“The conservation challenges of the 21 st Century represent a force of change more far-reaching and consequential than any previously encountered.” Year: 2042 – Global Population ~9 Billion People – habitat fragmentation, contamination, pollution, invasive species, disease, threats to water quality and quantity… “The conservation community face unprecedented issues of scale, pace, and complexity in sustaining our Nation’s fish and wildlife resources.” Compounded By Accelerated Energy Development

Why LCCs? 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 information Lack of capacity to organize Lack of a strategy to coordinate Fragmented financial investments

US Department of Interior Secretarial Order No September 14, 2009: “A network of Landscape Conservation Cooperatives will engage DOI and federal agencies, states, tribal and local governments and the public to craft practical, landscape- level strategies for managing climate change impacts…” See links to downloads: Secretarial Order 3289 and Interior’s Plan

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Primary Purpose Create, facilitate and achieve a collective landscape vision among conservation partners Strategic conservation focus Adaptive resource management Science based decision-making The Great Northern Landscape Conservation Cooperative

Greater Yellowstone Coord Comm Wyoming Landscape Conservation Initiative Arid Lands Initiative Kootenay Conservation Program Blackfoot Challenge Rocky Mountain Front Big Hole Conservation Alliance Crown of the Continent Interagency Grizzly Bear Comm Washington Connected Lands Columbia Basin Fed Caucus Intermountain West JV Yellowstone to Yukon Western Governors CAN Wildlife Directors Council And others….

Partner Forums

Alberta Parks Division and Sustainable Resource Development Division British Columbia Ministry of Environment and Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations Bureau of Indian Affairs Bureau of Land Management Bureau of Reclamation Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation Canadian Wildlife Service Heart of the Rockies Initiative Idaho Department of Fish and Game Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks National Park Service Nez Perce Tribe National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Natural Resources Conservation Service Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife Parks Canada − Waterton Lakes National Park US Fish and Wildlife Service US Forest Service US Geological Survey Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife Western Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies Wildlife Conservation Society Wyoming Game and Fish Department Yakama Indian Nation GNLCC Steering Committee

Strategic Conservation Framework Sources of Information   Literature review of (>50) foundational conservation planning documents   Interviews with Advisory Team (7) and Steering Committee (30) members, partner initiatives (20)   Workshop with (55) federal land managers Tribes (Umatilla, Yakima, and Salish-Kootenai), States (WDFW, IDFW, WGFD, MFWP), Feds (USFWS, NPS, BLM, USFS, USGS, NRCS, BOR, NOAA, EPA), NGOs (WCS, HotR, Columbia Federal Caucus), Partnerships (PNAMP, C3, Joint Ventures, Interagency Fire Teams, WLCI, ALI, WCL, CMP, Y2Y, GYCC, IGBC), and the Governments of Alberta and British Columbia gnlcc_framework_final_small.pdf

A Collective Landscape Vision: A landscape that sustains its diverse natural systems to support healthy and connected populations of fish, wildlife, and plants; sustains traditional land uses and cultural history; and supports robust communities. The Great Northern Landscape Conservation Cooperative

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 The Great Northern Landscape Conservation Cooperative

Partner Forums

A. A. Leadership Team B. B. Series of Interactive Webinars C. C. Gap analysis D. D. Identify specific needs E. E. Develop into long-term strategy The Great Northern Landscape Conservation Cooperative Forum Process

WHY and HOW – linking to conservation science paradigms WHEN – A logical process for science identification and development WHO – where to find expertise and how to apply appropriately WHAT – Missing science and how to get it (Annual Work Plan) Collaborative conservation delivery A Model for implementing a multi-scale Landscape Integrity Approach GNLCC Science Plan

Columbia Plateau Riverine Prioritization  Objective 1: Synthesize existing analyses.  Objective 2: Identify current areas of high integrity and conservation value.  Objective 3: Assess the vulnerability and resiliency of these priority areas to climate change.

Next Steps  Hold a workshop: How to integrate data layers to inform decision making. How to integrate data layers to inform decision making.  Identify priority areas.  Climate change assessment, thanks to Climate Science Center.

Climate Change Assessment  Integrating existing data