Transcript CA LCC Presentation - Central Valley Joint Venture

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Climate Smart Conservation
and Tools for Adaptive
Management
Debra Schlafmann, Coordinator
May 16, 2013
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LCC Network
California Landscape
Conservation Cooperative
California supports
diverse and thriving
ecosystems through
lasting cooperative
conservation partnerships
Sec Order 3289. Addressing Impacts of Climate Change on Americas Water, Land, and Other Natural
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and Cultural Resources; LCC, CSC, Energy and Climate Change Council
Vision
California Landscape
Conservation Cooperative
California supports
diverse and thriving
ecosystems through
lasting cooperative
conservation
partnerships.
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Five year Goal
California Landscape
Conservation Cooperative
A growing community of
resource managers, scientists,
conservation practitioners,
and others that are
successfully collaborating to
advance and implement
actions that promote resilient
and adaptable ecosystems
across the landscape in the
face of environmental change.
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Steering Committee
California Landscape
Conservation Cooperative
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Organization
California Landscape
Conservation Cooperative
Steering Committee
Science-Management
Team
Ecoregional
Teams
Staff
Communication
Team
Ecoregional
Teams
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California Landscape
Conservation Cooperative
Coordinator – Debra Schlafmann
Staff
Science Coordinator – Rebecca Fris
Research Ecologist (USGS) – Karen Thorne
Data Management – Deanne DiPietro and Zhahai Stewart
Graduate Student – Andrea Graffis
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Science Delivery
California Landscape
Conservation Cooperative
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Supports development of
science-based tools and
adaptation strategies
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Provides relevant and applied
science to natural resource
managers
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Facilitate information
acquisition, interpretation,
translation, exchange and
availability
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Fosters better decision making
on resource management
issues
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Science Delivery
California Landscape
Conservation Cooperative
 Funded more than 25 collaborative science
projects in last three years
 CA LCC funding totaled almost $2.5 million
 Partner contributions added an additional $4
million
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California Landscape
Conservation Cooperative
Tools
Resources for Climate Smart Adaptation
 Digital library of climate science – Climate Commons
 Invasive species tool
 Sea level rise modeling
 Climate change impacts to
inland fish
 Rangeland threats analysis
Climate Commons
California Landscape
Conservation Cooperative
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Climate Commons
California Landscape
Conservation Cooperative
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Climate Commons
California Landscape
Conservation Cooperative
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California Landscape
Conservation Cooperative
Science Delivery
California Invasive Plant Council
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CalWeedMapper
California Landscape
Conservation Cooperative
Regional Strategies:
Translate information
from CalWeedMapper
to regionwide
opportunities for
surveillance &
eradication
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Science Delivery
California Landscape
Conservation Cooperative
Sea level rise modeling at
FWS Refuges, USGS
How will climate change and
sea level rise impact coastal
ecosystems?
Developing site specific sea-level
rise models to assess impacts on
marsh plant communities and
wildlife including T&E species.
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Tidal Range 5.3-11.8 ft. (1.6-3.6 m),
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Sea Level Rise
California Landscape
Conservation Cooperative
Information recently
released for 12 sites in the
San Francisco Bay
Example: China Camp Results
Marsh elevation modeling
shows that China Camp will not
keep pace with local sea level
rise through this century
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California Landscape
Conservation Cooperative
Science Delivery
Effects of climate on inland fishes CA, P. Moyle UCD
Vulnerability Assessments Endemic Fishes
Areas and Management Units:
Upper Klamath River
Lower Klamath River
Pit River
Clear Lake
South Coast
Central Valley
Monterey Bay
Kern River
North Coast
Colorado River & Salton Sea
San Francisco Bay
Lahontan
Owens Valley
Amargosa
Mojave
Goose Lake
Sierra Nevada
Eagle Lake
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California Landscape
Conservation Cooperative
Fish Vulnerability
Assessments
Effects of climate on inland fishes CA, P. Moyle UCD
• Fishes in So. and E.
part of state most
threatened by present
status and climate
change
• Fishes in Monterey
Bay least vulnerable
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California Landscape
Conservation Cooperative
Fish Vulnerability
Assessments
Effects of climate on inland fishes CA, P. Moyle UCD
FINAL REPORT
1. Rank native species and non native by vulnerability
2. Analysis vulnerability by region
3. Recommendations for statewide conservation strategy
4. Posted on CDFW website
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Science Delivery
California Landscape
Conservation Cooperative
Climate Change and Land Use Change Scenarios for
Rangelands, USGS and Defenders of Wildlife
• Scenarios for Central Valley
and Chaparral and Oak
Woodland eco-regions.
• ID potential threats to high
priority conservation areas
within CRCC.
• Economic analysis of scenarios
to quantify costs and benefits
to the CRCC landscape.
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Website
California Landscape
Conservation Cooperative
CaliforniaLCC.org
We must do more to combat climate change…
to prepare our communities for the
consequences of climate change
-- State of the Union 2013
Climate Smart Adaptive
Management
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3 Objectives:
1. Conduct and
coordinate information
exchange between
scientists and managers
to advance decisionmaking and
conservation at a
landscape scale.
*Science Strategy
*Communication Strategy
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Objectives:
2. Enhance climate-smart
conservation (naturebased adaption and
mitigation) on a
landscape scale.
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Climate Smart
Principles:
• Forward looking goals
• ID actions linked to
future conditions
• Design actions in
ecosystem/watershed
context
• Adaptive and flexible
management timely to
continual change
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Climate Smart
Principles:
• Collaborate and
communicate across
sectors for timely long
term solutions
• Follow Ellies TEN% rule:
Test, and Experiment
Now
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Objectives:
2. Enhance climate-smart
conservation (naturebased adaption and
mitigation) on a
landscape scale.
Support place-based
projects in ecoregions that
advance conservation at
landscape scale
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Objectives:
2. Enhance climate-smart
conservation (naturebased adaption and
mitigation) on a
landscape scale.
Support place-based
projects in ecoregions that
advance conservation at
landscape scale
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Objectives:
2. Enhance climate-smart
conservation (naturebased adaption and
mitigation) on a
landscape scale.
Support and coordinate
cross-sectoral understanding
of ecosystem processes and
services to advance climatesmart conservation at
landscape scale
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Objectives:
3. Ensure CA LCC provides
effective and lasting
outcomes that support
California’s diverse and
thriving ecosystems
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How to Engage
California Landscape
Conservation Cooperative
 Participation in
Subcommittees
 Partnering on projects
 Trainings and workshops
Red fox in the Sierra Nevada
 Talk to Bob
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California Landscape
Conservation Cooperative
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