1 / 29

T&E Species, Special Sites and HCVF!

T&E Species, Special Sites and HCVF!. Sarah Crow ATFS Webinar Series May 16, 2013. Important Resource Elements . Threatened & Endangered Species (T&E) Rare Species High Conservation Value Forests (HCVF) Special Sites . Common Steps. Learning the Concepts Doing the Research

aquila
Download Presentation

T&E Species, Special Sites and HCVF!

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. T&E Species, Special Sites and HCVF! Sarah Crow ATFS Webinar Series May 16, 2013

  2. Important Resource Elements • Threatened & Endangered Species (T&E) • Rare Species • High Conservation Value Forests (HCVF) • Special Sites

  3. Common Steps • Learning the Concepts • Doing the Research • Jotting It Down • On the Ground • Monitoring

  4. Standard 5: Fish, Wildlife & Biodiversity Forest management activities contribute to the conservation of biodiversity. 5.1 PM: Forest management activities must maintain or enhance habitat for threatened or endangered communities and species.

  5. Standard 5: The Details • 5.1.1. Forest owner must confer with natural resource agencies, state natural resource heritage programs or review other sources of information to determine occurrences of threatened and endangered species on the property and their habitat requirements. • 5.1.2. Forest management activities must incorporate measures to protect identified threatened or endangered species.

  6. Threatened & Endangered Species?

  7. Some definitions please? • Endangered: “Any species that is in danger of extinction throughout all or a significant portion of its range” • Threatened: “Plants and animals that are likely to become endangered within the foreseeable future throughout all or a significant portion of its range.”

  8. Easier definitions please? • Endangered: At the brink of extinction now. • Threatened: Likely to be at the brink in the near future.

  9. Doing the Research • A Good Faith Effort • State Agencies & Programs • Your Forester

  10. Great Landowner Tools • ATFS Online Woodland Owner Resource • State Natural Resource Agency • State Natural Heritage Program • State Cooperative Extension • US Fish & Wildlife Service • NOAA Fisheries • State Wildlife Action Plans

  11. Getting it on Paper! • Recording the Resources Used • Who? Where? When? • Management Plan • Mapping It

  12. Thinking About Habitat • Vegetation Layers • Forest Types Edges • Age Classes • Water Features • Dead Wood

  13. Management Timing and technique Mapping Talk to your professionals Follow-up

  14. Monitoring

  15. Standard 7: Protect Special Sites Historical Archeological Cultural Geological Biological Ecological Photo: Kenneth M. Gale, Bugwood.org

  16. Standard 7: The Details • PM 7.1: Forest management activities must maintain special sites. • Indicator 7.1.1: Forest owners must make a reasonable effort to locate and protect special sites appropriate for the size of the forest and the scale and intensity of forest management activities.

  17. Special Sites • Stand/Sub-Stand Level • Not on Every Property • Property Size Matters Historical Archeological Cultural Geological Biological Ecological Photo: Billy Humphries, Forest Resource Consultants, Inc., Bugwood.org

  18. Some examples please?

  19. Doing the Research • Walk Your Woods! • State Historic/Cultural Preservation Programs • National Register of Historic Places • Tribal Governments • State & Local Geological Societies ATFS Woodland Owner Resource

  20. Documentation, Protection & Monitoring William M. Ciesla, Forest Health Management International, Bugwood.org

  21. Standard 5: HCVF and Rare Species PM 5.4. Forest management activities should maintain or enhance rare species and high conservation value forests. Indicator 5.4.1. Appropriate to scale and intensity, management should incorporate measures to protect or mitigate impacts to rare species and HCVF

  22. Some definitions please? • Rare Species: A plant or animal community that is vulnerable to extinction or elimination. But, wait, how are these different than T&E?

  23. More definitions please? High Conservation Value Forests (HCVF): “Forests of outstanding and critical importance due to their environmental, social, biodiversity or landscape values.”

  24. Globally, Nationally, Regionally Significant • Landscape Level • Multiple Attributes

  25. Doing the Research • No central clearinghouse • State Natural Heritage Programs • Similar to Special Sites Research • ATFS Woodland Owner Resource

  26. Documentation, Management, Monitoring • Recording the Resources Consulted • Who? Where? When? • Management Plan • Managing and Mapping, as appropriate • Monitoring

  27. Let’s hit the Web! • ATFS Woodland Owner Resource • http://www.treefarmsystem.org/woodland-resources • Mylandplan.org • Comprehensive State Specific Listings

  28. Questions? Ideas? Stories?

  29. Thank You! Sarah Crow Certification Manager 202.463.2738 scrow@forestfoundation.org

More Related