1. Prioritizing Species and Actions Protocol Rita Dixon Idaho Department of Fish and Game

2. Why prioritize?

3. MOST critical needs

4. Species with the GREATEST conservation need

5. PRECLUDE the need to list

6. http://teaming.com/sites/default/files/SWAP%20Best%20Practices- 110212-for%20website.pdf

7. “Best Practice” method or technique, through experience and research, has consistently shown results superior to those achieved by other means

10. Joseph, L. N., R. F. Maloney, and H. P. Possingham. 2009. Optimal allocation of resources among threatened species: a project prioritization protocol. Conservation Biology 23:328–338.

11. Joseph et al. 2009 Optimal Allocation

12. (1) Define objectives e.g., To secure (over a period of 50 years) the greatest number of threatened species of value given a limited budget

13. (2) List biodiversity assets of interest

14. (3) Weight assets Cultural significance Social values Economic importance Evolutionary significance Ecological function Endemicity Taxonomic distinctiveness Climate Change Sensitivity Threat status Conservation responsibility of jurisdiction for species

15. Levels of Endemism: State

16. Levels of Endemism: Ecoregion

17. Levels of Endemism: Region

18. Taxonomic distinctiveness http://www.catalogueoflife.org/

19. http://climatechangesensitivity.org/

21. Assess Risk Range/Distribution Abundance/Condition Threats Trends (short- & long- term)

22. Threat Status SH Possibly Extirpated S1 Critically Imperiled S2 Imperiled S3 Vulnerable S4 Apparently Secure S5 Secure

23. (4) List management projects Choose an appropriate project for each species Project is minimum set of all necessary actions for obtaining a reasonable (≥95%) probability of securing the species over 50 y 4 compulsory components: – outcome monitoring – services and support – project management – infrastructure at least one optional intervention (e.g., captive breeding, translocation, pest animal control, weed control, legal actions, education) Specify precise location, intensity, and duration of management for each action

24. (5) Calculate the cost of each project Total estimated cost over a 10-year period (i.e., SWAP revision period)

25. (6) Predict the benefit to assets

26. (7) Estimate likelihood of success M i = probability that each project, i, could be implemented successfully N i = probability that, if implemented successfully, it would be reasonably (≥95%) successful in securing the species Total probability of success of each project, S i, = M i N i

27. (8) State constraints Identify constraints on the projects and the total budget Primary constraint is total budget available

28. (9) Rank projects

29. Idaho’s Online Prioritization Tool https://fishandgame.idaho.gov/species/node/add/swap-species-prioritization

30. Idaho’s Online Prioritization Tool https://fishandgame.idaho.gov/species/node/add/swap-species-projects-actions-fo