2013 Proposal: Piloting a Strategic Approach to Landscape Conservation Design in the Columbia Plateau Ecoregion, Phase 2: Assessing the Condition and Resiliency of Collaborative Spatial Priority Areas
2013 Proposal
Dates
Acquisition
2013
Summary
With the continuing support of the Great Northern Landscape Conservation Cooperative (GNLCC), we aim to build on the products and partnerships we developed in Phase 1 of the project. During the first phase (still in progress), members of the USFWS Region 1 National Wildlife Refuge System (NWRS) and the Arid Lands Initiative (ALI) are pooling resources to identify a common spatial conservation design in the Columbia Plateau ecoregion. In Phase 2, our goals are to: (1) assess the potential of priority areas identified in Phase 1 to meet conservation goals for ALI and NWRS conservation targets; and (2) assess the future integrity and resiliency of Phase 1 priority areas, based on existing climate change data and decision support tools. [...]
Summary
With the continuing support of the Great Northern Landscape Conservation Cooperative (GNLCC), we aim to build on the products and partnerships we developed in Phase 1 of the project. During the first phase (still in progress), members of the USFWS Region 1 National Wildlife Refuge System (NWRS) and the Arid Lands Initiative (ALI) are pooling resources to identify a common spatial conservation design in the Columbia Plateau ecoregion. In Phase 2, our goals are to: (1) assess the potential of priority areas identified in Phase 1 to meet conservation goals for ALI and NWRS conservation targets; and (2) assess the future integrity and resiliency of Phase 1 priority areas, based on existing climate change data and decision support tools. The Landscape Conservation Design (LCD) products described in this proposal will be developed with a strong emphasis on the articulation of a “toolkit” of effective LCD approaches, which will be transferrable to other ecoregions in USFWS Region 1 and beyond.
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Communities
Great Northern Landscape Conservation Cooperative
LC MAP - Landscape Conservation Management and Analysis Portal
National and Regional Climate Adaptation Science Centers
Northwest CASC
Provenance
Data source
Input directly
US Fish and Wildlife Service, NatureServe, Washington Natural Heritage Program, The Nature Conservancy, Arid Lands Initiative, Environmental Protection Agency,
