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Great NorthernLandscape Conservation CooperativeFederal Land Manager WorkshopSept 7‐8 2011

Coordinators:Yvette Converse and Tom Olliff

“The conservation challenges of the 21st Century represent a force of change more far-reaching and consequential than any previously

encountered.”

Year: 2042– Global Population ~9 Billion

People –habitat fragmentation, contamination,

pollution, invasive species, disease, threats to water quality and quantity…

“The conservation community face unprecedented issues of scale, pace, and complexity in sustaining our Nation’s fish and wildlife resources.”

Compounded By Accelerated Energy Development

US Department of Interior Secretarial Order No. 3289

September 14, 2009:“A network of Landscape Conservation Cooperatives will engage DOI and federal agencies, states, tribal and local governments and the public to craft practical, landscape-level strategies for managing climate change impacts…”

http://www.doi.gov/whatwedo/climate/strategy

See links to downloads: Secretarial Order 3289 and Interior’s Plan

No longer exists

OVERLAP

GeographicallyJurisdictionallyOperationallyInstitutionally

Coordination, Communication, Collaboration

Why LCCs?Report - Large Landscape Conservation: A strategic framework for policy and actionMcKinney, Scarlett & Kemmis, 2010

“…there is a gap in governance and a corresponding need to create informal and formal ways to work more effectively across boundaries.”

Barriers to Landscape Conservation• Lack of scientific information• Lack of capacity to organize• Lack of a strategy to coordinate• Fragmented financial investments

http://www.lincolninst.edu/pubs/1808_Large-Landscape-Conservation

A Continental Approach:

Bailey’s Ecoregions

Bird Conservation Regions

River Basins

Ecologically Functional Units

LCC Geographic Framework August 2009

USA Montana Wyoming Idaho Washington Oregon

CANADA British Columbia Alberta

GREAT NORTHERN LCC

Primary PurposePromote, facilitate and achieve a collective landscape vision among conservation partners

1. Strategic conservation focus2. Adaptive resource management3. Science based decision‐making

* Regional Program Alignment

The Great NorthernLandscape Conservation Cooperative

Example Vision: A Landscape LegacyA sustainable landscape resilient to change(Climate - Land Use – Invasives)• Functional ecosystem processes• Strategically connected and managed lands• Protected and intact aquatic systems• Coordinated and adaptive response• Shared science and resource knowledge


1. Strategic Focus

• Cross-jurisdictional• Landscape goal• Target objectives• Focused conservation• Measured outcomes


Courtesy: C. Carroll 2005

2. Adaptive Management• Quantify objectives• Measure outcomes• Evaluate response• Science-Management


LCCs

LCCs

Trial and Error

3. Shared Science/Information• Testable assumptions• Responsive to changing info• Accountable• Measurable• Decision-support

• Useful• Timely• Responsive


20Slide Credit: Dr. Gary Tabor

Greater Yellowstone Coord Comm

Wyoming Landscape Conservation Initiative

Arid Lands Initiative

Kootenay Conservation Program

Blackfoot Challenge

Rocky Mountain Front

Big Hole Conservation Alliance

Crown of the Continent

Interagency Grizzly Bear Comm

Washington Connected Lands

Columbia Basin Fed Caucus

Intermountain West JV

Yellowstone to Yukon

Western Governors

CAN Wildlife Directors Council

And others….

Partner Forums

Alberta Parks Division and Sustainable Resource Development Division

British Columbia Ministry of Environment and Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations

Bureau of Indian Affairs Bureau of Land Management Bureau of Reclamation Columbia Basin Federal CaucusConfederated Salish and Kootenai TribesConfederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian ReservationCanadian Wildlife ServiceHeart of the Rockies InitiativeIdaho Department of Fish and GameMontana Fish, Wildlife and ParksNational Park ServiceNez Perce TribeNational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Natural Resources Conservation ServiceOregon Department of Fish and WildlifeParks Canada − Waterton Lakes National ParkUS Fish and Wildlife ServiceUS Forest Service US Geological SurveyWashington Department of Fish and WildlifeWestern Association of Fish and Wildlife AgenciesWildlife Conservation SocietyWyoming Game and Fish DepartmentYakama Indian Nation

GNLCC Steering Committee

Goal Statement –April 2010Coordinate, facilitate, promote, and add value to large landscape conservation to build resource resilience in the face of climate change and other landscape‐level stressors through:

