1. National Climate Partnerships in the Pacific Northwest Pacific Northwest Climate Science Conference Panel Discussion: Panel Members: Philip Mote – Climate Impacts Research Consortium Kevin Whalen – Northwest Climate Science Center Sean Finn – Great Northern Landscape Conservation Cooperative Mary Mahaffy – North Pacific Landscape Conservation Cooperative Chris Lauver – Pacific Northwest Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit

2. Why Partnership Efforts? Large Landscape Conservation: A Strategic Framework for Policy and Action Report - Large Landscape Conservation: A Strategic Framework for Policy and Action McKinney, Scarlett & Kemmis, 2010 “…there is a gap in governance and a corresponding need to create informal and formal ways to work more effectively across boundaries.” Barriers to Landscape Conservation Lack of scientific informationLack of scientific information Lack of capacity to organizeLack of capacity to organize Lack of a strategy to coordinateLack of a strategy to coordinate Fragmented financial investmentsFragmented financial investments http://www.lincolninst.edu/pubs/1808_Large-Landscape-Conservation

3. National Climate Partnerships in the Pacific Northwest CIRC CESUs Other Agency/ Organizations’ Regional Efforts NW LCCs NW CSC Coordination Collaboration

4. Philip Mote Oregon Climate Change Research Institute Director Oregon State University IMPLEMENTATION UPDATE Climate Research Impacts Consortium (CIRC)

5. NOAA Regional Integrated Science and Assessments Projects

6. Climate Impacts Research Consortium (CIRC)* NOAA-funded RISA project (9/2010-) renewable after 5 years, one of 11 nationally Focused on applying climate research to landscape and watershed mgmt decisions for adaptation OSU (lead), UO, UW, BSU, UI Coordinating with other RISA projects, CSCs, and National Climate Assessment Developing research and action agenda in concert with CSC, sharing 2 staff, 5 Council members (and the map) with NW CSC *formerly CDSC

7. NW Climate Science Center DoI-funded Center (9/2010-) renewable after 5 years, one of 8 nationally Focused on applying climate research to habitat, species, and other resource mgmt decisions In the process of implementing research agenda Universities (OSU-UW-UI): $0.7m/yr for grad student training, additional $?/yr for science Coordinating with other CSCs, RISAs esp CIRC

8. Connections within and beyond region Building knowledge-to-action networks Balance of natural and social science CIRC Emphasis

9. Providing the Science for Natural and Cultural Resource Adaptation to Climate Change U.S. Department of the Interior U.S. Geological Survey Kevin Whalen Interim NW Climate Science Center Director USGS National Climate Change and Wildlife Science Center IMPLEMENTATION UPDATE NW Climate Science Center

10. Climate Science Centers--Regions North Central Southeast South Central Southwest Northwest Northeast Alaska Pacific Islands “Fuzzy Boundaries” National Climate Change and Wildlife Science Center 2011 2010 2012

11. University/federal cooperative – access capabilities feds don’t have Training of grad students – pipeline Small federal staff Filling regional gaps Synthesis / assessment / aggregation $3-4 m/year, majority in flexible federal funds Will build significant cyber infrastructure network At each CSC: university federal node Eight nodes plus NCCWSC Feeding LCCs and other application-oriented efforts (e.g. designed for more than researchers) Key CSC Characteristics

12. Forecasting Habitat & Species Response (Food, Habitat, Recruitment) Adaptive Management & Monitoring Site Specific Species or Populations Response Impact Science DOI Climate Science Centers Resource Management-based Partnerships Science-based, university collaboration Ecosystem Response & Forecasting (Landscape Conservation Cooperatives + others) Atmospheric Research and Modeling (primarily universities) Downscaled Global Climate Models and Derivative Products Regional Habitat & Population Response

13. DOI Climate Science Center Great Basin LCC Great Northern LCC North Pacific LCC Other Resource Management Partners Science Partnerships: (Federal, state, university, other) Prioritized Science Agenda Stakeholder Advisory Committee

15. Sean Finn Science Coordinator U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service IMPLEMENTATION UPDATE Great Northern Landscape Conservation Cooperative (GNLCC)

