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NOAA’s Ecosystem Approach to Management and Wetland Restoration

NOAA’s Ecosystem Approach to Management and Wetland Restoration. JOHN H. DUNNIGAN Ecosystem Goal Lead Capitol Hill Oceans Week June 8, 2005. Ultimate Ecosystem. NOAA’s Strategic Goals. NOAA’s Vision: A Better World Through Ecological and Environmental Knowledge, and Stewardship.

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NOAA’s Ecosystem Approach to Management and Wetland Restoration

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  1. NOAA’s Ecosystem Approach to Managementand Wetland Restoration JOHN H. DUNNIGAN Ecosystem Goal Lead Capitol Hill Oceans Week June 8, 2005

  2. Ultimate Ecosystem

  3. NOAA’s Strategic Goals NOAA’s Vision: A Better World Through Ecological and Environmental Knowledge, and Stewardship Transportation and Commerce Ecosystems Weather and Water Climate Protect, restore, and manage the use of coastal and ocean resources through ecosystem-based management

  4. Ecosystem Definition • An Ecosystem is: • a geographically specified system of organisms (including humans), and • the environment and the processes that control its dynamics.

  5. Ecosystem Approach to Management An ecosystem approach to management: • Collaborative • Incremental • Adaptive • Geographically Specific • Accounts for ecosystem knowledge and uncertainty • Considers multiple external influences • Balances diverse societal objectives

  6. 10 Large Marine Ecosystems

  7. Ecosystem Delineation Issues Inland Watershed Boundaries • Inland Boundary • Coastal Watersheds • Inland Extent of Diadromous fish • Next Steps • Refine boundaries of ten ecosystems • Hold regional stakeholder workshops • Determine sub-ecoregions • Establish ecosystem health and socio- economic indicators

  8. Wetland Restoration at NOAA NOAA’s Habitat Program • compensatory restoration • large-scale wetland restoration • community-involved restoration Accomplishments • restored 16,000 habitat acres • removed 80 stream blockages • opened 700 stream miles • involved 82,000 volunteers, resulting in 482,000 hours • created 24 national and regional partnerships with >1,500 federal, state, tribal, and local entities

  9. Understand Components of Ecosystems Prioritize Habitats Allocate Resources Evaluate and Improve Success Feedback to Priorities On-the-Ground Implementation - Ecosystem-based Management in Habitat Restoration

  10. Understand Components of Ecosystems Prioritize Habitats Allocate Resources Evaluate and Improve Success Feedback to Priorities On-the-Ground Implementation - Ecosystem-based Management in Habitat Restoration

  11. Prioritize Habitats by Large Marine Ecosystem Habitat Condition and Utilization habitat loss habitat fragmentation critical species utilization Human Dimensions commercial and recreational use cultural significance / community support protection of infrastructure (erosion control) Technical Feasibility and Cost Effectiveness On-the-Ground Implementation - Ecosystem-based Management in Habitat Restoration

  12. Understand Components of Ecosystems Prioritize Habitats Allocate Resources Evaluate and Improve Success Feedback to Priorities On-the-Ground Implementation - Ecosystem-based Management in Habitat Restoration

  13. Understand Components of Ecosystems Prioritize Habitats Allocate Resources Evaluate and Improve Success Feedback to Priorities On-the-Ground Implementation - Ecosystem-based Management in Habitat Restoration

  14. Understand Components of Ecosystems Prioritize Habitats Allocate Resources Evaluate and Improve Success Feedback to Priorities On-the-Ground Implementation - Ecosystem-based Management in Habitat Restoration

  15. Ecosystem-based Management in Action • Gulf of Maine Council on the Marine Environment • international partnership (US and Canadian membership) • strategic implementation of ecosystem-based management Jon Kachmar, Maine State Planning Office Coordinator of Habitat Restoration Sub-Committee

  16. Ecosystem-based Management in Action • Puget Sound, Washington Natural Resource Damage Assessment and Restoration Cases • Elliott Bay & Duwamish River • Commencement Bay NRDA Co-trustee Partnerships to Address Injuries

  17. Current Mandates Legislative Mandates: A Paradigm Shift Future Mandates Individual Species Narrow Perspective & Scale Humans Independent of Ecosystem Disconnected Resource Management Management Not Informed by Science All Things Considered (Ecosystem) Broad Perspective & Scale Humans Integral to Ecosystem Integrated Resource Management Adaptive Management Based On Science

  18. NOAA has adopted an ecosystem approach to management as a guiding principle for its strategic plan. Habitat Program and Wetland Restoration are key components to NOAA’s ecosystem approach to management. A collaborative effort between NOAA and regional stakeholders is necessary for successful ecosystem approach to management and wetland restoration. Key Messages

  19. Ultimate Ecosystem For More Information: http://ecosystems.noaa.gov Contact: ecosystem.goal.comments@noaa.gov 301-713-9075

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