SCIENCE SUPPORT COORDINATION INFORMING CONSERVATION ACTION MONITORING AND EVALUATION OUTREACH AND EDUCATION

GNLCC GOAL –April 2010

Strategic Framework (Tom) Partner (Eco) Forums FY11 Funding Guidance Capacity Support Engage BC/ BC LCC Interface

GNLCC Ongoing:


Great NorthernLandscape Conservation Cooperative

1. Purpose

Partner Forums -are an engagement of GNLCC conservation practitioners and partnerships that share conservation challenges in an eco‐geographic context to identify specific conservation needs for GNLCC priorities

Partner Forums


What defines Eco‐typic Area

• Ecologically relevant geography• Similar ecological process or systems• Related landscape issues

• Not a discrete geographic area; rather common conservation needs

3 Geographic Ecotypic Areas• Rocky Mountain

– Mountain forests, alpine or high relief ecotypes

• Columbia Basin– Interior CB and Columbia River

• Sage‐Steppe– Arid land, high‐elevation prairies or deserts

2. Partner Forum Process

A. Interactive Webinars/IV/MeetsB. Leadership TeamC. Gap Analysis & Situation AssessD. Identify specific needsE. Strategic Framework/Annual Workplan



A. Interactive Webinars/IV/Meetings– Discussion and info sharing

• Flagship priorities• Body of knowledge, info, science and capacity• Relevant conservation delivery programs• Adaptive management: feasibility and strategy• Measurable outcomes



B. Leadership Team– Science and Conservation experts and leaders– Use information from webinars to outline issues– Science, info, coordination, M&E, capacity needs– Include:

• GNLCC Staff and AT/SC members• Leaders from landscape partnerships• Other key persons (Universities, researchers, managers)


2. Partner Forum ProcessC. Gap Analysis

– Leadership Team, GNLCC Staff and AT compile resultsD. Identify Specific Needs

– Develop recommendation to SC for:• Science, info, products, tools• Capacity – technical, coordination etc



E. Develop into Long-term Strategy– Refine or revise based on needs– Specific annual needs inform Annual Work

• Solicitation of proposals• RFP• Climate Science Center


3. Delivering and Coordinating Science & Info• Recommendation to SC on specific science, info,

tools, products needed• Used to develop annual workplans• Feedback on:

• interfacing with user-groups• Effective packaging, delivery and networking


4. Evaluation of Effectivenss• Partner Forum provides feedback on:

• Effectiveness• Applicability• Progress towards outcomes


Capacity

• Coordinator & Staff• Advisory Team• Support to Partners

– States– Others


GNLCC Staff and support staff• Co‐Coordinator US FWS (GNLCC $) Yvette Converse• Co‐Coordinator NPS (NPS $) Tom Olliff• Science Coord. US FWS (GNLCC $) Sean Finn in Boise• Science Coord. USGS (GS NoRock $) Rick Sojda• Information Specialist MSU (GNLCC $) Mary McFadzen• Landscape Ecologist USGS (GS NoRock $) Erik Beever• Statistician USGS (GS NoRock $) Kathy Irvine• Outreach ½ FTE USGS (GS NoRock $) S. Swallow & L. Allen• GIS ¼ FTE USGS (GS NoRock) Tara Chelsey‐Preston• NPS Student intern NPS (NPS $)/MSU Emily Wellington


GNLCC Advisory Team

• GNLCC Coordinator and Staff

• Colateral support from partner agency staff

• Represent regional collaborative body

• Membership flexible and responsive

GNLCC Advisory Team

Yvette Converse FWS GNLCC CoordTom Olliff NPS GNLCC CoordRick Sojda GS GNLCC Sci CoordSean Finn FWS GNLCC Sci CoordGreg Watson Chief, Office of LS Conservation, FWS R6Stephen Zylstra FWS R1 LiaisonDavid Wood MT BLMJim Morrison/Rich Truex USFS Northern Forests/Rocky Mtn ForestsSteve Waste USGS Columbia LabGregg Servheen Idaho F&GJohn Pierce Washington DWRKathy Tonnesson NPS Rocky Mtn CESUSoch Lor FWS NWR I&MJosh Vest Intermountain West Joint VentureGary Tabor Ctr for Large Landscape ConservationMolly Cross Wildlife Conservation SocietyDave Hails British Columbia Forest Land NR Operations

GNLCC Support to Partners

Capacity Grant Program

• Modeled after IWJV Capacity Grant Program• Annual or Bi‐annual term‐grant program• Available to non‐Federal partners• ‘Need’ and ‘Effectiveness’ criteria• Opportunity for non‐fed: Tribes, Provinces and NGOs


