federal, state, tribal and local governments, and private landowner partners, to develop landscape-level strategies for understanding and responding to climate change impacts.”
Addressing the Impacts of Climate Change on America's Water, Land, and Other Natural and Cultural Resources (9/14/09)• DOI Climate Science Centers• Landscape Conservation
Cooperatives
some problems are too big to solve alone
LCC Geographies – A Seamless Network
Link science and conservation delivery (inform management)• Integrate priority needs & goals across species
groups & large landscapes• Identify most effective conservation approaches to
achieve common goals• Identify gaps in science
Augment and draw upon existing capacities of partners• Avoid duplication through improved conservation
planning and design• Connect efforts
What do Landscape Conservation Cooperatives DO?
Working across jurisdictional boundaries on a large geographic scale
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STEERING COMMITTEE
DLCC Staff Contacts:Genevieve Johnson, DLCC Coordinator Bureau of [email protected]
Aimee Roberson, DLCC Science Coordinator Fish and Wildlife [email protected]
Sally Holl, DLCC Data CoordinatorU.S. Geological [email protected]
Website: www.usbr.gov/desertlccYouTube: www.youtube.com/user/DesertLCCFacebook: www.facebook.com/desertlcc
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MISSION
Mission: Through collaborative partnerships provide scientific and technical support, coordination, and communication to resource managers and the broader Desert LCC community to address climate change and other landscape-scale ecosystem stressors.
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Goals: Support, facilitate, promote and add value to landscape scale conservation to build resource resilience in the face of climate change and other ecosystem stressors through the following:
Science Development and Delivery
Collaboration and Communication
Monitoring and Evaluation Outreach and Education
GOALS
How? Landscape Conservation Planning & Design
Through a collaborative process, Determine design priorities
Stressors to priority ecosystems and species
Conservation targets Map priority ecosystems, resources &
species Model projected impacts from climate
change & other threats Identify climate change adaptation
strategies & critical conservation actions
Identify opportunities for collaboration Conservation Planning Atlas:
Online platform to lay the foundation for integrated landscape conservation design in support of an international network of functional ecosystems & landscapes
Build on existing work (i.e, BLM’s REAs)
Climate-Smart Adaptation Planning & Implementation Framework
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1) The What: Priority Resources
• Priority Ecosystems:• Rivers/Streams + riparian
resources
• Seeps & Springs
• Grasslands & Shrublands
• Species vulnerable to climate change
Common GoalsCommon Objectives
Common Measures of Success
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2) Currently identified stressors (2015)
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3) Review Goals and Objectives: Developing common conservation indicators (2015)
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2,3,4) Mapping resources (2015 – 2016)
Science Base Conservation Planning Atlas Partners Plans and Assessments
BLM REAs State Wildlife Action Plans Regional Vulnerability Assessments
(Agencies, TNC, WWF,..) Joint Venture Implementation Plans
DLCC GIS Working Group Federal Data Hubs (USGS, INEGI, CEC,
…)
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CONSERVATION PLANNING ATLAS
NatureServe (Mojave REA)
States - CA, NV, AZ, TX, UT, NM
Forest Service
National Park Service
USGS
CBI (Sonoran REA)
BLM
INEGI
Joint Ventures
NGOs DLCC CMQ Representatives
FWS
GIS Working Group: Establish committee of Data Stewards/Owners to be responsible for their respective agency’s data in the process, and ultimately the Conservation Planning Atlas.
Modeling (2015 – 2016)
Apply models to assess the current state of the ecosystem.
Create scenarios to assess relationship of stressors to indicators, including climate change.
Identify data limitations and gaps to direct research and improve development of future assessments
Pre‐Design (2016)
Agree on a collaboratively‐defined desired future condition.
Assess the difference between the current/projected condition and the desired future condition.
Determine what actions partners could take that could move landscape towards desired future condition.
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Identifying adaptation strategies to achieve common objectives (2016)
General Adaptation Strategies Reduce non-climate stressors Protect key ecosystem features Ensure connectivity Restore structure and function Support evolutionary potential Protect refugia Relocate organisms Ensure redundancy
Design (2017)
Evaluate and select a suite of implementation strategies that meet partner mission and goals.
Develop implementation agreements. Document information and products
generated during the design process for peer review.
