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SALCC Steering Committee Update

SALCC Steering Committee Update. Call in: 866-720-8724 Passcode: 2917595. Prepared and presented by Vern Herr and Brett Boston For U.S. Institute for Environmental Conflict Resolution. Welcome Introductions Roll Call . Ken McDermond. Call in: 866-720-8724 Passcode: 2917595.

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SALCC Steering Committee Update

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  1. SALCC Steering Committee Update Call in: 866-720-8724 Passcode: 2917595 Prepared and presented by Vern Herr and Brett Boston For U.S. Institute for Environmental Conflict Resolution

  2. WelcomeIntroductionsRoll Call Ken McDermond Call in: 866-720-8724 Passcode: 2917595

  3. Review web survey highlights Review steering committee interview highlights Review and discuss an integrated summary of key expectations Facilitated discussion reviewing the results and probing: a. Final clarification: anything we missed or mischaracterized b. 3-5 key points that HAVE to be considered in the plan c. Concerns and/or boundaries that must be considered? 5. Review of the Planning Team Meeting draft agenda Today’s Agenda: Team Review & Validation of Key Themes Call in: 866-720-8724 Passcode: 2917595

  4. SALCC Web Survey Highlights

  5. Who Responded? Call in: 866-720-8724 Passcode: 2917595 • Total Started Survey: 107 • Total Completed Survey: 93  (86.9%) • Breakdown • 45 Land/Water/Species Management • 16 Academic • 9 Regulatory • 1 Advocacy • 1 Heritage Manger • 3 Funding

  6. Decisions They Make Call in: 866-720-8724 Passcode: 2917595 Multi-State: 30% Statewide 15% Intra-State/Regional 25% Project Level 20% N/A 10%

  7. First the good news Call in: 866-720-8724 Passcode: 2917595 • Strong overall support for LCC concept • 76.6% agree or strongly agree they are familiar with the purpose and charter of SALCC • 58% described themselves as BOTH a partner (34%) and customer (7.5%) • SALCC is seen as “leader” by those working with multiple LCCs • … “If we can’t do it in the SE, it can’t be done”

  8. Some clouds Call in: 866-720-8724 Passcode: 2917595 Strong start, but a sense of lost momentum Differentiators needed! Another joint venture? Skepticism LCCs will be sustainable Manager comfort with species management Political hostility to climate change Partnership fatigue When asked to rate SALCC progress 50% said they didn’t have enough information 36% said not enough communication

  9. What key natural or cultural resource QUESTIONS will your organization need answers for in the next 3-5 years? • Projected impacts of climate change and urban growth? • What and where are our priority species and habitats? • How can managers help wildlife populations adapt? • How to make solid conservation decisions with limited resources? • How to balance conservation while sustaining economic & population growth? • Understanding a regional landscape perspective, overlaps and knowledge gaps • Will landscape data easily downscale for local management and decision-making?

  10. What goals and areas of focus must SALCC consider in the next 3 to 5 years? • Communicate SALCC’s mission, vision and success measures • Show where focused conservation efforts maximize ROI • Remove barriers limiting partner conservation efforts • ID priority conservation areas by habitat type and optimal strategies • Facilitate regional dialogue on conservation issues and priorities • Facilitate information transfer between partners and other LCCs • Facilitate data sharing, GIS and other standards discussions • Engage public-private landowners to improve regional conservation

  11. What criteria should guide prioritization of SALCC goals and objectives? Call in: 866-720-8724 Passcode: 2917595 • SALCC applied science should be unique; unavailable elsewhere • Don’t duplicate successful work of others • Use existing alliances, studies and partnerships first • Give credit to contributing partners • Focus on portable, compatible and sharable data • Outputs need to be useful for front line decision makers

  12. How will your organization measure SALCC success? SALCC advanced conservation priorities that were either unknown or were beyond individual partner capacity to address Better understanding & consistency of Federal Agency decisions Measurable progress within 5 years towards stated goals Improved health and sustainability of population or habitat targets Implementable recommendations Improved interaction between researchers and managers SALCC facilitated forums with productive collaboration and action Improved 2-way understandings between partners Positive return on the time, treasure and/or talent invested in SALCC

  13. Risks of an LCC approach? Vague or poorly understood objectives Pressure to spend funds before plans are complete Agency budget battles + an uncertain funding future Infighting between species and habitat groups Differing partner missions Competition with existing partnerships Results may take time to see Partner fatigue

  14. Please rate the importance of the following elements to SALCC conservation planning

  15. Please rate the value of the following SALCC Research or potential research areas to your organization

  16. What significant landscape research gaps could we be overlooking? Call in: 866-720-8724 Passcode: 2917595 Key drivers of urbanization and development Human dimensions and socioeconomics Private landowners issues and concerns Impacts of alternative energy production Potential impact of exotics and invasives Linking coastal ecosystems Air & water quality

