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Maine Water Conference 2019Amanda Shearin, Habitat Outreach CoordinatorSgt. Tim Spahr, Maine Warden ServiceMaine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife
Wildlife Conservation Actions for a Changing Climate
We Manage the Full Extent of Inland Species
How Many ‘Inland’ Species Do We Manage?
Invertebrates (15,000)
Amphibians (18)
Birds (423)
Fish (39)
Mammals (61)
Reptiles (17)
Less than 100 of these species are hunted or fished
Maine’s 2015-2025 Wildlife Action Plan
http://www.maine.gov/ifw/wildlife/reports/MWAP2015.html
2014 Vulnerability Assessment: Key Findings
• Vulnerable habitats– Montane forests, alpine,
peatlands, coastal, coldwater
• Vulnerable species– 1/3 at-risk species highly
vulnerable
• Recommendations– Conserve biodiverse
habitats and connections among them
– Consider climate vulnerability in species status assessments
Whitman, A., A. Cutko, P. deMaynadier, S. Walker, B. Vickery, S. Stockwell, and R. Houston. 2013. Climate Change and Biodiversity in Maine: Vulnerability of Habitats and Priority Species. Manomet Center for Conservation Sciences (in collaboration with Maine Beginning with Habitat Climate Change Working Group) Report SEI-2013-03. 96 pp. Brunswick, Maine.
Priority 1Highest Priority≥ 2 Criteria
Priority 2High Priority≥ 2 Criteria
Priority 3Medium Priority≥ 1 Criteria
Risk of extirpation All other state or federal ESA spp. Global vulnerability
Recent significant declines Global vulnerability State special concern
Regional Endemic State special concern Recent significant declines
High regional conservation priority Regional endemic Regional endemic
High regional conservation priority
High regional conservation priority
High climate change vulnerability
High climate change vulnerability
Historical Understudied rare taxa
Historical
Cultural conservationconcern
Revised Criteria for At-risk Species
Action Plan: 378 At-Risk Species
Images by USFWS, Audubon, NH Fish and Game
One-third affected by climate change
Key Stressors: Climate Change, Invasive Species, Roads, Fragmentation
Images by UConn, DMR
Maine’s Top Species Stressors
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Maine’s Top Habitat Stressors
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Invas
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Habita
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Road
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Taking Action: Species
Taking Action: Habitats
Wells Reserve
Taking Action: Connectivity
Connectivity in Action
MaineDOT
Planning Assistance Tools
BeginningwithHabitat.org
A Greater Shared Awareness
Images by BDN
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Invertebrates Birds Fish Mammals Reptiles Amphibians
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Priority 1: 58 spp.Priority 2: 131 spp.Priority 3: 189 spp.
2005 SGCN: 213
2015 SWAP: 378 Species of Greatest Conservation Need (SGCN)
<1% 31% 15% 26% 48% 22%