Title: Gulf of Mexico Alliance Gulf Star - A Public-Private Partnership Advancing Conservation Abstract: Funds under this award are to be used to conduct high-priority activities identified in the Gulf Coast Adaptation and Resilience Plan Strategy, including improved quantitative assessments of habitat and focal species vulnerabilities as well as adding human community resilience information Award ID: F18AC00904 Amount: $93,500 Start Date: September 10, 2018 End Date: December 1, 2020 Funding source: Appropriations Recipient: Gulf of Mexico Alliance Lead organization: Gulf of Mexico Alliance FWS Point of Contact: John Tirpak
Lists of species of greatest conservation need (SGCN) are powerful tools for revealing shared conservation priorities, enhancing collaboration, and securing additional conservation funding. In the northeastern US, such a list has served as a foundation for multi-state collaborations for conservation implementation.States in the Southeastern Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies (SEAFWA) region have identified 6,682 SGCN in their wildlife action plans. Collaboratively developing a more targeted list of regional SGCNs will reflect shared conservation values and stewardship responsibilities, encourage cross-state work on those priority species, and substantively contribute to realization of the Southeast Conservation...
ABSTRACT: The USFWS supports State Fish & Wildlife Agencies in their efforts to conserve species. For the past year, the USFWS (staff of Science Applications and Ecological Services) have been working informally with staff of the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission to develop a process for designating Conservation Opportunity Areas (i.e. priority areas) for inclusion in their State Wildlife Action Plan. Prototype maps have been developed based on species distributions combined with habitat condition and change information contained in the Southeast Conservation Adaptation Strategy Blueprint. This project will help the Commission to work more strategically to conserve species, as well as help USFWS streamline regulatory...
Abstract: The goal of this project is to increase the efficiency and effectiveness of aligned, collaborative and consistent conservation actions in Florida by the US Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) and the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC), and other partners. The foundation for this collaborative conservation framework is a shared statewide Florida Conservation Blueprint (Blueprint). The Blueprint identifies a network of connected, intact and resilient areas encompassing priority resources representing important habitats for key species. In addition to the Blueprint of conservation priority areas, the framework will also include identification and monitoring of measurable indicators...
Longleaf pine (Pinus palustris) ecosystems in the southeastern United States have declined substantially from an estimated 92 million acres in the pre-Columbian time period to 4.3 million acres at present, largely due to agricultural conversion, urbanization and replacement by other forest types, notably loblolly pine (Pinus taeda). The open landscape character of longleaf pine ecosystems is characterized by a lower carbon stocking and prairie-like understory dominated by grasses and low woody vegetation . Lower carbon stocking combined with greater drought tolerance in longleaf pine suggest that longleaf pine stands generally consume less water relative to loblolly pine and slash pine dominated stands. The...
Identifying Science Delivery Needs of Cooperative Members Abstract Landscape Conservation Cooperatives (LCCs) are collaborative and self-directed partnerships among federal and state agencies, local governments, non-governmental organizations, universities, and other entities sharing a common interest in conservation and natural resource management (LCC Network 2016). Forming a network of 22 cooperatives across North America and the U.S. Pacific and Caribbean islands, each LCC serves as a self- directed partnership and provides a forum to develop a shared vision of the landscape capable of sustaining natural and cultural resources and to foster shared conservation actions among its partners and to achieve that...
The Southeast Conservation Adaptation Strategy (SECAS) is a shared, long-term vision for the lands and waters that sustain fish and wildlife populations and improve human quality of life in the southeast United States and Caribbean. SECAS Coordination must reach beyond the conservation community and engage sectors of society that affect change to the lands and waters valuable to fish and wildlife into the future. These relationships are needed to support the steps necessary to regionally plan, implement and evaluate actions that sustain habitat, mitigate threats, and adapt to an uncertain future for forest, fish and wildlife resources. The challenge ahead is to define a sustainable landscape for fish and wildlife...
Award Number F18AC00877 $55,000 from Region 4 Science Applications x1410 The performance period of this award is 9/1/2018 through 8/31/2020. Project Summary: The Natural Heritage Program was not fully running for over 10 years in Puerto Rico, this year it has received support from the USFWS State Wildlife Program (Project T-11). This base funding allows for minimal staff time (50% PI) and the backlog of work is of enormous. We are requesting funds to expand the program to provide science to support expansion of the Protected Areas Network across Puerto Rica, reducing threats and vulnerabilities from invasive and nuisance species, and inform investment of hurricane recovery funds to support species listing and...
