collaboration efforts in the fws inventory & monitoring initiative

U.S. Fish & Wildlife ServiceNatural Resource Program CenterNational Wildlife Refuge System

Collaboration Efforts in the FWS Inventory & Monitoring InitiativeInventory & Monitoring Initiative

Peter Dratch, PhDPeter Dratch, PhDStrategic Collaborative Science Program Summit II

July 2013

Natural Resource Program Center

July 2013

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Center

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National Wildlife Refuge SystemNational Wildlife Refuge System I&MI&M

A nationally directed effort that informs planning

National Wildlife Refuge System National Wildlife Refuge System I&MI&M

A nationally directed effort that informs planning and conservation science at refuge, regional and landscape scales which supports conservation management.

We monitor the biological resources, ecological processes, and components of the physical environment to support the legislative mission of the Refuge System.

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U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service

Phenology Initiative Phenology Initiative

LCC ‐ CSC

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NWRS Visitor Services

National Phenology Network (NPN)

I&M Phenology Initiative

(Nat. + Reg. I&M)

Field StationsRefuge Friends, NWRS

FWS National Conservation

Training Center


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Wilderness Character MonitoringWilderness Character MonitoringWilderness Character MonitoringWilderness Character Monitoring

•• In 2010, FWS chartered a WildernessIn 2010, FWS chartered a WildernessIn 2010, FWS chartered a Wilderness In 2010, FWS chartered a Wilderness Character Monitoring CommitteeCharacter Monitoring Committee

•• The NWRS has 21 million acres,The NWRS has 21 million acres,The NWRS has 21 million acres, The NWRS has 21 million acres, 18% 18% of of all designated wildernessall designated wilderness

•• Agencies Agencies use consistent definitions use consistent definitions ggand monitoring strategy to collect and monitoring strategy to collect data on the wilderness areasdata on the wilderness areas

•• Provides Provides the ability to evaluate the the ability to evaluate the impacts of proposed actions on impacts of proposed actions on


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Wilderness Character MonitoringWilderness Character Monitoring

•• Data collected on refuges willData collected on refuges will be collated in abe collated in a

Wilderness Character MonitoringWilderness Character Monitoring

•• Data collected on refuges will Data collected on refuges will be collated in a be collated in a national wilderness character national wilderness character databasedatabase

•• Database developed as an FWSDatabase developed as an FWS‐‐NPS partnershipNPS partnershipDatabase developed as an FWSDatabase developed as an FWS NPS partnershipNPS partnership



ECOS R f ESAECOS Refuge ESA:Updating T&E Status

1.1. A tool to collect ESA species A tool to collect ESA species occurrence data for the entire occurrence data for the entire Refuge SystemRefuge SystemRefuge System.Refuge System.

2. Used to update and inform 2. Used to update and inform current Refuge ESA species lists current Refuge ESA species lists ithi ECOS TESS (Th t dithi ECOS TESS (Th t dwithin ECOS TESS (Threatened within ECOS TESS (Threatened

and Endangered Species and Endangered Species System).System).

3. Updated status data will 3. Updated status data will available to ES via ECOS.available to ES via ECOS.

Compares list of TES from CCP


and [email protected] for more info


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Geospatial Dataset DiscoverabilityGeospatial Dataset DiscoverabilityGeospatial Dataset DiscoverabilityGeospatial Dataset Discoverability

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We can no longer afford to independently We can no longer afford to independently toss conservation actions at the landscapetoss conservation actions at the landscapetoss conservation actions at the landscape toss conservation actions at the landscape

hoping something is going to stick.hoping something is going to stick.

We must be deliberate and we must work We must be deliberate and we must work hhtogether as a conservation community.together as a conservation community.

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