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Workshop Goals

• Present the results of the Survey of Rancher Opinions about Wildlife and Jaguar Habitat Management

• Provide information about the jaguar Critical Habitat Designation

• Learn about how folks think about ranch management benefits to conservation

• Discuss innovative ways to diversify ranch income

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Workshop Agenda

• Review of Workshop Goals and Survey Results

• The Endangered Species Act and Jaguar Critical Habitat Designation

• Work Session on Your Views, Ideas, and Goals

• Discussion about Conservation Incentives

Survey Results

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Survey Goals

• Understand your opinions about wildlife management and jaguar issues–What you are already doing for

wildlife– Jaguar Critical Habitat concerns–Expected impacts of critical habitat

on your operations

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Survey Goals

• Introduce basic concepts of conservation incentives and get your feedback–What types of conservation incentives

are you currently using?– Are there approaches to incentives that

are more or less attractive?– How do incentives impact your thinking

about other management issues?

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Survey Results

• All results will be available to you at the same time they are available to FWS– Short preliminary report in your packet– Full analysis report and articles coming–Workshop report– Additional publications on conservation

incentives and ecosystem services

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Survey Results: Demographics

• 112 Responses! - 41% Response Rate• 64% over 60 years old, 13% 49 or younger• Most have been on the same ranch for at

least 20 years• Nearly all are from multi-generational

ranching families• Operation sizes are well distributed• Most have income sources away from the

ranch

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Survey Results: Management

• Current Management– Most common management practices:

• Grazing (85%) and Drought Management Plans (57%)

• Rotational grazing (86%)• Stock ponds/tanks (82%)• Range monitoring (80%)

– Least common management practices:• Stream fencing (8%)• Prescribed fire (14%)

Yes No0%

10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%

67%

33%

Manage for Wildlife

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Survey Results: Jaguars

Percent Yes Percent No Don't Know0%

5%

10%

15%

20%

25%

30%

35%

40%

45%

50%

33%

46%

21%

Is your ranch located within Critical Habitat?

Yes No0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

80%

90%

15%

85%

Is there jaguar habitat in AZ and NM?

Strongly Don't Support

Don't Support Neutral Support Strongly Support

0%

5%

10%

15%

20%

25%

30%

35%

40%

45%

50%45%

29%

17%

6%3%

Do you support management for jaguar habitat?

Much Less Likely

Somewhat Less Likely

Neutral Somewhat More Likely

Much More Likely

0%

5%

10%

15%

20%

25%

30%

35%

40%

45%

50%45%

10%

36%

4% 5%

How likely are you to implement wildlife habitat projects if they increase the likelihood of a jaguar on your ranch?

Large Decrease Small Decrease No Effect Small Increase Large Increase0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

80%

90%

6%2%

79%

9%4%

If Jaguars were not an endangered species, would your support for managing for jaguars change?

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Survey Results: Critical Habitat Impacts

Large Decrease

Small Decrease

No Effect Small Increase Large Increase0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

0% 1%

13%

36%

50%

Impacts: Government Involvement in my Operation

Much Easier Somewhat Easier

No Effect Somewhat Harder

Much Harder0%

5%

10%

15%

20%

25%

30%

35%

40%

1% 0%

35% 36%

28%

Impacts: Ability to Sell or Lease My Land

Much Less Dif-ficult

Somewhat Less Difficult

No Effect Somewhat More Difficult

Much More Difficult

0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

1% 1%

51%

19%

28%

Impact: Grazing Permit Renewal

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Survey Results: Depredation

Concerned Not Concerned0%

10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90% 81%

19%

Depredation, Lions

Concerned Not Concerned0%

10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%

52%48%

Depredation, Jaguar

• Most common management response is lion hunting – also the most common concern

• 64% interested in a compensation fund• Look for info on upcoming depredation

workshop

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Survey Results: Next Steps

• Continuing data analysis• Full report coming this spring –will include survey results and additional

feedback from these workshops

• You will receive the report at the same time as the Fish and Wildlife Service

• We hope to continue to work with you on these issues