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What does the SALCC do?

What does the SALCC do?. Mission : Create a shared blueprint for landscape conservation actions that sustain natural and cultural resources. Indicators and Targets: Why do they matter?. The blueprint will need to paint a compelling picture of the future of the South Atlantic region.

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What does the SALCC do?

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  1. What does the SALCC do? Mission: Create a shared blueprint for landscape conservation actions that sustain natural and cultural resources

  2. Indicators and Targets: Why do they matter? • The blueprint will need to paint a compelling picture of the future of the South Atlantic region

  3. Indicators and Targets: Why do they matter? • The blueprint will need to paint a compelling picture of the future of the South Atlantic region • It needs to represent why we care about the ecosystems of the area

  4. Where we’ve been Developed recommended indicators and targets

  5. Background

  6. Definitions Goal: Desired conservation outcome that is difficult to measure Indicator: A metric that is designed to inform us easily and quickly about the conditions of a systemTarget: A measurable endpoint for an indicator

  7. Broad goals • Natural resources • Integrity of ecological • systems • Viability of key species • Cultural resources • Sites • Objects • Biotic cultural resources • Socioeconomic resources • Recreation • Human health • Economy

  8. Ecosystems (Natural Resources) • Marine • Estuarine • Beach and dunes • Forested wetlands • Tidal and nontidal freshwater marshes (managed and unmanaged) • Freshwater aquatic (streams, lakes, ponds) • Maritime forest • Pine woodlands, savannas, and prairies (includes longleaf, loblolly, and slash systems) • Upland hardwood forests • Landscapes (Habitat aggregate)   • Waterscapes (Habitat aggregate)

  9. Criteria for indicator selection Can be a species, collection of species, or habitat metric (biotic or abiotic) ~ 3 indicators per habitat

  10. Criteria for indicator selection Ecological criteria • Ability to represent a variety of organisms and ecological attributes within that habitat type throughout a major portion of the LCC • Sensitivity to big landscape threats in the region while having predictable and limited sensitivity to other factors such as natural variations or disturbances (i.e., high signal to noise ratio) Practical criteria • Ease of monitoring with existing programs and resources • Amount of overlap with existing plans and processes • Ability to model indicator based on current data or existing projects

  11. Criteria for indicator selection Social criteria • Ability to resonate with the American public • Ability to link with an economic value       • Level of interest by public land or water managers • Level of interest by private land or water managers

  12. Criteria for target selection • Amount of overlap with existing plans and processes • Is the target achievable? • Is there enough capacity to monitor the target? • [In the future] Amount of overlap with cultural and socioeconomic goals

  13. Selection process

  14. Indicator selection team members • Joe DeVivo NPS • Tim Pinion NPS • Brian Watson VA DGIF • Beth Stys FL FWC • Wilson Laney FWS • John Stanton FWS • Maria Whitehead TNC • David Whitaker SC DNR • Mark Scott SC DNR • Breck Carmichael SC DNR • Billy Dukes SC DNR • Reggie Thackston GA DNR • Jan MacKinnon GA DNR • Jimmy Evans GA DNR • Jon Ambrose GA DNR • Duke Rankin USFS • Roger Pugliese SAFMC • Ryan Heise NCWRC • Scott Anderson NCWRC • Lisa Perras Gordon EPA

  15. Indicator revision team members • Joe DeVivo NPS • Tim Pinion NPS • Dave Steffen VA DGIF • Brian Branciforte FL FWC • Laurel Barnhill FWS • Greg Moyer FWS • Jan MacKinnon GA DNR • Chris Goudreau NCWRC

  16. Indicator review • Detailed input from 235 experts in marine, freshwater, and terrestrial resources in the South Atlantic region and 9 experts representing all 5 adjacent LCCs • 197 online reviews • Feedback from all adjacent LCCs • Input from regional partnerships • Phone interviews with 18 local experts • Integration of feedback of final recommendations by 20 member Indicator Team

  17. Where we are Approval of indicators, targets, and testing/revision process

  18. Beaches and dunes recommendations • Productivity of loggerhead sea turtles • Index of beach birds • Miles of altered beach

  19. Estuarine recommendations • Index of coastal condition • Index of estuarine birds • Percent of impervious cover

  20. Forested wetlands recommendations • Acres of forested wetlands • Index of forested wetland birds • Acres of natural habitat near isolated wetlands

  21. Freshwater aquatic recommendations • Percent of natural habitat near rivers and streams • Percent of impervious cover • Index of biotic integrity

  22. Landscapes recommendations • Index of functional connectivity • Acres of interior natural communities • Index of structural connectivity • Acres of “biodiversity hotspots” in natural condition

  23. Marine recommendations • Abundance of gag grouper • Abundance of red drum • Index of nearshore forage fish

  24. Maritime forest recommendations • Abundance of painted bunting • Acres in protected status

  25. Pine woodland, savannas, and prairie recommendations • Index of pine woodland, savanna, and prairie birds • Acres of open canopy habitat that is regularly burned • Occurrence of flatwoods salamanders

  26. Tidal and nontidal freshwater marsh recommendations • Index of tidal and nontidal freshwater marsh birds • Acres of tidal freshwater marsh • Acres of invasive species

  27. Upland hardwood forests recommendations • Acres of “biodiversity hotspots” in natural condition • Abundance of big trees • Index of upland hardwood birds

  28. Waterscapes recommendations • Index of fish passage • Number of dams mimicking natural flow

  29. Draft testing and revision process A quick overview

  30. Process overview • Indicators • Short term testing (1st year) • Ecological criteria • Practical criteria • Social criteria

  31. Process overview • Indicators • Short term testing (1st year) • Ecological criteria • Practical criteria • Social criteria • Long term testing (2-5 years) • Ecological criteria • Practical criteria • Social criteria

  32. Process overview • Indicators • Short term testing (1st year) • Ecological criteria • Practical criteria • Social criteria • Long term testing (2-5 years) • Ecological criteria • Practical criteria • Social criteria • Targets

  33. Testing using SALCC Committee Structure Analysis Implementation Conservation Design Monitoring Objectives

  34. Testing using SALCC Committee Structure Analysis Implementation Conservation Design Monitoring Can we model them? Objectives

  35. Testing using SALCC Committee Structure Analysis Implementation Conservation Design Monitoring Do they still resonate? Objectives

  36. Testing using SALCC Committee Structure Analysis Implementation Conservation Design Monitoring What’s the condition now? Objectives

  37. Testing using SALCC Committee Structure Analysis Implementation Conservation Design Monitoring Does it all integrate? Objectives

  38. Testing using SALCC Committee Structure Analysis Implementation Conservation Design Monitoring What should change? Objectives

  39. Where we’re going Using indicators for blueprint development and reporting progress

  40. Using the indicators • How are we doing now? • Impacts of future threats and potential actions • Creating the blueprint

  41. How are we doing now?

  42. How are we doing now?

  43. How are we doing now? Beaches and dunes Sea turtles Beach birds Altered beach

  44. Impact of potential actions

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