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Purpose of Today’s Discussion

BLM’s Landscape Approach REAs and Related Landscape Initiatives Karen Prentice, BLM, Healthy Landscapes Coordinator, kprentic@blm.gov , 202-912-7223 Gordon Toevs , BLM, Assessment Inventory and Monitoring Coordinator, gtoevs@blm.gov , 202-912-7202. Purpose of Today’s Discussion.

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Purpose of Today’s Discussion

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  1. BLM’s Landscape ApproachREAs and Related Landscape InitiativesKaren Prentice, BLM, Healthy Landscapes Coordinator, kprentic@blm.gov, 202-912-7223Gordon Toevs, BLM, Assessment Inventory and Monitoring Coordinator, gtoevs@blm.gov, 202-912-7202

  2. Purpose of Today’s Discussion • Overview of the BLM’s Landscape Approach • Rapid Ecoregional Assessments • Monitoring and adaptive management

  3. Vision for BLM’s Landscape Approach Vision for BLM’s Landscape Approach Develop business practices to manage resources and uses at multiple scales in the face of compounding stressors. These practices will help the BLM and partners identify what to sustain, at what scale, and the associated trade-offs. Develop new business practices to support this transition Frame the issue: Build conceptual models with conservation elements and change agents.

  4. BLM’s Landscape Approach The Landscape Approach is based on management questions and an understanding of the system (represented here by the blue circle) Scale Appropriate Assessments Science Integration (CSCs & LCCs) Monitoring for Adaptive Mgmt. Scale Appropriate Direction Field Implementation

  5. BLM’s Landscape Approach Rapid Ecoregional Assessments Rapid Ecoregional Assessments are the first step in the Landscape Approach Science Integration (CSCs & LCCs) Monitoring for Adaptive Mgmt. Ecoregional Direction Field Implementation

  6. Rapid Ecoregional Assessments Underway 10 REAs initiated to date 7 REAs covering more than 370 million acres will be completed in 2012 Negotiations in progress for additional REAs this year

  7. Three Components of REAs Conservation Elements + Change Agents = Management Questions EX: Invasive Species Fire Climate Change Human Development EX: Species Habitat Soils EX: Where is intact sage-grouse habitat threatened by climate change? “what we want to conserve” “what is threatening our resources” “what land managers need to know”

  8. Current and Historic Greater Sage Grouse Distribution Current (dark blue) and historic distribution of Greater sage grouse (light blue)

  9. Potential for Climate Related Change Terrestrial Landscape Intactness

  10. Colorado Plateau: TerrestrialIntactness within Current Distribution of Greater and GunnisonSage Grouse Gunnison Sage Grouse This map shows projected climate change for 2060 “clipped” to currently occupied GSG habitat. This map shows terrestrial intactness “clipped” to currently occupied habitat of GSG and GUSG.

  11. Monitoring and Adaptive Management CHANGE AGENTS CONSERVATION ELEMENTS & STRESSOR INTERACTIONS (Vegetation, Wildlife, Soil Resources, Soil-Plant-Water Interface)

  12. Foundations Broadly applicable, cross-program indicators “Program” Indicators Energy Rec. Grazing/ Range Wildlife Core Terrestrial Indicators/Methods “Core” Indicators Core Aquatic Indicators/Methods

  13. Sample Design Low-intensity, “extensive” national sampling effort Higher-intensity, “intensive” local sampling effort (driven by local management questions)

  14. Sample Design Extensive Sampling* • Low density network of sampling locations Intensive Sampling* • Higher-density sampling for local management needs Integrated Sampling • Intensive data combined with extensive network • Increases precision of extensive sampling resource estimates • Comparability of resource values across scales and jurisdictions *Hypothetical points for illustration only

  15. BLM’s Landscape Approach Scale Appropriate Assessments Science Integration (CSCs & LCCs) Monitoring for Adaptive Mgmt. Scale Appropriate Direction Field Implementation

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