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The Next Step for Idaho’s CWCS

The Next Step for Idaho’s CWCS. Today’s Agenda. 10:00 Welcome, overview, and what is expected 11:00 Identifying focal areas 12:00 Lunch - Open discussion 1:00 Identifying focal areas 3:00 Wrap-up 3:30 Adjourn . C omprehensive W ildlife C onservation S trategy.

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The Next Step for Idaho’s CWCS

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  1. The Next Step for Idaho’s CWCS

  2. Today’s Agenda 10:00 Welcome, overview, and what is expected 11:00 Identifying focal areas 12:00 Lunch - Open discussion 1:00 Identifying focal areas 3:00 Wrap-up 3:30 Adjourn

  3. Comprehensive Wildlife Conservation Strategy “…provide a framework for conserving ‘species of greatest conservation need’ and the habitats upon which they depend.”

  4. State Wildlife Grant Program in 2001 • CWCS required by 2005 • Strategic document, not prescriptive • Dynamic and adaptive “…enable agency and private partners to individually or cooperatively implement conservation actions that will benefit priority species and habitats.”

  5. 229 Species of Greatest Conservation Need (SGCN) • 18 priority habitats • 14 ecological sections

  6. Current Implementation • BLM: Challenge Cost Share funding and Resource Management Plans specify SGCN • USFS: Forest Plan updates incorporate SGCN • NRCS: Farm Bill programs target SGCN • USFWS: LIP targets SGCN • Doris Duke Charitable Foundation: specifies implementation of CWCS

  7. From the Strategy… … to Action Plans… …to the ground

  8. SGCN Prioritizing Tool • Species by section filters • Based on user interests

  9. NatureServe Conservation Status Ranks • Assessment of the species condition statewide (S) and rangewide (G). G1 or S1 Critically imperiled G2 or S2 Imperiled G3 or S3 Vulnerable G4 or S4 Apparently secure G5 or S5 Secure

  10. A Vision for Focal Areas Species A + 1. Select Species Species B + Species C + Species D = 2. Overlay Known Distributions Richness High Low

  11. A Vision for Focal Areas 3. Compare with other priorities Winter Range Focus Streams Unique Habitat 4. Your Focal Areas High Richness Low

  12. What are Focal Areas? Resource Focal Area: a geographical area necessary for the long-term persistence of SGCNs and their habitats (aka High Resource Value Areas or Biologically Important Areas)  Management Focal Area: a general geographical area that targets resources and efforts where they can benefit the largest number of species and habitats in need of conservation (likely includes species/habitats other than SGCN and may incorporate factors such as ownership, urgency of threat, etc.).  Resource Focal Area: a geographical area necessary for the long-term persistence of SGCNs and their habitats (aka High Resource Value Areas or Biologically Important Areas)  Management Focal Area: a general geographical area that targets resources and efforts where they can benefit the largest number of species and habitats in need of conservation (likely includes species/habitats other than SGCN and may incorporate factors such as ownership, urgency of threat, etc.). 

  13. Hypothetical Example SGCN Richness Harlequin breeding Important Corridors … Focal Areas

  14. In or Out? General areas important for SGCN but by no means are intended to imply that conservation actions should be restricted to these areas.

  15. Regional Workshops Coeur d’Alene (Feb 11, 22) SGCN Richness Maps IDFG Input IDFG Focal Area Maps Partner Input Final Focal Area Maps Idaho Falls (Apr 11, 25) Boise (Mar 19, Apr 3)

  16. Workshop Objectives Capture regional expertise and local knowledge. Create ecological section-level focal area maps identifying areas of high conservation value. Enable use of maps and action plans as a conservation tool for on the ground implementation and prioritization.

  17. Specific Questions Are there specific areas that need to be included as focal areas for SGCNs and their habitat (e.g., waterfalls for black swift)? Are there areas we currently have identified that should not be (e.g., errors in the models)? Do these focal areas also include species or habitat significant to conservation for other reasons (e.g., migration corridors, big game winter range). What conservation actions are necessary in each area?

  18. North & Southwest Idaho Draft

  19. Southeast Idaho Species • 1 Amphibian • 38 Birds • 16 Fishes (1) • 31 Invertebrates (17) • 14 Mammals (3) • 1 Reptiles • 101 Species of Greatest Conservation Need (#) = Number of species lacking essential information pertaining to their status in Idaho.

  20. Priority Habitats & Systems • Dry conifer forest • Dune, canyon, and rockland • RM Alpine Bedrock and Scree, RM Dry Tundra • Subalpine forest • NRM Subalpine Dry Parkland • Mesic deciduous shrubland • Upland deciduous forest • RM Aspen Forest and Woodland, RM Bigtooth Maple Ravine Woodland • Southern xeric shrubland and steppe • IMB Montane Sagebrush Steppe, IMB Mountain Mahogany Woodland and Shrubland, IMB Greasewood Flat • Arableland (Herbaceous Planted and Cultivated) • Non-native herbaceous (Seeded Perennial Grassland) • Southern wetland • Riparian woodland • Open water

  21. What’s Expected? • Edit, embellish focal area boundaries • Define criteria • Identify actions • The Maps…

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