16. Landscape Conservation Cooperatives (LCCs)

17. 1.16 million KM 2 5 States, 2 Provinces Integrated Partnerships with neighboring LCCs, NW and NC Climate Science Centers, PNW and RM CESUs, Province of British Columbia GNLCC Goal: Coordinate, facilitate, promote and add value to large landscape conservation to build resource resilience in the face of climate change and other landscape-level stressors through: Support Science Development Effect Coordination Inform Conservation Action Monitor and Evaluate Communicate and Educate

18. P URPOSE :  Initiate dialogue and identify strategies for effective landscape conservation by Federal Land Managers  Strengthen relationships among Federal Land Managers in the Great Northern Area O UTCOMES :  Status of AGO, GNLCC and other Federal landscape programs  Brainstorm and identify strategies about how to create a system of connected Federal lands  Useful applications for emerging landscape tools and science products available to your staff  Recommended priorities for AGO, GNLCC and other landscape initiatives and programs

19. GNLCC Climate-related Projects 2010-2011, GNLCC funded 14 climate science and data delivery projects totaling $1.67 million Title Funds in thousands Assemblage, Format and Delivery of Downscaled Climate Data and Projections for the GNLCC Development of a Regional Stream Temperature Model for Mapping Thermal Habitats and Understanding Effects of Climate Change in Pacific Northwest Streams Forecasting the impacts of Climate Change in the Columbia River Basin: Threats to Fish Habitat Connectivity Development of a Transboundary Decision Support System to Guide and Implement Conservation, Land Use, Energy, Transportation, and Climate Change Management and Monitoring $ 30 $122 $130 $135

20. Partner Forums – an engagement of conservation practitioners and partnerships that share conservation challenges in an eco-geographic context to identify specific conservation needs for priorities Ecologically relevant geography Similar ecological process or systems Related landscape issues Columbia Basin Shrubsteppe Rocky Mountains

21. Mary Mahaffy Interim Science Coordinator U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service IMPLEMENTATION UPDATE North Pacific Landscape Conservation Cooperative (NPLCC)

22. North Pacific LCC Includes: 4 States 2 Provinces Extends over 2,200 miles from north to south Coastline: 38,200 miles Area: ~ 204,000 mi 2 Public lands: ~ 78% Ocean Boundary - not defined Base Funded This Year - USFWS

23. NPLCC Governance & Structure Interim Planning Team January 2011 - Drafted Governance and Structure Charter Steering Committee Federal (U.S. & B.C.), State, Provincial &Tribal First Meeting May 2011 Framing Workshop October 2011 Capitalize on Existing Partnerships/ Strategies and Plans

24. Feedback Partner Meetings Primary focuses/roles included:  Information resource  Promote common decision base  Management focus  Coordinate efforts/Communication forum  Help focus and pool resources; avoid duplication  Adaptation strategies  Large-scale connectivity Organization  Different roles  Build on partnerships  Framework – communication between resource managers and scientists/information providers

25. Climate Related Projects $800,000 – 11 Science Projects Landscape-scale analyses and information (wetland ecosystems hydrology, sea- level rise, and forest soils) Vulnerability assessments and adaptation planning Conservation planning and priority tools Habitat connectivity Cross boundary data integration Forum discussions – coastal/marine, freshwater habitats $ 63,000 – Additional Efforts Support 2 students Univ. Washington and Univ. Alaska, SE – synthesis of existing research/tools Support 3 regional climate science workshops http://www.fws.gov/pacific/Climatechange/nplcc /

26. Example of Discussion of Stressors DRAFT

27. Chris Lauver Pacific Northwest CESU Research Coordinator National Park Service IMPLEMENTATION UPDATE Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Units (CESUs)

28.  Government - academic partnerships  Cooperative: federal agencies and partners work together on projects in many disciplines (biological, physical, social and cultural sciences)  Purpose: provide resource managers with high-quality science by linking agencies to academic partners  Operate under a local “master” Cooperative Agreement allows agencies to transfer project funds to partners  Benefits: Low overhead rates; agencies can select researchers; 5 year projects COOPERATIVE ECOSYSTEM STUDIES UNITS form a national network to provide research, technical assistance and education to federal agency resource managers

29. Current Participation 17 CESUs 13 Federal Agencies over 240 universities (including more than 40 minority serving institutions), state, tribal and non- governmental partners Since 1999, approximately 5,000 projects involving over $100M Some agencies have duty-stationed employees at CESU host universities 17 units, 13 Federal Agencies, 250+ academics and NGOs