  17. How can SALCC improve communication and coordination with our partners? Call in: 866-720-8724 Passcode: 2917595 • Avoid over-reliance on the website • Communicate successes where SALCC outputs lead to different/better decisions • Develop targeted messages for specific audiences • Test messages with non-scientists to be sure they are understandable, straightforward, and practical • Publish a quarterly e-newsletter • Host bi-monthly Q&A webinars

  18. SALCC Web Survey Questions?

  19. SALCC Steering Committee Interview Highlights

  20. Who Responded? Call in: 866-720-8724 Passcode: 2917595 • 18 Steering Committee members and recommended guests • Breakdown • 10 Federal Agencies • 4 State Agencies • 2 Non-government Agencies • 2 Private Landowners

  21. Key Themes Call in: 866-720-8724 Passcode: 2917595 Strong parallels with web survey Strong support expressed for LCC concept and SALCC Some implementation concerns Clarify what SALCC IS and what it ISN’T Highest level view: not another bird partnership

  22. Barriers to implementation Uncertainty what implementation will look like Limited national LCC guidance “This too shall pass” perceptions Interagency rivalries and missions An uncertain financial future Perceptions of uncertain support from Interior Political opposition to climate change Some managers prefer a species focus

  23. Recommendations Set short, medium and long term SALCC priorities Speak the benefits of having a landscape view Engage private landowners (75% of SE land!) Promote greater data and process standardization Iterative 2-way dialogue with partners to ensure SALCC products are useful and valuable Focus on filling gaps and removing barriers Make life easier for front line decision makers

  24. Suggested Guiding Principles • Does a proposed action duplicate the successful work of others? • Are SALCC products truly unique? Things nobody else can deliver? • Do recommendations clearly identify options that yield the greatest long-term conservation payoffs(not necessarily the easiest things to achieve?) • Are we working on outputs/deliverables our partners truly value? • Have we selected priorities that are big, hairy and audacious…but achievable? • Do SALCC deliverables directly impact landscape-level conservation? • Do SALCC deliverables incorporate uncertainty over time into decision-making? • Do SALCC recommendations highlight WHERE action is needed and • Do SALCC recommendations avoid specifying the TYPES OF ACTION needed? • Can SALCC state a shared vision for natural and cultural resources looks like? • Do proposed goals support management and implementation?

  25. On the Ground Needs Vulnerability assessments and adaptation strategies Provide insight that spans habitat, taxa and species Show me how what I’m doing fits into the big picture Produce science at varying an appropriate scales to answer local resource management questions Review habitat baselines and predict how distributions are likely to change in response. How will management need to be altered to respond?

  26. SALCC Steering Committee Interview Questions?

  27. Key Partner Expectations

  28. Provide Decision Support • Provide perspective and insight to decision makers who are trying to make increasingly complex landscape level decisions in a sound manner with greater confidence. • Provide decision-support tools for addressing priority land purchases that connect critical conservation overlays • Provide structured methodologies that allow managers to understand the emerging trends impacting conservation lands, ecosystems, urban impacts and water utilization and forest cover. • Deliver tools that optimize partner conservation strategies and integrate management decisions across disciplines and perspectives. • Develop support tools for integrating private sector land holders into conservation planning. These tools should provide an economic growth perspective and sustainability. (Forest cover, biomass, etc.) • Provide decision support tools at variety of scales: • Provide policy-level support services and tools for key decision makers • Provide smaller, simpler translations/scales of these services and tools for field staff utilization

  29. Prioritize Conservation Actions • Help partners prioritize conservation investments to maximize impact • Create a forum that enables prioritization and integration of limited resources from partners to make better conservation decisions • SALCC can act as a conservation investment advisor _ assisting with the prioritization of investments by providing resource investment tools and guidance to highlight partner projects or potential new projects that yield the highest conservation returns.

  30. Facilitate and Coordinate Partners in Collaborative Effort (1) • SALCC should see things at a broader scale and link partners to create broader landscape synergies. • Facilitate more extended regional partnerships by connecting separate initiatives • Facilitate dialogue among Federal regulators (establish interagency MOUS that enable rapid implementation of consensus decisions and provide confidence to private sector partners of consistency.) • Help partners cooperate beyond existing state and regional boundaries to accomplish greater conservation results • Improve coordination between USGS climate science centers and LCC partners • Provide structures that enable controlled, logical growth of partnerships and ease of participation

