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Adaptive Management in the Context of FERC Licenses

Adaptive Management in the Context of FERC Licenses. Recreation RCG February 7, 2007. What is Adaptive Management?. A type of natural resource management in which decisions are made as part of an ongoing science-based process. .

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Adaptive Management in the Context of FERC Licenses

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  1. Adaptive Management in the Context of FERC Licenses Recreation RCG February 7, 2007

  2. What is Adaptive Management? A type of natural resource management in which decisions are made as part of an ongoing science-based process. Source: Unified Federal Policy for a Watershed Approach to Federal Land and Resource Management

  3. Adaptive Management Basic Steps • 1. Determine the goals for the resource. • 2. Method to test or evaluate if goals are met. • 3. Ability to change based on evaluation.

  4. The Cycle of Adaptive Management Adapted from Pajak, 2000

  5. Plan • Clarify goals • Assess status and trends of related indicators • Develop and compare management alternatives • Seek consent and plan actions

  6. Act • Implement planned actions • Reward integrity and results

  7. Monitor • Monitor all indicators • Communicate results

  8. Evaluate • Compare actual vs. planned results • Analyze indicator relationships • Adapt and repeat cycle

  9. What does FERC think? • “Adjustments to measures required during the license term will be based on information gleaned from ongoing monitoring or other post-license studies” Source: Policy Statement on Hydropower Licensing Settlements

  10. FERC License Examples • Sinclair Project (FERC No. 1951) • Clark Fork Project (FERC No. 2058) • Mokelumne River Project (FERC No. 137) • Carpenter-Remmel Project (FERC No. 271) • Baker River Project (FERC No. 2150)

  11. FERC Concerns FERC may modify adaptive management measures to: (i) ensure limitations on changes (ii) provide for FERC review and approval of decisions.

  12. Where are we? • Still in planning stage • Establishing baseline of management indicators • Planning actions

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