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U.S. Fish & Wildlife ServiceNatural Resource Program CenterNational Wildlife Refuge System
Collaboration Efforts in the FWS Inventory & Monitoring InitiativeInventory & Monitoring Initiative
Peter Dratch, PhDPeter Dratch, PhDStrategic Collaborative Science Program Summit II
July 2013
Natural Resource Program Center
July 2013
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National Wildlife Refuge SystemNational Wildlife Refuge System I&MI&M
A nationally directed effort that informs planning
National Wildlife Refuge System National Wildlife Refuge System I&MI&M
A nationally directed effort that informs planning and conservation science at refuge, regional and landscape scales which supports conservation management.
We monitor the biological resources, ecological processes, and components of the physical environment to support the legislative mission of the Refuge System.
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Phenology Initiative Phenology Initiative
LCC ‐ CSC
gyPartnerships
gyPartnerships
NWRS Visitor Services
National Phenology Network (NPN)
I&M Phenology Initiative
(Nat. + Reg. I&M)
Field StationsRefuge Friends, NWRS
FWS National Conservation
Training Center
Natural Resource Program Center
Center
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Wilderness Character MonitoringWilderness Character MonitoringWilderness Character MonitoringWilderness Character Monitoring
•• In 2010, FWS chartered a WildernessIn 2010, FWS chartered a WildernessIn 2010, FWS chartered a Wilderness In 2010, FWS chartered a Wilderness Character Monitoring CommitteeCharacter Monitoring Committee
•• The NWRS has 21 million acres,The NWRS has 21 million acres,The NWRS has 21 million acres, The NWRS has 21 million acres, 18% 18% of of all designated wildernessall designated wilderness
•• Agencies Agencies use consistent definitions use consistent definitions ggand monitoring strategy to collect and monitoring strategy to collect data on the wilderness areasdata on the wilderness areas
•• Provides Provides the ability to evaluate the the ability to evaluate the impacts of proposed actions on impacts of proposed actions on
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wildernesswilderness
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Wilderness Character MonitoringWilderness Character Monitoring
•• Data collected on refuges willData collected on refuges will be collated in abe collated in a
Wilderness Character MonitoringWilderness Character Monitoring
•• Data collected on refuges will Data collected on refuges will be collated in a be collated in a national wilderness character national wilderness character databasedatabase
•• Database developed as an FWSDatabase developed as an FWS‐‐NPS partnershipNPS partnershipDatabase developed as an FWSDatabase developed as an FWS NPS partnershipNPS partnership
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ECOS R f ESAECOS Refuge ESA:Updating T&E Status
1.1. A tool to collect ESA species A tool to collect ESA species occurrence data for the entire occurrence data for the entire Refuge SystemRefuge SystemRefuge System.Refuge System.
2. Used to update and inform 2. Used to update and inform current Refuge ESA species lists current Refuge ESA species lists ithi ECOS TESS (Th t dithi ECOS TESS (Th t dwithin ECOS TESS (Threatened within ECOS TESS (Threatened
and Endangered Species and Endangered Species System).System).
3. Updated status data will 3. Updated status data will available to ES via ECOS.available to ES via ECOS.
Compares list of TES from CCP
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and TESSJohn_Steffy@fws.gov for more info
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FWS & NPS CollaborationFWS & NPS CollaborationFWS & NPS Collaboration FWS & NPS Collaboration
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Data StoreData Store NPSpeciesNPSpeciesInventoryInventory
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Geospatial Dataset DiscoverabilityGeospatial Dataset DiscoverabilityGeospatial Dataset DiscoverabilityGeospatial Dataset Discoverability
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FWS LCC and USGS CollaborationFWS LCC and USGS CollaborationFWS, LCC and USGS CollaborationFWS, LCC and USGS Collaboration
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Public RecordsPublic Records
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We can no longer afford to independently We can no longer afford to independently toss conservation actions at the landscapetoss conservation actions at the landscapetoss conservation actions at the landscape toss conservation actions at the landscape
hoping something is going to stick.hoping something is going to stick.
We must be deliberate and we must work We must be deliberate and we must work hhtogether as a conservation community.together as a conservation community.
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