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The South Atlantic Landscape Conservation Cooperative’s
Third Thursday Web ForumIndicators and Targets for the South Atlantic: What are Your Ideas?
Thursday, July 19, 2012
Third Thursday Web Forum Agenda
Introductions Updates Monthly Topic: Indicators and Targets for the
South Atlantic: What are Your Ideas?Questions & Discussion of Monthly TopicQuestions & Discussion of SALCCClose
Introductions
Rua Mordecai, Science CoordinatorJanet Cakir, Socioeconomic Adaption
CoordinatorAmy Keister, GIS CoordinatorGinger Deason, Information Transfer
Specialist/Forest Service LiaisonLaurie Rounds, Gulf Coast LiaisonHilary Cole, Intern
Updates
NIPF meeting next weekSE State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO)
meeting 2012 SALCC-funded projects to be announced
the end of this week!Any web site member can share news through a
blog post! (e.g. Gulf Restore Act, NC WRC needs volunteers, call for submissions for AGU meeting)
www.southatlanticlcc.org
Establishing “Conservation Priorities”
CREATING A COMPELLING VISION OF THE FUTURE
Priorities: Why do they matter?
Days per year with peak temperature over 90° F
Priorities: Why do they matter?
SALCC Mission: Create a shared blueprint for landscape conservation actions that sustain natural and cultural resources
Priorities: Why do they matter?
The blueprint will need to paint a compelling picture of the future of the South Atlantic region
Priorities: Why do they matter?
The blueprint will need to paint a compelling picture of the future of the South Atlantic region
It needs to represent why we care about the ecosystems of the area
Creating the blueprint
Priorities
Design
Monitor
Evaluate Implement
Adjust
Creating the blueprint
Major steps
1. Set detailed priorities
2. Design blueprint to meet those priorities
Priorities
Design
Monitor
Evaluate Implement
Adjust
Progress so far
General priorities from OCS projectPriorities
Design
Monitor
Evaluate Implement
Adjust
Progress so far
General priorities from OCS projectPriorities
Design
Monitor
Evaluate Implement
AdjustNatural resourceso Integrity of ecological systemso Viability of T&E species
Cultural resourceso Siteso Objectso Biotic cultural resources
Progress so far
Ecological integrity: Percent of indicator targets met for:
o Beaches and Dunes o Estuarine and Marine o Forested Wetlands (mineral soils) o Forested Wetlands (organic soils) o Freshwater aquatic o Freshwater marsheso Managed wetlands o Grassland – Prairie – Savannah o Southern Pine o Scrub-shrub o Upland Hardwood o Xeric and Maritime Scrub
Progress so far
General priorities from OCS project
Development of information and tools to translate priorities into a conservation design
Priorities
Design
Monitor
Evaluate Implement
Adjust
Indicators and targets: The next step
Indicator: A way to measure a priority
Target: A numeric goal for an indicator
Indicators and targets: Examples
Integrity of open pine systems (priority) - Brown-headed Nuthatch (indicator) - Increase coastal plain population by 50% (target)
Integrity of estuarine and marine systems (priority) - Sea grasses collectively (indicator) - Double the area of sea grasses (target)
Natural resource indicator team
Purpose: To develop the process for building off existing efforts to set indicators and measurable targets for SALCC natural resource priorities
Priorities
Design
Monitor
Evaluate Implement
Adjust
The indicator team
Jon Ambrose GA DNR / SWAP
Shannon Deaton NC WRC / SWAP
John Stanton FWS / ACJV
Linda Pearsall NC DENR / Natural Heritage
Robert Boyles SC DNR - Marine division
Pete Campbell FWS / ENCSEVA
Dean Carpenter NC DENR / APNEP
Maria Whitehead TNC
The indicator team
Duke Rankin USFS
Tim Pinion NPS
Wilson Laney FWS/ Numerous
partnerships
Roger Pugliese SAFMC
Reggie Thackston GA DNR / Private lands
Breck Carmichael SC DNR
Rick Durbrow EPA
Schedule
July 24th: First team web meeting
Mid-September: Final recommendations on process to Steering Committee
February 2013: Final priorities approved by Steering Committee
Synthesis of existing plans
Compile spreadsheet of existing indicators for each habitat type
Build off existing work to minimize redundancy
Synthesis of existing plans: Sources
Current sources USFWS Biologist Conference for the South Atlantic South Atlantic LCC Priority Appendix Atlantic Coast Joint Venture Albemarle-Pamlico National Estuary Program: 2012
Ecosystem Assessment Southeast Aquatic Resources Partnership: Southeast
Aquatic Habitat Plan America’s Longleaf Conservation Plan
Future sources NatureServe National Fish and Wildlife Foundation Longleaf
Stewardship Fund
Synthesis of existing plans
Ideally, clear groupings will emerge based on the overlap of sources
Other considerations Targets already set Consistent geographic distribution across the South
Atlantic Existing monitoring efforts Scientific literature on indicators
Other sources to incorporate, or things to consider? Please let me know! ([email protected])
Questions part 1
Questions about the presentation?
Questions part 2
What are your ideas for things your cooperative should do in the process of identifying indicators and targets?
What are your ideas for things your cooperative should not do in the process of identifying indicators and targets?
Questions/Comments
Questions or comments in general about the SALCC, what we’re doing, where we’re going, etc.?
Contacts
Ken McDermond – [email protected]
Rua Mordecai – [email protected] Janet Cakir – [email protected] Amy Keister – [email protected] Laurie Rounds – [email protected] Ginger Deason –