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MEASURING PROGRESS TOWARD CONSERVATION GOALS
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Build capacity & tools to share information across jurisdictions (2015 – 2017)
http://dlcc.databasin.org
Map baseline condition assessments or inventories Map on-going or completed conservation actions:
who is doing what where? Understand where conservation actions are most
needed Understand where the greatest opportunities for
collaboration are
Timeline
Pilot nominations (July 10th) Workshop 1, Tucson AZ (August 4-6th) Workshop 2, Aguascalientes, MX (October 6-8th) Pilot area selection (November 2015)
Nominees will be part of Landscape Design Working Group
Identify adaptation strategies, critical conservation actions, and opportunities for collaboration (2016-17)
Conduct peer review of process (2018) Revise and finalize design (2018) Monitor progress (2019+)
Pilot Area Nominations25
Partners Nominate PilotsWorkshops: Revise and ID Evaluation CriteriaWorking Group: EvaluatesSubset Recommended to Steering CommitteeSteering Committee Approves Final SelectionWorking Group Initiates (Includes Nominators)1. Data Acquisition 2. Scenario Planning Workshops3. Adaptation Strategies Workshops4. Conservation Action
Nominated Pilot Areas
DECISION CRITERIA
High Level Values
YES
DESIGN CRITERIA
Practicalities
Portfolio of Potential Pilot Areas
NO
Dropped Pilot Areas
NO
YES
DECISION (selection) CRITERIA: Highest Level Values
1 - NEXUS TO DLCC Mission⬜ Conservation at landscape scale/tie to climate change and
other stressors2 - POTENTIAL TO IMPLEMENT DESIGN
⬜Diverse partners, cooperation, and resources sufficiently present and ready to implement design
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DECISION (selection) CRITERIA: Highest Level Values
3 - HABITAT AND SPECIES DIVERSITY⬜ Includes species and habitats of management interest and vulnerable
to Climate Change4 - SCALABLE TO LARGER GEOGRAPHY/PROCESS
⬜ Results applicable to a larger geography and process concept is scalable
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DECISION (selection) CRITERIA: Highest Level Values
5 - ALL THREE PRIORITY RESOURCES ADDRESSED (Rivers and Streams, Seeps and Springs, Grass/Shrubland)
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DESIGN CRITERIA: Practicalities
Bi-NATIONAL FOOTPRINT⬜ Pilot area portfolio includes lands in the United States and
Mexico
DATA AVAILABLE FOR DESIRED SPATIAL ANALYSIS⬜ Data available to answer management questions and produce
a spatial analysis product
LANDSCAPE SCALE⬜ Area is appropriate to meet the intent of a landscape scale
analysis but dependent on management questions and indicators
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DESIGN CRITERIA: Practicalities
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Spring
StreamGrassland
WE WANT YOUR INPUT
Baseline condition assessments or inventories
On-going or completed conservation actions: who is doing what where?
Existing objectives, indicators (e.g., species, ecosystem processes or services), and targets
Pressures and stressors survey for each ecosystem type
Prioritize pilot geographies for planning and design
Assess vulnerability of conservation priorities in focal areas
Create scenarios of future landscape condition, including climate projections
Prepare plans for 2-3 pilot landscape conservation designs
ID critical conservation actions and develop adaptation strategies
ID opportunities to collaborate and leverage resources for collective impact
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Workshop Goals (2015 – 2017)
Engage key partners to develop a shared vision for conservation action.
Collate objectives, indicators, and targets related to our focal ecosystems from individual organizations.
Determine design priorities, including: Conservation goals for focal ecosystems. Critical pressures and stressors on ecosystems and species.
Identify pilot areas for future work, including: A suite of climate-smart management strategies that integrate societal
needs and economic values of landscapes with ecological goals and build on the strengths of each partner’s individual activities and authorities.
Spatially-explicit models for 2-3 pilot areas that depict current and future conditions for focal ecosystems and stressors.
Identification of data limitations and gaps to direct research and improve development of future assessments.
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Workshop Benefits for Your Organization or Agency
Learn how to do climate-smart adaptation planning and landscape conservation design.
Nominate pilot landscapes you work on for climate-smart adaptation planning.
Understand what data is available and a process for using it to answer management and planning questions.
Leverage funding and partnerships and build coalitions to deliver conservation.
Position your organization to streamline future conservation planning efforts with integration across geographical boundaries.
Identify important information gaps that will be shared. Broad audience of potential partners and funders. Help fulfill your organization’s needs or mandates for climate
change adaptation planning.
LCPD Team Contacts:Genevieve Johnson, DLCC Coordinator Bureau of [email protected]
Aimee Roberson, DLCC Science Coordinator Fish and Wildlife [email protected]
Sally Holl, DLCC Data CoordinatorU.S. Geological [email protected]
Sergio Avila, FacilitatorArizona-Sonora Desert [email protected]
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Duane Pool, Project LeadBird Conservancy Of the Rockies (Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory)[email protected]
Louise Mistzal, Project LeadSky Island [email protected]
Tahnee Robertson, FacilitatorSouthwest Decision [email protected]
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Desert LCC Pilot Area Nomination (Limit 6 pages)
◻ Pilot Area Name & Point of contact for pilot area: ◻ Briefly describe the pilot area, including a
description of why boundaries were chosen, primary resources of management concern, and ecological integrity of the area.
◻ Explain why this area is important and how it connects to the larger Desert LCC geography, mission and vision.
◻ Describe the primary management questions or concerns in this pilot area.
◻ Describe the major partners or partnerships working in the pilot area.
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Nomination Questions
◻ Briefly describe the types of conservation or management activities currently occurring.
◻ Describe any goals and/or objectives related to priority resources or species of interest to your partners.
◻ Describe the social, cultural, and economic vulnerabilities relative to projected climate change scenarios.
◻ Describe why people in the pilot area value or are concerned about grasslands, streams, springs/seeps, and riparian resources.
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Nomination Questions
◻ Describe how the Desert LCC Climate-Smart Landscape Conservation Planning and Design project would contribute to the achievement of objectives in this Pilot Area.
◻ Describe how developing collaborative adaptive management actions for Desert LCC focal resources help human communities in the pilot area adapt to projected climate changes.
◻ Describe resources available for implementing conservation planning and design activities in the future.
◻ Provide a shapefile (or KML/KMZ file) of the pilot area boundaries.
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Optional Nomination Questions
◻ Describe any additional conservation opportunities in this pilot area.
◻ Discuss any additional benefits, concerns, or key points of which reviewers should be aware.
◻ Provide links to any additional documents or resources that you feel are important for considering this nomination.
◻ Provide photos or other visual materials that will help to give reviewers a sense of place.
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