Conservation Design: A State Agency Perspective Doyle Shook, Chief Wildlife Management.

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Conservation Design: A State Agency Perspective Doyle Shook, Chief Wildlife Management

Conservation Design A State Agency Perspective It is an outgrowth of an ongoing shift in the conservation paradigm. Its implications to state wildlife agencies will be long term. Our response is expected to be comprehensive and strategic.

Conservation Design A State Agency Perspective Our experiences with national/international bird conservation plans Our experiences with Comprehensive Wildlife Conservation Plans Our experiences as a Joint Venture partner Three things shaping our thinking…

Are we seeing a conservation paradigm shift that is more science based, comprehensive and strategic? If so, what role does the state fish and wildlife agency play in that shift?

The traditional conservation paradigm: Habitat protection, restoration, and management are founded on a well justified sense of urgency. “Every conservation action is progress.” Wildlife conservation rests on a broad body of scientific knowledge.

Mississippi Alluvial Valley BCR in Arkansas BCR 26 Arkansas

State Wildlife Management Areas Total – 705,254 acres National Wildlife Refuges National Forests Wetland Reserve Program Public Reforestation Hydrology Restoration - Public Hydrology Restoration - Private Conservation Estate Mississippi Alluvial Valley Arkansas Delta 151, ,238 21, ,222 19,113 71,019 64,256

What has determined the state’s conservation priorities?

Partners in FlightNorth American Waterbird Plan U.S. Shorebird Conservation Plan North American Waterfowl Management Plan Northern Bobwhite Quail Conservation Initiative N orth A merican B ird C onservation I nitiative NABCI Vision Regionally-based… Biologically-driven… Landscape-oriented partnerships… Delivering the full spectrum of bird conservation across the entirety of North America.

New Challenges…fundamentally Target: Landscapes capable of sustaining populations range-wide at prescribed levels. Increase 100%2,000,000Rusty Blackbird Increase 50%1,100,000Kentucky Warbler Increase 50%1,800,000Prothonotary Warbler Increase 100%560,000Cerulean Warbler Increase 100%79,000Henslow’s Sparrow Locate?Ivory-billed Woodpecker Population Objective US & Canada Population Species

Approach: Means and methods of developing goals and objectives that reflect measurable biological outcomes achieved across multiple spatial scales. New Challenges…fundamentally Target: Landscapes capable of sustaining populations range-wide at prescribed levels.

Arkansas Comprehensive Wildlife Conservation Strategy 7 Ecoregions 369 SGCN 45 Terrestrial Habitats 18 Aquatic Habitats

Two Challenges… Effecting Conservation at Ecoregional Scales

Partners in FlightNorth American Waterbird Plan U.S. Shorebird Conservation Plan North American Waterfowl Management Plan Northern Bobwhite Quail Conservation Initiative N orth A merican B ird C onservation I nitiative

Texas Forest Service Tennessee Kentucky Wildlife Mgt Institute The Nature Conservancy US Geological Survey Ducks Unlimited Mississippi Arkansas US Fish & Wildlife Louisiana Oklahoma The Conservation Fund Missouri OK TX MO AR LA MS TN KY Lower Mississippi Valley Joint Venture

Bridging the Gap… Two Challenges…

Biological Planning Conservation Design Conservation Delivery Assumption-driven Research Decision-based Monitoring Conservation Framework Lower Mississippi Valley Joint Venture

Use of transparent, replicable processes and procedures to derive conservation objectives expressed as measurable biological outcomes. Biological Planning… Conservation Design… The process of translating biological objectives into spatially explicit conservation priorities and developing spatially explicit decision support tools.

Density Productivity Population Response Landscape Quality Site Quality Forest Composition Deciduous / Forested Wetlands Stem Density Forest Structure Forest Patch Size Landscape Structure Non-hostile/hostile ratio Landscape Composition Biological Planning… Population/Habitat Modeling =+

Biological Planning… Arkansas Illinois Kentucky Louisiana Mississippi Missouri Tennessee Totals State 10K20K100K Swainson’s Warbler Prothonotary Warbler Northern Parula Hooded Warbler Wood Thrush Acadian Flycatcher Blue-gray Gnatcatcher Red-eyed Vireo American Redstart Cerulean Warbler Kentucky Warbler Summer Tanager Yellow-billed Cuckoo Louisiana Waterthrust Eastern Wood-Pewee Yellow-throated Vireo Yellow-throated Warbler Great Crested Flycatcher Scarlet Tanager White-breasted Nuthatch Swallow-tailed Kite Red-shouldered Hawk Broad-winged Hawk Pileated Woodpecker Cooper’s Hawk MAV Forest Breeding Bird Source Population Objectives

Conservation Design… Arkansas Delta Circa 1950 Forest Cover

Conservation Design… Arkansas Delta 1992 Forest Cover

Conservation Design… Arkansas Delta State/Federal WMA’s