Transcript Presentation3[1] - Measuring Conservation Success

Temple Flat Rock Conceptual Model
Louise Alexander, Steve Allen, Emily Weidner and Jessie Allen
Vision for
Temple Flat Rock
Preserve the presence of a
healthy granitic outcrop,
forest and Piedmont prairie
ecosystems that provide a
learning laboratory to
appreciate and learn about
the important and rare
ecosystem types and
conservation in general.
Property's scope
The property should be protected to
preserve the granitic outcrop habitat
that exists. This includes, but is not
limited to, managing adjacent forests,
responding to threats that originate
from activities occurring on
neighboring properties such as
logging. The native successional
plants we wish to protect may also
face threats from invasive plants,
foraging or trampling from native
wildlife and from human activity.
Property's scope
Temple Flat Rocks can also serve as
an educational tool to show the
benefit of maintaining a Piedmont
prairie habitat. Educational material
can be prepared to show the benefit
of native species, the animals that
benefit from prairie grasses and
how the neighboring properties can
join in on the project. Involving the
neighboring landowners can have
larger impacts than limiting efforts
to the TLC property.
Targets
• special species (rare, endangered, endemic, etc.) on granitic outcrop
• LETS INCLUDE THE SPECIFIC NAMES OF THE TWO RARE PLANTS
• native field species
• education/awareness about granitic outcrop
Direct Threats
• encroachment of invasive non-native
species from neighboring lands
• inability to burn and manage field
• intense, uninvited public use
• illegal dumping and littering
• unauthorized vehicles on property (ATVs,
dirt bikes, mountain bikes)
• development of adjacent properties could
lead to more foot traffic
• logging on adjacent properties
Indirect Threats
logging on
adjacent
properties
inability to burn
and manage field
lack of natural
burn regime on
Prairie
Residential
development of
the surrounding
area
Threats
Invasive Plants
Targets
Vision
special species (rare,
endangered,
endemic, etc.) on
the granitic outcrop
The presence of a healthy granitic outcrop and
Piedmont Prairie ecosystems that provide a
learning laboratory to appreciate and learn
about the two important ecosystem types and
conservation in general.
Scope
inability to burn
and manage field
intense,
uninvited public
use
unauthorized
vehicles on
property (ATVs,
dirt bikes,
mountain bikes)
illegal dumping
and littering
Encourage and
manage for the
establishment of
native field species in
a (XX) acre field
Provide
education/public
awareness about
granitic outcrop
•The property should be protected to
preserve the granitic outcrop habitat that
exists. This includes, but is not limited to,
managing adjacent forests, responding to
threats that originate from activities
occurring on neighboring properties such
as logging. The native successional plants
we wish to protect may also face threats
from invasive plants, foraging or trampling
from native wildlife and from human
activity.
•Temple Flat Rocks can also serve as an
educational tool to show the benefit of
maintaining a Piedmont prairie habitat.
Educational material can be prepared to
show the benefit of native species, the
animals that benefit from prairie grasses
and how the neighboring properties can
join in on the project. Involving the
neighboring landowners can have larger
impacts than limiting efforts to the TLC
property.