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PROPOSED PRIORITIES FOR SCIENCE AND COLLABORATION. OCTOBER 2012. TODAY. Review priority identification process Discuss proposed priorities – finalize list Review and discuss current and future LCC investments Next steps.
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PROPOSED PRIORITIES FOR SCIENCE AND COLLABORATION OCTOBER 2012
TODAY • Review priority identification process • Discuss proposed priorities – finalize list • Review and discuss current and future LCC investments • Next steps Vision: A conservation community, that while governed by their unique purposes and missions, collaborates on sustaining lands and waters that support natural and cultural resources and the services they provide. Mission: To support and sustain a conservation community through information development and dissemination designed to inform coordinated conservation action.
PRIORITY IDENTIFICATION PROCESS • Interview Key LCC Members • Identified potential LCC roles and priorities • Presentation and Clarification of Findings • Science, coordination, and communication roles • >150 potential priorities • Identification of Priority Statements • Priorities condensed into ~50 statements • Sorting/Ranking Priority Statements • Technical Core Team sorted and ranked priority statements for ScienceandCoordination • Technical Core Team Workshop • Developed short list of 5 Scienceand 4 Coordinationpriorities as recommendations
PROPOSED SCIENCE PRIORITIES • Assessing terrestrial and aquatic connectivity • Conservation of species at a landscape scale • Climate change adaptation for fish, wildlife, and natural resources • Quantifying and communicating ecosystem services • Energy development and landscape change
PROPOSED COORDINATION PRIORITIES • Information management, delivery, and communication • Using regional assets for relating science, management, and policy • Emerging conservation issues • Regional conservation efforts
NEXT STEPS – IDENTIFYING SCIENCE NEEDS • Communicate UMGL LCC priorities • Update website and fact sheets, press releases, etc • LCC meeting/workshop? • Develop objectives and expected outcomes for each priority • Select framework for each priority • Reorganize Technical Team – workgroups/committees by priority?