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Engaging stakeholders to build resilient watershedsSam Veloz, Rickie White and Patrick CristDecember 12, 2018
Challenges of scale in resilience planning
Stakeholder engagement
• Assessment users and data
providers
• Focus on conservation of fish and
wildlife species and their habitats
• Design, construct or fund
resilience projects
• Leaders in resilience planning and
implementation
Getting help with making our assessment actionable
Don’t reinvent the wheel
• Convened a watershed committee
• Other experts in the area
• Building off conservation efforts underway
Watershed Stakeholder Engagement
PHASE 1 PHASE 2 PHASE 3
Information Collection GIS Data Consults GIS Analysis & ResultsFinal
Report
Identify species and habitats in watershed.
Identify data sets and data sources.
Stakeholder project submissions.
Lead site visits to 5projects & review of 3 case study write-ups
Review data sets and flag data gaps.
Identify contacts for missing data.
Initial GIS results meeting for Watershed Committee members.
Stakeholder GIS Review Meeting
Watershed Report Review by all Partnership Committees
Stakeholder Presentation: Final Results & Online Mapping Tool
PHASE 4Dissemination
Fish & Wildlife Input
Which fish & wildlife?
• Not a general biodiversity conservation planning exercise, looking for relevant fish and wildlife
• Generally those that share the same threats or whose conservation results in the ability to reduce flooding threats to human assets
• And have suitable data available
–Complete
–Recent
–Appropriate scale
–Reasonably well documented
Fish & Wildlife Input
Which fish & wildlife?
A. Federally or State Listed and highly imperiled
B. Highly imperiled but not listed
C. Key wildlife species as indicated by SWAP plan
D. Highly imperiled natural communities/habitats
E. NOAA Trust species
F. Recreationally, Economically, & Culturally Important
Assessment users and data providers
• Included a mix of species and habitat data
sets
– 12 intertidal elements (e.g. tidal marsh
habitat, beaches, pinniped haul outs)
– 6 aquatic elements (e.g. Eel grass,
diadromous fish habitat)
– 11 upland elements (e.g. Large riparian
areas, Redwood/ Douglas fir forests)
– 1 element that crossed boundaries (bird
diversity hotspots)
Bay Area Resilience Projects
• Many ongoing efforts to protect and restore Bay Area Ecosystems
–SF Bay Restoration Authority
–San Francisco Bay Joint Venture Projects
–Other stakeholder projects
• Project screening
Preliminary resultsResilience hubs & resilience projects
• Where is the overlap between resilience hubs and projects?
• Are there high priority resilience hubs where there are no proposed projects?
Next steps
• Review products with stakeholders
• Identify projects with high scores and produce case studies
• Work with practitioners to leverage results to support fundraising efforts
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• Founded in 1965 asPoint Reyes Bird Observatory
• 140 seasonal and full time staff
• 2013 budget: $9.7 million
• Advancing conservation through science, partnerships, outreach
Section Header
• Founded in 1965 asPoint Reyes Bird Observatory
• 140 seasonal and full time staff
• 2013 budget: $9.7 million
• Advancing conservation through science, partnerships, outreach
Section Header
• Founded in 1965 asPoint Reyes Bird Observatory
• 140 seasonal and full time staff
• 2013 budget: $9.7 million
• Advancing conservation through science, partnerships, outreach
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Farming and
Ranching
Management Natured
Stewardships
Exploration Conservation
(mission)
Climate
Change
Education Greenhouse Gas
Emissions
Fisheries On the ground
science
Logos
Two-color logo on
light background
One-color logo on
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Focus on conservation of fish and wildlife species and their habitats
• Convened a watershed committee
• Other experts in the area
RESTORATION & CONSERVATION:In-water Coastal Habitats
Beaches and Dunes Wetlands and Marshes
Near-Coastal Freshwater Habitat Coastal Forests
Inland Rivers and StreamsLiving Shorelines
REMOVAL OF STREAM BARRIERS that create localized flooding and inhibit fish passage
COMMUNITY RESILIENCE PLANNING
STORMWATER MANAGEMENT thru installation of natural or nature-based features
Projects that help CREATE COMMUNITY RESILIENCE from coastal and inland stormsAND
BENEFIT FISH & WILDLIFE AND THEIR HABITATS
