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Collaboration Bridges Multi-Agency Landscape
Conservation Projects
The ProblemDisparate yet concurrent attempts tobuild decision support tools among:
The SolutionGNLCC’s Demonstration Project
Facilitates:• Cooperation on priority conservation targets and
change agents• Cooperation across data sources and modeling
techniques• Leveraging and efficiencies
An Opportunity for Collaboration
The ResultTransboundary, cross-jurisdictional decision support cooperation
Nov 1: Collaborative Team established
Nov 17: Collaborative Team Meeting
Jan 10: Project Agreement “Finaled”
Feb 1-2: BLM REA Meeting, Bozeman
March 7: Side Demo Team Mtg, Spokane
April 18-19: Technical Team meeting
May 3-5, BLM REA Mtg, Billings
May 18-19 WGA Meeting, Boise
Project Timeline and Organization
Collaborative TeamEmmerich, Nordyke, Oakleaf (WY)Pierce (WA)Smith, Hess-Herbert (MT)Servheen (ID)Wood, Foster (BLM)Morrison (USFS)Whitfield (HOR)Friel (ESRI, WGA)Olliff, Converse, Finn, Sojda, Watson (GNLCC)
Technical TeamNordyke (WY)Pierce (WA)Hess-Herbert, O’Neal (MT)Servheen, Vecellio, Svankara (ID)Wood (BLM)Morrison (USFS)Whitfield (HOR)Olliff, Converse, Finn (GNLCC)
Project Agreement—Building Trust
State Partners: Lead on Wildlife Analysis
Federal Partners: Lead on Change Agent Analysis
Both: Share data, base layers, systems
Components of Collaboration
Define Geographic Scope
Common Species
Crucial Habitats
Conservation Targets/Elements
Conservation Target Attribute
Models
Change Agents
Data sharing and integration
Collaboration Matrix
Common Wildlife Species
CommonHabitats
Change Agent Analysis
Downscaled Climate Histories and Future Projections• Leveraged federal (NASA, FWS, USFS,
USGS) & university dollars
GNLCC GeoPortal• Web-based collaboration tools• Leveraged SHC dollars and inter-
agency know-how• Provides never before available
analytical environment
Demonstration Project• Coordination among WGA, BLM, &
USFS generates conceptual and practical synergies
• Leveraged federal, state, and NGO funds
• Consistent data & techniques facilitates compatible, defensible models
Bringing It All Together
The GNLCC GeoPortal Analysis Environment
Energy Siting Data from WGACheatgrass risk data from BLM
Climate projections from USFS
Role of GNLCC
• Capacity• Coordinate efforts, realize efficiencies• Assist with data acquisition in GYA• Communication
OutcomeConsistent wildlife models and change agent analysis based on agreed-upon source data
+ Coordinated data sets securely accessed through the web
+ Validated and peer-reviewed modeling techniques
+ Coordinated decision support environment for regional planning and siting
= Public Benefit
Habitat Connectivity AreasGreater Sage-grouse High
Medum
Low
Habitat Connectivity AreasGreater Sage-grouse High
Medum
Low
Demonstration Project Outcome