FY10 Funding Process• Themes based on webinar/partner feedback• Partnerships solicted for proposals• SC solicited proposals• 3 Themes selected by SC

FY11 Funding Guidance• SC approved guidance Feb 2, 2011‐March 2, 2011• Sent to GNLCC SC, AT, partners and science entities• Grants.gov• 5 Themes selected by SC


FY10 Proposal Review Process• 35 Proposals reviewed• ~20 met relevance criteria (est by AT/SC)• Ranked by multi‐agency team of 5• 15 (+) projects funded

FY11 Proposal Review Process• 86 Proposals received• Totalling more than ~$10 million• General Criteria: 37 Proposals• Ranked by multi‐agency team of 8• Relevance Criteria: 22 Proposals ‐ 12 (+) funded

Themes DOI CSC/LCC Guidance Notes

Project Rank PI Suggested $ Aquatic Climate Data Hab Conn Outreach Partner Geography Principal Agency LCC both CSC

1* Isaak 122.5XXX x x x x ID,MT,WA,OR,WY USFS x

2* Pederson #1 75 XXX x x x MT, WY, ID USGS x Refer to NWCSC

3* Lawler 95 XXX x x x x ID, WA UW x

4* Pederson #2 25 xxx x x x GNLCC‐wide USGS x

5 (Yr 2) Schuett‐Hames 150 x x xxx x WA WDFW x

6* Little 154 xxx x GNLCC‐wide UW CIG x Refer to NWCSC

7* Kern 134 xxx x GNLCC‐wide USGS x

8 Carlson 88 xxx x x MT Wilderness Soc x

9 (Yr 2) C. Servheen 77 xxx x MT,ID,BC UM x

10 (Yr 2) Sexton 75 x xxx MT, AB, BC Ucalgary x

11* (Yr 2) Muhlfeld 120 xxx x x x MT, BC USGS x

12 (Yr 2) Wightman 25 x xxx x MT,ID IWJV x

13 Sargent 50 xxx x x BC , AB CWS x

14 (Yr 2) McIvor 35 x xxx x OR, ID OSU x Past funding limit

15 (Yr 2 ‐modified) G. Servheen 75 x x xxx x ID‐MT‐WA‐OR‐WY IDFG x

16 Warheit 50 xxx x WA WDFW x Same as above

17 (Yr 2 ‐modified) Brooks 50 x xxx x MT MT FWP x Same

18 Emmerich 50 x xxx x WY WGF x Same

19 O'Daniel 50 xxx xxx x OR Umatilla x Same

20 White 50 xxx x BC BC x Same

21 Burnett 50 x xxx x MT Blackfoot Challenge x Same

22* Dunham 75xxx x x x WA, OR USGS x Same

23 Kelly 75 xxx x WY GYCC x Same

24 Gamon 50 xxx x x WA WDFW/ALI x Same

* = initially 1036.50Total of Proposals recommended for funding (yellow, orange and red)

directed at CSC

Tier 1 1st from each of 5 categories

Tier 2 2nd from each of 5 categories

Tier 3 3rd from Aqu and Hab Conn upto funding limit

Removed Identified as CSC function

FY11 Funding Allocation

Secretary Salazar Joins Canadian Ambassador Doer in Celebrating Agreement to Protect Transboundary Flathead River Basin 02/15/2011 Contact: Joan Moody 202‐208‐6416

“The Department of the Interior will continue to coordinate with its partners to advance permanent, sustainable protections in the Flathead watershed, including the State of Montana, the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes, British Columbia, the Ktunaxa First Nation, and Environment Canada ‐including Parks Canada and the Canadian Wildlife Service ‐ through the Great Northern Landscape Conservation Cooperative. This framework will be used for further engagement in the months ahead, including to conduct joint activities on fish and wildlife conservation, invasive species and pests, climate change adaptation, and environmental data collection and information sharing.”

GNLCC to facilitate/support/advance BC‐MT MOU Right level of government

Executive level Multi‐ agency Strategic alignment

Facilitate coordination among jurisdictions Environment: Fisheries/Species, Water Quality and other Climate Action’ Low Carbon and Renewable Energy

US‐CAN Collective landscape vision/goals Provincial Landscape Strategies

The CA version of outcome based adaptive management (SHC) A platform for LCC‐CA to interface with LCC‐US Transboundary/continental conservation action/adaptation

GNLCC and British Columbia

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