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Setting a Course for a Sustainable Landscape
December 2013 Steering Committee Call
866-720-8724 code:2917595
What does the SALCC do?
Mission: Create a shared blueprint for landscape conservation actions that sustain natural and cultural resources
Agenda
Roll Call (Ken)
Opening Remarks (Marshall/Ken)
• Blueprint workshops – Quick update (Rua &
others)
• Blueprint implementation – (Ken/Rua)
• Other business – (Ken/Marshall)
Blueprint WorkshopsSummary
Blueprint Workshop Summary:
RD129%
RD233% SD1
24%
SD215%
RD1
RD2
SD1
SD2
Workshop Breakdown
• 202 total • Raleigh: 123 (61%)• Savannah: 79 (39%)
39% preferred large landscapes 61% preferred small ecoregions
Participation by State
• 10 states
Blueprint Workshop Summary:
VA NC SC GA AL FL
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2.22.4 2.5 2.5
2.1 2.12.4 2.3 2.4
Knowledge: States
Please rate your knowledge about the following regions…(µ):
Knowledge: Ecosystems
Please rate your level of experience in the following ecosystems…(µ):
Poor
Average
Good
Poor
Average
Good
Significant Cultural Sites
(1.8)
Significant Cultural Heritage (1.9)
Cultural use of Natural Resources (2.5)
Knowledge: Cultural Please rate your level of experience in the following resources…(µ):
Participant Breakdown
Participants by Organization
• 58 Organizations • 9 Federal Agencies • 13 State Agencies• 8 Universities• 1 Tribal • 26 Local & National
Conservation Organizations• TNC, SARP, Weyerhaeuser,
Natureserve, The Trust for Public Lands, Biohabitats, Wake County Open Space Advisory Committee…
Participation by YOU
• 8 Steering Committee member
• +3 alternates
• 3 adjacent LCCs represented• GCPOLCC, NALCC, PFLCC
• 1 CSC• SE CSC
Next steps after workshops
• Open review of workshop results on the Conservation Planning Atlas
Next steps after workshops
• Open review of workshop results on the Conservation Planning Atlas
Next steps after workshops
• Open review of workshop results on the Conservation Planning Atlas
• Testing draft blueprints against indicator models and existing conservation plans
Next steps after workshops
• Open review of workshop results on the Conservation Planning Atlas
• Testing draft blueprints against indicator models and existing conservation plans
• Blueprint teams integrate workshop results and post workshop review/testing into a draft version 1.0
Questions?
Blueprint ImplementationWhere we’ve been, where we are, and where we’re going
Where we’ve been
• March 2012 Creating a Conservation Blueprint becomes the SALCC mission
Where we’ve been
• March 2012 Creating a Conservation Blueprint becomes the SALCC mission
• March 2013 SALCC Natural Resource Indicators approved
Where we’ve been
• March 2012 Creating a Conservation Blueprint becomes the SALCC mission
• March 2013 SALCC Natural Resource Indicators approved
• March 2013 Decision to create version 1.0 of Conservation Blueprint by March 2014
Where we’ve been
• March 2012 Creating a Conservation Blueprint becomes the SALCC mission
• March 2013 SALCC Natural resource Indicators approved
• March 2013 Decision to create version 1.0 of Conservation Blueprint by March 2014
• August 2013 Cultural resource indicators approved
Where we are
• Draft State of the South Atlantic
• Blueprint workshops
State of the South Atlantic Blueprint 1.0
Where we’re going
• Draft Blueprint 1.0 (Jan)
Where we’re going
• Draft Blueprint 1.0 (Jan)
• State of the South Atlantic (Mar)
Where we’re going
• Draft Blueprint 1.0 (Jan)
• State of the South Atlantic (Mar)
• Final Blueprint 1.0 (Mar)
Where we’re going
• Draft Blueprint 1.0 (Jan)
• State of the South Atlantic (Mar)
• Final Blueprint 1.0 (Mar)
• Facilitate implementation (April)
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Southeast Conservation Adaptation Strategy
Blueprint implementation
• Solicit project ideas and criteria from steering committee (Dec.)
Blueprint implementation
• Solicit project ideas and criteria from steering committee (Dec.)
• Solicit project ideas from web community (Feb.)
Blueprint implementation
• Solicit project ideas and criteria from steering committee (Dec.)
• Solicit project ideas from web community (Feb.)
• Steering committee considers projects and prioritizes (March)
Blueprint implementation
• Solicit project ideas and criteria from steering committee (Dec.)
• Solicit project ideas from web community (Feb.)
• Steering committee considers projects and prioritizes (March)
• Staff digs deeper on priority projects (April)
Questions?
Potential Projects & CriteriaSteering Committee Input(Rua)
Case 1: Finding the best places to work together
Case 1: Finding the best places to work together
• Integrate Blueprint into funding decisions for existing funding programs (e.g., NAWCA, EQIP, Clean Water Act)
• Use Blueprint to help coordinate monitoring efforts
• Integrate Blueprint into existing plans
Case 2: Bringing in new conservation dollars
Case 2: Bringing in new conservation dollars
• Use Blueprint to work with national nonprofits and foundations to bring new funds/resources to the region
• One possible approach: use the idea of a large natural area near every urban resident to bring in new money
• Help make proposals from the South Atlantic region (that align with the Blueprint) more competitive in national funding competitions
Case 3: Guiding infrastructure development
Case 3: Guiding infrastructure development
• Develop creative policy options in Blueprint areas (especially with respect to water quality regulations) to achieve Blueprint actions
• Use Blueprint to help improve local ordinances
• Use Blueprint to help focus local conservation dollars
• Use Blueprint to inform mitigation decisions
Case 4: Creating incentives as an alternative to regulation
Case 4: Creating incentives as an alternative to regulation
• Use Blueprint to find alternatives to endangered species listings
• Use Blueprint to work with private landowners to develop sustainable timber certification
• Use Blueprint to develop a regional water plan
Case 5: Bringing landscape perspectives for local adaptation efforts (how do I fit in?)
• Climate adaptation strategies are landscape scale!
Case 5: Bringing landscape perspectives for local adaptation efforts (how do I fit in?)
• Climate adaptation strategies are landscape scale!• Help make proposals from the South Atlantic (that align with
the Blueprint) more competitive in national funding competitions
Case 6: Responding to major disasters
Case 6: Responding to major disasters
• Incorporate Blueprint into disaster response plans
Questions?
Potential criteria
• Existing partnership in place
• Potential for multiple sources of investment outside of steering committee
• Potential for investment from steering committee
• Demonstrates the niche of the LCC - but for the forum, scale, forward looking this likely wouldn’t happen
Potential criteria
• Not “too many cooks in the kitchen”
• Time/effort needed
• Can complete in 1 year
• Priority for multiple partners
Questions?
Other business
• March Steering Committee Meetingo Dates
o Location
• National Councilo Members
o First meeting
• Southeast Natural Resources Leadership Group
Landscape Conservation Cooperative Network