Synopsis:
Synthesizes information on a range of tools for reducing the footprint of human use, with an intended focus on public lands and associated natural resources. Implementation considerations and links to other resources are provided. Many tools are related either directly or indirectly to landscape patterns. For example, the section on “Disturbance Standards, Limits, or Thresholds” provides guidance and case study examples of pattern-based threshold establishment and implementation considerations in Alberta, California, and Australia.
Many other Integrated Land Management tools outlined also relate directly or indirectly to landscape patterns and techniques for their management. Selected examples under the key organizing themes of the report included:
- Integrated Planning: Industrial Access Management Plan ; Integrated Shoreline Management Plan
- Technologies: Low Impact Seismic Exploration; Multi-Pad Directional Drilling to minimize surface footprint
- Coordination of Multiple Activities: Siting to Avoid Valued Features; Joint Road Development; Coordinating FireSmart Engineering with Land UseAccess and Corrridor Management (e.g., Multi-Use Corridors), and Reclamation; Access and Corridor Management; Multi-Use Corridors; Coordinated Physical Access Controls; Reclamation; Road Deactivation; Conservation Offsets and Mitigaiton Banking; Progressive Reclamation
Conclusions:
Synthesizes information on a range of tools for reducing the footprint of human use, with an intended focus on public lands and associated natural resources. A section on “Disturbance Standards, Limits, or Thresholds” provides guidance and case study examples of pattern-based threshold establishment and implementation for integrated land use management.
Thresholds/Learnings:
