Programmatic Alignment and Strategic Engagement
A. Programmatic Alignment/Strategic Engagement Work Group: From the 5-year Work Plan
AppLCC 5-Year Work Plan (complete)
5-Year Work Plan [Goal 4] (pdf)
Programmatic Alignment
Objective 4.1.2 Provide a strategic assessment that both identifies gaps in existing SC Member goals and actions, and offers the greatest potential return on AppLCC investment
Objective 4.4.1 Appoint a Work Group, drawn from the SC Members, to identify relevant information and opportunities to integrate information from the State Wildlife Action Plans (SWAPs) and other planning document into landscape-level plans, models, and efforts to set conservation targets. [The work of the Work Group may be informed by the guidance provided in “SWAP Best Practices” produced by AFWA.]
Strategic Engagement
Objective 3.2.4 Define how broad and deep our reach needs to be (e.g., engaging county/municipal government and other civil society organizations)
Objective 4.2.2 Define an engagement strategy for each identified opportunity that includes recruitment, expectations, and a formal agreement of cooperation for use with identified entities
Objective 4.2.3 Determine most effective means and most appropriate individuals for implementing the strategy
Objective 4.9.2 Identify and, through the work and decisions of the SC, actively seek opportunities to align and engage regional water, energy and land use planning entities
Anticipated Outcomes
- Outline a process for maximizing AppLCC investment, based on identified gaps in SC Member’s goals and actions.
- Develop a Work Group to address how ensure integration of information within SWAPs and other planning documents into AppLCC landscape level planning.
- Identify Conservation Targets the SC Members agree to work towards as an organizational focus of the AppLCC Members and partnership.
- Define the scope of the AppLCC engagement strategy.
B. Being Relevant
Video: Presentation by David Hayes, Depty Secr. DOI, to the National LCC Leadership Meeting, Feb. Louisiana 2013 "A Question of Relevance: For Whom and of Whom Do We Work and Serve" - presented by Carter P. Smith, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies Annual Meeting 2011 Letter from Director Dan Ashe, USFWS to States Aug 2012 C. On Conservation Planning & Modeling
2012 Video: Conservation Planning and Modeling - Dr. Rob Baldwin - Outlining the Process 2011 Video: Overview of the various landscape planning tools (Rob Baldwin, Clemson University) [Part 1; Part 2] 2011 Video: Development by Design (Nels Johnson and Tamara Gagnolet, TNC-PA) [pdf] 2011 Video: Threats assessments and how to models to help inform and guide future land-use decisions as they relate to urbanization (Todd Jones-Farrand, ABC) [pdf] D. Conservation Targets Conservation Targets_FWS FAQs 2012-07-05(draft).docx Draft LCC Conservation Targets White Paper, 12-19-2012.docx Greg Wathen Chair of Work Group E. AppLCC Member-Level
AppLCC-Members_Agency-Partners-Vision-Mission.pdf (Pre-July 2012 ISC Workshop) - AppLCC-ISC_pre-JulyWorkshop_Phone Interview Summary_FULL.pdf (Pre-July 2012 ISC Workshop) - Web-Survery_AppLCCExperts.pdf
Northeast - Southeast Regional Approaches == "spanning across the two regions"Northeast Regional Conservation Framework
2011 Video: How LCCs fit within the Regional Conservation Framework (illustrative example of the work from the North Eastern states and North Atlantic LCC); presented by Ken Elowe, USFWS NE Region [pdf])Southeast Regional Conservation Efforts
2011 Video: Role of LCCs as we enter a new era in conservation, and the SE Conservation Adaptation Strategy(presented by Bill Uihlein, USFWS SE Region [pdf])
SNRLG
2011 Video: Efforts at the federal level to coordinate among all the agencies across the Southeast with program being implemented in overlapping areas to better plan and to be more efficient and effective manner (by Rick Durbrow, EPA-Region 4.) (+ pdf)
F. National-Level Programs and Initiatives State of the Birds 2011.pdf National Fish Habitat Partnership at http://fishhabitat.org National White-nose Syndrome Response Plan from http://whitenosesyndrome.org/national-plan/white-nose-syndrome-national-plan G. Regional-Level Programs, Partnerships, and Synthesis
Appalachina Mountain Joint Venture 3-Yr Operational Plan.doc Central Hardwoods Joint Venture from: http://www.chjv.org/CHJV_Strategic_Plan.html Eastern Brook Trout Joint Venture from: http://easternbrooktrout.org/reports/ebtjv-conservation-strategy/view Atlantic Coast Fish Habitat Partnership from: http://www.atlanticfishhabitat.org/planningresources/publications/ Southeast Aquatic Resource Partnership SARP from: http://southeastaquatics.net/documents/southeast-aquatic-habitat-plan AppLCC-staff_103_Report.pdf AppLCC-staff_appendices-103report .pdf North Atlantic LCC: Video presentation by Andrew Milliken on "Representative Species and Designing Sustainable Landscape Modeling" (2011 South Atlantic LCC: Video presentation by Rua Modecai on "Using Structured Decision Making to Ensure Landscape Scale Sustainability for Natural and Cultural Resources (based on presentation at the SEAFWA meeting, 2011) Gulf Coast Plains and Ozark LCC: Video presentation by John Tirpak on "Conservation Planning Atlas" (2011)
H. State-Level Programs and State Wildlife Action Plans (SWAPs) Explanation of Conservation Action Categories used to discuss SWAP recommendations as summarized by Dr. Bruce Taggert, USGS, Leetown WC (2011-09-02).docx Bruce Taggert's Summary of Conservation Challenges -- Ranked and Action Frequencies (2011-09-01).xlsx Taggert Information expressed as % within the AppLCC (filter.xlsx) SWAP Summary Sheets I. (FWS Northeast Region-5) Ecological Services
State Field Office Strategic Plans
