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Landscape Conservation Cooperatives

Landscape Conservation Cooperatives. The Right Science in the Right Places. 21st century resource threats magnified by accelerating climate change demand increased science capacity. Landscape Conservation Cooperatives Why?. Shutterstock. Landscape Conservation Cooperatives What are they?.

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Landscape Conservation Cooperatives

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  1. Landscape Conservation Cooperatives The Right Science in the Right Places

  2. 21st century resource threats magnified by accelerating climate change demand increased science capacity. Landscape Conservation Cooperatives Why? Shutterstock

  3. Landscape Conservation Cooperatives What are they? Applied conservation science partnerships.Partners include federal agencies, state fish and wildlife agencies, Tribes, NGOs, and universities within a geographically defined area. Fundamental units of planning and adaptive scienceto target the right science in the right places. A national and international network of conservation organizations and agenciessupporting natural systems capable of sustaining abundant, diverse and healthy populations of fish, wildlife and plants.

  4. Landscape Conservation Cooperatives What do they do? • Help partners identify common goals and priorities. • Support biological planning, conservation design and adaptive management. • Provide a strong link between science and conservation delivery on the ground. • Regularly evaluate the effectiveness of scientific information and conservation actions.

  5. By functioning as a network of interdependent units, LCC partnerships can enable a level of conservation no single agency or organization can accomplish alone. Landscape Conservation Cooperatives The Power of Partnerships Brian Jonkers/USFWS

  6. Landscape Conservation CooperativesCommon core structure and function Key components: A steering committee of partners LCC Coordinator(s) Planning and technical staff GIS capability and other expertise Forest Conservation Priority Areas

  7. Landscape Conservation Cooperatives:Conservation in Action Across the country, LCC partnerships are already identifying priority species and habitats and launching projects that will inform conservation decisions and actions on the ground. Timothy Knepp

  8. Landscape Conservation Cooperatives: Geographic Areas

  9. Landscape Conservation Cooperatives Established in FY2010 Arctic California Great Northern Great Plains Gulf Coastal Plains & Ozarks North Atlantic Pacific Islands Plains and Prairie Potholes South Atlantic

  10. Landscape Conservation CooperativesProjects in Progress 3 Projects $ 475,000 3 Projects $ 920,000 5 Projects $ 815,000 4 Projects $ 370,000 11 Projects $1,268,000 4 Projects $ 180,000

  11. Gulf Coastal Plains and Ozarks LCC The Nation’s Largest Floodplain: 27 million acre Mississippi Alluvial Valley Gulf Coastal Plains and Ozarks Project Snapshot: Identifying Shared Conservation Priorities

  12. Pacific Islands CCC Project Snapshot: Changes in Climatic Habitat by 2100A1B Scenario Projections of Changes in Hawaiian Plant Distribution Lama, Diospyros sandwicensis New habitat Habitat retained Habitat lost

  13. Develop a geodatabase of fish habitat conditions across the PPP LCC. • Assess current species distribution and abundance. • Project future species distribution and abundance in relation to climate change. Plains and Prairie Potholes LCC Project Snapshot: Regional Assessment of Fish Habitat Condition

  14. Broad-based partnership to sustain waterbirds during winter and migration in the eastern U.S. Coordinated across multiple landscape scales to inform decision makers. Enables us to assess waterbird population responses to climate change and other factors and identify adaptation and mitigation strategies to sustain waterbird populations. South Atlantic LCC Project Snapshot: Integrated Waterbird Management and Monitoring Program

  15. Assess the current capability of habitats in the NALCC to support sustainable wildlife populations Predict the impacts of landscape-level changes (climate change, urban growth) on the future capability of these habitats Target conservation programs and evaluate alternatives for sustaining wildlife North Atlantic LCC Project Snapshot: Designing Sustainable Landscapes Habitat Maps & Models LandscapeChange Models Decision Support Tools

  16. Arctic LCC Project Snapshot: Linking North Slope Climate, Hydrology and Fish Migration How will our trust resources respond to a changing arctic? Partners: Alaska Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit UAF Geophysical Institute Permafrost Laboratory UAF Water and Environment Research Center USFWS Fisheries and Ecological Services USFWS Arctic NWR USGS Lakes and ponds Habitat availability for trust resources Glacial Streams Non-glacial streams

  17. Thank you and time for questions

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