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State Wildlife Action Plans Prevent Endangered Species Listings Keep Common Species Common

State Wildlife Action Plans Prevent Endangered Species Listings Keep Common Species Common. Mark Humpert, Wildlife Diversity Director, AFWA. Mixed Bag of Success. Game Species : Billions $$’s from license fees & excise taxes=Sustainable F&W

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State Wildlife Action Plans Prevent Endangered Species Listings Keep Common Species Common

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  1. State Wildlife Action Plans • Prevent Endangered Species Listings • Keep Common Species Common Mark Humpert, Wildlife Diversity Director, AFWA

  2. Mixed Bag of Success Game Species: Billions $$’s from license fees & excise taxes=Sustainable F&W Nongame Species: Funding small & variable often voluntary=At-risk F&W >90% of the funding available for <10% of the species

  3. Teaming With Wildlife Plan Timeline – Past, Present and Future 2015 SWAP Revision 2012 Measures & BP’s 2006 6,000+ TWW Coalition 2005 State Wildlife Action Plans 2000 CARA passed HOR; SWG & WCR created 1994 Teaming with Wildlife launched 1980 Fish & Wildlife Conservation Act

  4. Funding History Millions ($) Fiscal Year

  5. State Wildlife Action Plans Congressional DirectivesAuthorizing Legislation Both the Wildlife Conservation Restoration Program and State Wildlife Grants Program required states to develop a State Wildlife Action plan by October 2005 to be eligible for funding.

  6. State Wildlife Action Plans Association of Fish & Wildlife Agencies 7

  7. State Wildlife Action Plans The Eight Required Elements • Plans for monitoring species & habitats (adaptive management). • Descriptions of procedures to revise the Plan. • Plans for coordinating the development, implementation, review and revision of the Plan. • Procedures for gaining public input. • Info on the distribution and abundance of wildlife. • Descriptions of locations and condition of key habitats. • Descriptions of problems and research/survey needs. • Descriptions of the conservation actions proposed.

  8. Element 1 More than 12,000 species identified at SGCN by states (PA=557)

  9. Element 1 SGCN # range from 90 (SD) to 1251 (SC)

  10. Element 2

  11. Element 3 • Key National Threats/Challenges • Habitat loss from development • Habitat loss from ecosystem modifications (e.g fire) • Habitat conversion from agriculture & other factors • Impaired water quality • Data gaps • Introduction/spread of invasive species • Collection and illegal harvest • Human intrusion and disturbance • Impacts from climate change • Insufficient funding and capacity

  12. Element 4 • Key National Conservation Actions • Increase and Improve Land Protection • Integrate SWAP’s into Land Use Planning • Increase State Fish & Wildlife Agency Capacity • Private Landowner Technical Service and Incentives • Integrate SWAP’s into Land Mgmt. Plans & Policies • Increase Outreach • National Tracking and Reporting of Habitat Conversion

  13. Measuring the Effectiveness of State Wildlife GrantsFinal Report Element 5 Effectiveness Measures Framework April 2011

  14. Element 6 “A State Wildlife Action Plan must be revised at least every 10 years” No later than 2015

  15. Element 7 Seventh Element “Plans for coordinating the development, implementation, review, and revision of the State Strategy/Plan with appropriate Federal, State, and local agencies and Indian tribes”

  16. Element 8 Public Participation

  17. Successes

  18. Regional Efforts Northeast Regional Conservation Needs Southeast Conservation Adaptation Strategy Western Governors Association Crucial Habitat Assessment Tool Landscape Conservation Cooperatives

  19. Funding Need Average of $9.0 million needed to achieve 25% implementation of SWAP Average of $25.8 million needed to achieve 75% implementation of SWAP The top funding needs for implementation of State Wildlife Action Plans are for 1) protection of lands through acquisition, easements or leases; 2) management on public and private lands; 3) monitoring and research Current SWG apportionment for PA ~$1.5M

  20. State Funding Successes • With the help of diverse coalitions, a handful of states have secured dedicated wildlife agency funding • Missouri, Arkansas, Minnesota • Conservation sales taxes • Virginia & Texas • Dedicating tax revenues from outdoor gear • Colorado, Arizona & Maine • Dedicated lottery revenues • Florida & South Carolina • Real estate transfer taxes

  21. Funding Need

  22. Funding Need

  23. Funding Need

  24. Funding Need

  25. Funding SWAP’s • Federal • State • Local/Private

  26. The Future Blue Ribbon Panel on Wildlife Diversity Funding Directing SWG to WCR Activating the TWW Coalition SWAP 2.0

  27. AFWA Representing fish and wildlife agencies to conserve fish and wildlife and their habitats in the public interest.

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