Setting a Course for a Sustainable Landscape

December 2013 Steering Committee Call

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What does the SALCC do?

Mission: Create a shared blueprint for landscape conservation actions that sustain natural and cultural resources

Agenda

Roll Call (Ken)

Opening Remarks (Marshall/Ken)

• Blueprint workshops – Quick update (Rua &

others)

• Blueprint implementation – (Ken/Rua)

• Other business – (Ken/Marshall)

Blueprint WorkshopsSummary

Blueprint Workshop Summary:

RD129%

RD233% SD1

24%

SD215%

RD1

RD2

SD1

SD2

Workshop Breakdown

• 202 total • Raleigh: 123 (61%)• Savannah: 79 (39%)

39% preferred large landscapes 61% preferred small ecoregions

Participation by State

• 10 states

Blueprint Workshop Summary:

VA NC SC GA AL FL

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Knowledge: States

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Knowledge: Ecosystems

Please rate your level of experience in the following ecosystems…(µ):

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Average

Good

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Average

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Significant Cultural Sites

(1.8)

Significant Cultural Heritage (1.9)

Cultural use of Natural Resources (2.5)

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Participant Breakdown

Participants by Organization

• 58 Organizations • 9 Federal Agencies • 13 State Agencies• 8 Universities• 1 Tribal • 26 Local & National

Conservation Organizations• TNC, SARP, Weyerhaeuser,

Natureserve, The Trust for Public Lands, Biohabitats, Wake County Open Space Advisory Committee…

Participation by YOU

• 8 Steering Committee member

• +3 alternates

• 3 adjacent LCCs represented• GCPOLCC, NALCC, PFLCC

• 1 CSC• SE CSC

Next steps after workshops

• Open review of workshop results on the Conservation Planning Atlas

Next steps after workshops

• Open review of workshop results on the Conservation Planning Atlas

Next steps after workshops

• Open review of workshop results on the Conservation Planning Atlas

• Testing draft blueprints against indicator models and existing conservation plans

Next steps after workshops

• Open review of workshop results on the Conservation Planning Atlas

• Testing draft blueprints against indicator models and existing conservation plans

• Blueprint teams integrate workshop results and post workshop review/testing into a draft version 1.0

Questions?

Blueprint ImplementationWhere we’ve been, where we are, and where we’re going

Where we’ve been

• March 2012 Creating a Conservation Blueprint becomes the SALCC mission

Where we’ve been

• March 2012 Creating a Conservation Blueprint becomes the SALCC mission

• March 2013 SALCC Natural Resource Indicators approved

Where we’ve been

• March 2012 Creating a Conservation Blueprint becomes the SALCC mission

• March 2013 SALCC Natural Resource Indicators approved

• March 2013 Decision to create version 1.0 of Conservation Blueprint by March 2014

Where we’ve been

• March 2012 Creating a Conservation Blueprint becomes the SALCC mission

• March 2013 SALCC Natural resource Indicators approved

• March 2013 Decision to create version 1.0 of Conservation Blueprint by March 2014

• August 2013 Cultural resource indicators approved

Where we are

• Draft State of the South Atlantic

• Blueprint workshops

State of the South Atlantic Blueprint 1.0

Where we’re going

• Draft Blueprint 1.0 (Jan)

Where we’re going

• Draft Blueprint 1.0 (Jan)

• State of the South Atlantic (Mar)

Where we’re going

• Draft Blueprint 1.0 (Jan)

• State of the South Atlantic (Mar)

• Final Blueprint 1.0 (Mar)

Where we’re going

• Draft Blueprint 1.0 (Jan)

• State of the South Atlantic (Mar)

• Final Blueprint 1.0 (Mar)

• Facilitate implementation (April)

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Southeast Conservation Adaptation Strategy

Blueprint implementation

• Solicit project ideas and criteria from steering committee (Dec.)

Blueprint implementation

• Solicit project ideas and criteria from steering committee (Dec.)

• Solicit project ideas from web community (Feb.)

Blueprint implementation

• Solicit project ideas and criteria from steering committee (Dec.)

• Solicit project ideas from web community (Feb.)

• Steering committee considers projects and prioritizes (March)

Blueprint implementation

• Solicit project ideas and criteria from steering committee (Dec.)

• Solicit project ideas from web community (Feb.)

• Steering committee considers projects and prioritizes (March)

• Staff digs deeper on priority projects (April)

Questions?

Potential Projects & CriteriaSteering Committee Input(Rua)

Case 1: Finding the best places to work together

Case 1: Finding the best places to work together

• Integrate Blueprint into funding decisions for existing funding programs (e.g., NAWCA, EQIP, Clean Water Act)

• Use Blueprint to help coordinate monitoring efforts

• Integrate Blueprint into existing plans

Case 2: Bringing in new conservation dollars

Case 2: Bringing in new conservation dollars

• Use Blueprint to work with national nonprofits and foundations to bring new funds/resources to the region

• One possible approach: use the idea of a large natural area near every urban resident to bring in new money

• Help make proposals from the South Atlantic region (that align with the Blueprint) more competitive in national funding competitions

Case 3: Guiding infrastructure development

Case 3: Guiding infrastructure development

• Develop creative policy options in Blueprint areas (especially with respect to water quality regulations) to achieve Blueprint actions

• Use Blueprint to help improve local ordinances

• Use Blueprint to help focus local conservation dollars

• Use Blueprint to inform mitigation decisions

Case 4: Creating incentives as an alternative to regulation

Case 4: Creating incentives as an alternative to regulation

• Use Blueprint to find alternatives to endangered species listings

• Use Blueprint to work with private landowners to develop sustainable timber certification

• Use Blueprint to develop a regional water plan

Case 5: Bringing landscape perspectives for local adaptation efforts (how do I fit in?)

• Climate adaptation strategies are landscape scale!

Case 5: Bringing landscape perspectives for local adaptation efforts (how do I fit in?)

• Climate adaptation strategies are landscape scale!• Help make proposals from the South Atlantic (that align with

the Blueprint) more competitive in national funding competitions

Case 6: Responding to major disasters

Case 6: Responding to major disasters

• Incorporate Blueprint into disaster response plans

Questions?

Potential criteria

• Existing partnership in place

• Potential for multiple sources of investment outside of steering committee

• Potential for investment from steering committee

• Demonstrates the niche of the LCC - but for the forum, scale, forward looking this likely wouldn’t happen

Potential criteria

• Not “too many cooks in the kitchen”

• Time/effort needed

• Can complete in 1 year

• Priority for multiple partners

Questions?

Other business

• March Steering Committee Meetingo Dates

o Location

• National Councilo Members

o First meeting

• Southeast Natural Resources Leadership Group

Landscape Conservation Cooperative Network