30. Many projects are run through CESU’s Preliminary Figures for 10 CESUs, 2001-2010 CESU $ thru CESU # Projects CHWA9,198,645145 DESO17,253,846358 GRPL9,672,601340 GRRI11,152,894232 HAPI37,596,121145 NOAT8,752,993.277 Pacific NW28,397,228347 PSAC10,779,167180 Rocky Mountain88,464,2151436 SOAP9,491,591238 Totals$ 230,759,3013698 PENDING: CALI, COPL, GRBA, GLNF, GUCO, NWAK, SOFL

31. Academic Partners University of Washington (host) Eastern Washington University Washington State University Western Washington University Central Washington University Heritage University Oregon State University University of Oregon Southern Oregon University Oregon Institute of Technology Portland State University University of Idaho St. Mary’s University of Minnesota University of Vermont University of Alaska-Anchorage University of Alaska-Southeast Alaska Dept. of Fish & Game University of British Columbia Federal Partners Bureau of Land Management National Park Service US Geological Survey US Forest Service, Research US Fish and Wildlife Service Natural Resource Conservation Service NOAA Bureau of Reclamation Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement US Army Corps of E ngineers 28 PARTNERS FOR THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST CESU

32. Pacific Northwest CESU Recent Collaborations More than 40 climate change projects (poster) Support to North Cascadia Adaptation Partnership project; joint FS-NPS collaboration on CC; http://www.northcascadia.org/ http://www.northcascadia.org/ Collaborating with graduate student at CSC and Alan Hamlet (UW) on project assessing CC impacts to access to federal lands Serving on North Pacific LCC and C3 group LCCs (FWS) using CESU network to fund science projects National CESU web site: http://www.cesu.psu.edu/ PNW CESU web site: http://www.cfr.washington.edu/research.cesu/

33. Partnerships Working Together Partnerships enable a level of conservation that no single agency or organization can accomplish alone. Engage in collaborative and complementary efforts together.

34. Coordination Steering/Advisory Committees: NW CSC – includes CIRC and LCCs CIRC – includes NW CSC NPLCC – includes NW CSC National Workgroup LCCs and CSCs: Engagement Kind of science each responsible for

35. Integrated Science & Management Northwest Climate Science Center FY 2011 Science Funding Allocations Science ProjectsPrincipal Investigators/OrganizationsPriority*Funding Disentangling the effects of climate and landscape change on bird population trends in the western U.S. and Canada M. Betts (OSU), S. Shirley (OSU), and J. Hagar (USGS) NPLCC$74,640 Range-wide climate vulnerability assessment for threatened bull trout J. Dunham (USGS), S. Zylstra (USFWS), and T. Mayer (USFWS) NPLCC, GNLCC$100,000 Uncertainty and extreme events in future climate and hydrologic projections for the Pacific Northwest: providing a basis for vulnerability and core/corridor assessments. J. Littell, A. Hamlet, N. Mantua, and E. Salathe (UW) NPLCC, GNLCC$150,000 Climate change threats to fish habitat connectivity: Growth and predation A. Maule, P. Connolly, M. Mesa, J. Hardiman, and J.Hatten (USGS) GNLCC, NCCWSC $89,500 Science Projects Funded in FY11 by both Great Northern and North Pacific LCCs Science ProjectsPrincipal Investigators/OrganizationsPriority*Funding Applying Vulnerability Assessment Tools to Plan for Climate Adaption: Case Studies J. Lawler (UW), J. Withey (UW)NPLCC, GNLCC $72,900 NPLCC $95,000 GNLCC The Washington Connected Landscapes ProjectB. McRae (TNC) M. Krosby (UW), J. Schuett-Hames (WDFW) NPLCC, GNLCC $76,000 NPLCC $150,000 GNLCC

36. Integration Data Management Data Delivery

37. Integration Access and Visualization Analysis and Interoperability LC MAP Landscape Conservation Management and Analysis Portal

38. Collaborations Pacific Northwest CESU University of Washington (3 NPLCC, 1 GNLCC) University of Alaska, SE (1 NPLCC) Rocky Mountains CESU University of Montana (1 NPLCC, 2 GNLCC)

39.  How can we better meet your needs?  How can we better connect with your efforts?  How can we help place useful tools in the hands of managers?  What regional collaborations should we be aware of that we are not working with? Panel Discussion