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Advancing Conservation in a Changing World. National Tribal Forum on Air Quality May 2014. Mary Mahaffy, NPLCC Science Coordinator. Conservation Chal lenges. Effects of Climate Change Other large-scale stressors Future resource management Anticipate change Work at landscape scale
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Advancing Conservation in a Changing World National Tribal Forum on Air Quality May 2014 Mary Mahaffy, NPLCC Science Coordinator
Conservation Challenges • Effects of Climate Change • Other large-scale stressors • Future resource management • Anticipate change • Work at landscape scale • Work collaboratively • Trans-boundary
LCC Geographic Framework • Established in 2009 with Secretarial Order 3289 • 22 LCCs • International • Self-directed partnerships • Network of resource managers and scientists
LCC Vision: Landscapes capable of sustaining natural and cultural resources for current and future generations • Science-based approach within a defined geographic area • Better integrate science and management to address climate change and other landscape scale issues • Develop shared, landscape-level, conservation objectives and inform conservation strategies
Inform resource management decision-making • Non-regulatory • Provide a forum to integrate transboundary efforts • Facilitate exchange of applied science and products • Promote coordination and collaboration
How to Engage with LCCs • Participate in a leadership role or engage with existing Tribal LCC representatives • Tribal positions on all LCC Steering Committees • LCC National Council – 3 Tribal positions • Participate in LCC subcommittees • Structures of the LCCs different beyond Steering Committees • Contact LCC Coordinators • Participate in LCC sponsored workshops and trainings • Apply for LCC grants (vary by LCC) • Tribal subsistence and other cultural resource projects • Traditional Ecological Knowledge projects (LCCs recognize proprietary rights of TEK so Tribes share what they choose to share) • Capacity for participation
More Information: • Elsa Haubold–National LCC Coordinator • elsa_haubold@fws.gov • Ben Thatcher – Assistant National LCC Coordinator • ben_thatcher@fws.gov • Mary Mahaffy –North Pacific LCC • mary_mahaffy@fws.gov http://lccnetwork.org