Transcript Strengthening wildlife action plants to address a changing climate

Shared solutions to
protect shared values
Photos: Chase Fountain, James Jordan, George Andrejko
A Partnership of U.S. Federal, State and Tribal Fish and Wildlife
Agencies
with support from the
Association of Fish & Wildlife Agencies
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National Fish, Wildlife and Plants Climate
Adaptation Strategy
A framework for
coordinated action by
multiple partners to
reduce risks and
impacts of climate
change on U.S. natural
resources and the
people that depend on
them.
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Strategy Development
Response to:
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Impacts to resources we depend on
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Respond to calls for action
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Need for coordination
Led by FWS, NOAA, & the States
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Intergovernmental Steering Committee
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Management Team
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Technical Teams
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Linkages with Other Efforts
The NFWPCAS builds on and complements existing
efforts by federal, state, tribal and other entities
Federal Adaptation Plans
Freshwater
Action
Plan
Fish
Wildlife &
Plants
Strategy
National
Ocean
Policy
internati
onal
nationwide
regional
state
local
National Climate Assessment
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Strategy Release
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Final Strategy Released
3.26.2013
Federal Register
Announcement 4.1.2013
Notification to partners and
stakeholders
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Reactions and Impacts
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High media interest
Website traffic
Conference presentations
Two public webinars
Strategy Implementation
1. Five to ten-year time horizon
2. Agencies and partners incorporate appropriate
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elements of Strategy in their plans and actions
Intergovernmental Working Group to Promote
Implementation
Result: Effective, well coordinated action by many
partners at across scales that increases resiliency
and adaptation
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Goals of the Strategy
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Conserve and connect habitat
Manage species and habitats
Enhance management capacity
7 Goals
22 strategies
100+ actions
Progress Lists
Case studies
Support adaptive management
Increase knowledge and information
Increase awareness and motivate action
Reduce non-climate stressors
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What You do is Really Important
1. Closest thing to geographically/taxonomically complete systematic
conservation planning in U.S.
2. Reviewed at reasonable interval (10 yrs)
3. Most appropriate level of government to influence local/regional
land use planning and decision-making
4. Demonstrated ability to target funding (public and private) to the
right places
5. Continued relevance requires treating climate change
6. Consistency = power
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Strategies:
1. Identify priority conservation areas
2. Protect these areas to build network
3. Restore habitat for resilience
4. Improve ecological connections
Role for State Wildlife Action Plans:
1. Identify priority conservation areas
2. Identify priority restoration areas
2. Identify priority connectivity needs/areas
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Strategies
1. Update species and habitat plans
2. Apply climate-smart management
3. Conserve genetic diversity
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Role for Action Plans
Biggest species/habitat plan of all
#1 Role model for other plans
2.1.1. Integrate climate change in revision
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Strategies
1. Increase professional capacity
2. Facilitate coordinated response
3. Review legal and policy frameworks
4. Optimize use of funding programs
• Role for Action Plans
• 3.2.3. Integrate individual agency programs
Within state
Within region (via LCCs, etc.)
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Strategies
1. Slow and reverse habitat loss
2. Reduce ecosystem degradation
3. Address threats of invasive species
4. Reduce destructive capture practices
Role for Action Plans
1. Support 7.1 by identifying spatially explicit
conservation priority areas
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Action Plans AND LCCs
Major role for LCCs in
implementation as “convener”
Major role for action plans as
“pilot”
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Shared solutions to
protect shared values
Photos: Chase Fountain, James Jordan, George Andrejko
Partners:
Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Animal & Plant
Health Inspection Service, U.S. Department of Defense, Bureau of Land Management,
Bureau of Reclamation, Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission, National Park Service,
California Department of Fish & Game, Council on Environmental Quality, U.S. Geological
Survey, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, North Carolina Wildlife Resources
Commission, Natural Resources Conservation Service, New York, Division of Fish, Wildlife
& Marine Resources, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Farm Service Agency, Tulalip Tribe,
U.S. Forest Service, Great Lakes Indian Fish & Wildlife Commission, Georgia Department
of Natural Resources, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, West Virginia
Division of Natural Resources, Maryland Department of Natural Resources, Wildlife and
Heritage Service, Massachusetts Division of Fisheries and Wildlife, Yakama Nation,
Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, California Department of Forestry and Fire
Protection, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, New Jersey Division of Fish and Wildlife,
Nevada Department of Wildlife, Oregon Department of State Lands, Pennsylvania Fish
and Boat Commission, Miccosukee Tribe, Columbia Intertribal Fish Commission,
Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection Inland Fisheries Division,
Passamaquoddy Tribe at Pleasant Point
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Photos: Chuck Olsen, Tom Woodward, Jane Pellicciotto, Lynette Schimming
Shared solutions to protect
shared values
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