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Desert Climate Change Network

Desert Climate Change Network. Kirsten Gallo (CHDN), Andy Hubbard (SODN) & Nita Tallent-Halsell (MOJN). Rationale. Secretarial Order No. 3289 September 14, 2009: climate change strategy to integrate the work of each DOI bureau to mitigate and adapt to the effects of climate change

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Desert Climate Change Network

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  1. Desert Climate Change Network Kirsten Gallo (CHDN), Andy Hubbard (SODN) & Nita Tallent-Halsell (MOJN)

  2. Rationale • Secretarial Order No. 3289 September 14, 2009: climate change strategy to integrate the work of each DOI bureau to mitigate and adapt to the effects of climate change • Landscape Conservation Cooperatives (LCC) ….with a geographically defined area. • NPS – monitoring indicators of climate change in arid lands • SODN & CHDN & MOJN collaboratively implement & manage enhanced monitoring for climate change in deserts

  3. Monitoring Ecological Response to Climate Change in Arid Land Parks Workshop • 6-8 April 2010 • Final Report: Science Learning Center of the American Southwest: • http://www.southwestlearning.org/getinvolved/outreach/workshops/climate/aridlands

  4. Monitoring Strategy • Monitoring collaboratively across 3 networks • $400,000 shared • Focus: • Seeps and springs • Vegetation Sampling along ecotonal gradients • Climate • Phenology and Snowpack

  5. Seeps and Springs • Develop & implement monitoring protocols in all 3 networks in concert • Funding: • Field crews (2 MOJN, 1 CHDN, 1 SODN) • Shared training & laboratory contracts • Common data management & databases • Reports in common format. CHDN and MOJN will share a report writer (SODN has a writer already) • Annual reports for each Park • Status and Trend Report 5 year

  6. Vegetation Sampling –Ecotonal Gradient • 4 Parks in SODN and CHDN • As MOJN develops and implements an Integrated Uplands protocol explore whether sampling ecotonal gradients in MOJN parks (JOTR, DEVA) would be sensitive enough to detect change in productivity over space in time. [GRBA is not in the Arid Lands LCC)

  7. Climate • 3 will work together to develop climate protocol • Landscape Ecologist position shared among three networks in the Desert LCC and the Great Northern LCC. • MOJN, CHDN & SODN develop and share data management • Reports for the networks will have common formats. The shared ecologist will have the lead on reporting for each of the networks.

  8. Sampling Design • Drawn from existing or developing processes. • MOJN – springs

  9. FY11 Budget • Allocation Summary • $ 97,000 SODN • $120,000 MOJN • $143,000 CHDN • $ 40,000 2146 acct (shared ecologist)

  10. PERSONNEL NEEDS • Ecologist GS11 Term – phenology & climate protocol (March 2011) • Science writer GS9 – shared CHDN and MOJN (March 2011) • 2 MOJN Springs Crews (4 person) for 6 months • Complement 1 Riparian Crew

  11. FIRST YEAR IMPLEMENTATION TIME LINE - SPRINGS DEVELOP PROTOCOLS IMPLEMENT FIELD COLLECTION WORKSHOP DEVELOP WORKPLAN 4/2010 8/2010 9/2010 4/2011 – 11/2011

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