  31. Facilitate and Coordinate Partners in Collaborative Effort (2) • Seamlessly integrate cooperative actions to existing partnerships (SARP) and joint-ventures • Identify and assist in removing the barriers between individual partners to achieve broader conservation accomplishments • Identify and create new partnerships that fill essential landscape conservation planning gaps. • SALCC must be a value-added organization that harnesses the collective science and influence of its members and partners, and focuses on priority issues. • Conduct ongoing dialogue with partners to ensure alignment of products and services with partner expectations

  32. Interpret and Analyze Current Knowledge and Data, then Fill Gaps • Focus on coordinating and integrating existing data, identify gaps in data and develop data to fill those gaps • SALCC will effectively unify regional efforts by becoming the umbrella by integrating data and providing communications about what is going on in the region • Link seamlessly with USGS Climate Change Centers • Provide services for clearly defining landscape perspective, overlaps and knowledge gaps • Serve all data via web services that are easy access and enable non-climate modelers to use with ease. • Provide standards and platform access that enhance data sharing and compatibility re: climate change • Uncover gaps in existing data to avoid re-creating

  33. Serve as Ambassador and Exercise Diplomacy • Be seen as an honest neutral broker working toward greater regional cooperation without seeking credit for the work of others. • Ensure that partners effort and work are front and center in all communications • Ensure cross-LCC dialogue, and best practice sharing so lessons learned can be shared among all LCCs • SALCC will coordinate effectively with other LCCs and Federal Agencies on behalf of the partners.

  34. Work at Appropriate Scales • Ensure the data models include a priority species overlay. • SALCC needs to focus on big picture landscape views that can be scaled down; not small that we try to scale up. • Avoid overly-specific species and habitat overlays

  35. Key Partner ExpectationQuestions?

  36. Discussion

  37. Discussion: Final Review Final clarification: anything we missed or mischaracterized? What 3-5 key points that HAVE to be considered in the plan What concerns and/or boundaries must be considered?

  38. Proposed AgendaDecember 6-7 Prepared and presented by Vern Herr and Brett Boston For U.S. Institute for Environmental Conflict Resolution

  39. Tuesday, December 6, 2011Day One 8:00 AM Welcome and Overview Ken McDermond 8:10 AM Introductions Planning Team 8:20 AM Overview of the Session Group Solutions, Inc. Review the Agenda Build a team report card for the session Determine how we will make decisions during the session 8:30 AM Mission Statement Creation Develop and refine the SALCC Mission. Review the current draft mission Modify, if necessary Return at end of session to ensure fit 9:30 AM Scope the SALCC Strategic Plan Review the survey data and analyze major themes and feedback Discuss strategic themes Select Key Messages from the survey data that our plan should respond to 10:15 AM Break

  40. Tuesday, December 6, 2011Day One 10:30 Continue Scope of SALCC Strategic Plan Add additional insights and scope Clearly Define SALCC’s Role Reach closure on plan elements 11:00 Develop the Values for directing strategic effort SALCC Values represent the strategic components defining the SALCC behavioral roadmap for success of the partnership. Values are traits or qualities that are considered worthwhile; they represent an organization’s highest priorities and deeply held driving forces. A strong organization needs to establish values that it lives by Noon Lunch

  41. Tuesday, December 6, 2011Day One 1:00 PM Develop Guiding Principles Guiding Principles are the strategic elements that help organizations decide how to achieve the mission and make choices. 2:00 PM Develop the SALCC Strategic Plan Generate the 5 to 8 Key Strategies Define the scope of each Define an end-state for each 2:45 Break 3:00 PM Continue Developing SALCC Strategies 4:00 PM Develop Goals for implementing each strategy 5:00 PM Adjourn

  42. Wednesday, December 7, 2011Day Two 8:00 AM Review Day Ones Products Review progress Finish Goals, if necessary Modify products as indicated Make notes of options, choices and elements requiring further investigation 9:30 AM Prioritize Products and Services Prioritize Service Offerings First 18 months 18 months to 3 years Long-term Out of scope Prioritize Data and Information requests First 18 months 18 months to 3 years Long-term Out of scope 10:00 AM Break

  43. Wednesday, December 7, 2011Day Two 8:00 AM Review Day Ones Products Review progress Finish Goals, if necessary Modify products as indicated Make notes of options, choices and elements requiring further investigation 9:30 AM Prioritize Products and Services Prioritize Service Offerings First 18 months/18 months to 3 years/ Long-term/Out of of scope Prioritize Data and Information requests First 18 months/18 months to 3 years/ Long-term/Out of of scope 10:00 Break 10:15 Continue Prioritization of Products and Services 11:30 Lunch

  44. Wednesday, December 7, 2011Day Two 12:30 PM Define Tactics, Target Dates, and Measures for each Goal 2:00 PM Break 2:15 PM Full Plan Review 3:30 PM Next Steps 4:00 PM Adjourn

  45. Thanks!Questions/Comments to770.757.9828Vherr@groupsolutions.us

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