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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
Why Partnership Efforts?
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
http://www.lincolninst.edu/pubs/1808_Large-Landscape-Conservation
National Climate Partnerships in the Pacific Northwest
CIRC
CESUs
Other Agency/ Organizations’
Regional Efforts
NW LCCs
NW CSC
CoordinationCollaboration
Philip MoteOregon Climate Change Research Institute Director
Oregon State University
IMPLEMENTATION UPDATE
Climate Research Impacts Consortium (CIRC)
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
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
• Connections within and beyond region
• Building knowledge-to-action networks
• Balance of natural and social science
CIRC Emphasis
Providing the Science for Natural and Cultural Resource Adaptation to Climate Change
U.S. Department of the InteriorU.S. Geological Survey
Kevin WhalenInterim NW Climate Science Center Director
USGS National Climate Change and Wildlife Science Center
IMPLEMENTATION UPDATE
NW Climate Science Center
Climate Science Centers--Regions
North Central
SoutheastSouth Central
Southwest
Northwest
Northeast
Alaska
Pacific Islands
“Fuzzy Boundaries”
National Climate Change and Wildlife Science Center
2011
2011
2010
2010
20102012
2012
2012
• 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
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 collaborationEcosystem Response
&Forecasting
(Landscape Conservation Cooperatives + others)
Atmospheric Research and Modeling(primarily universities)
Downscaled GlobalClimate Models andDerivative Products
Regional Habitat &Population Response
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
Sean FinnScience Coordinator
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
IMPLEMENTATION UPDATE
Great Northern Landscape Conservation Cooperative
(GNLCC)
• 1.16 million KM2
• 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
PURPOSE: Initiate dialogue and identify strategies for effective landscape
conservation by Federal Land Managers Strengthen relationships among Federal Land Managers in the Great
Northern Area OUTCOMES: 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
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
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
Mary MahaffyInterim Science Coordinator
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
IMPLEMENTATION UPDATE
North Pacific Landscape Conservation Cooperative
(NPLCC)
North Pacific LCC
Includes:4 States2 Provinces
• Extends over 2,200 miles from north to south
• Coastline: 38,200 miles
• Area: ~ 204,000 mi2
• Public lands: ~ 78%
• Ocean Boundary - not defined
Base Funded This Year - USFWS
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
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
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/
Chris LauverPacific Northwest CESU Research Coordinator
National Park Service
IMPLEMENTATION UPDATE
Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Units(CESUs)
What are CESUs ?
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
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
Many projects are run through CESU’s
Preliminary Figures for 10 CESUs, 2001-2010
CESU $ thru CESU # Projects
CHWA 9,198,645 145
DESO 17,253,846 358
GRPL 9,672,601 340
GRRI 11,152,894 232
HAPI 37,596,121 145
NOAT 8,752,993. 277
Pacific NW 28,397,228 347
PSAC 10,779,167 180
Rocky Mountain 88,464,215 1436
SOAP 9,491,591 238
Totals $ 230,759,301 3698
PENDING: CALI, COPL, GRBA, GLNF, GUCO, NWAK, SOFL
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 Engineers
28 PARTNERS FOR THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST CESU
Pacific Northwest CESURecent 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/
• 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/
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.
Coordination
Steering/Advisory Committees:NW CSC – includes CIRC and LCCsCIRC – includes NW CSCNPLCC – includes NW CSC
National Workgroup LCCs and CSCs:• Engagement• Kind of science each responsible for
Integrated Science & ManagementNorthwest Climate Science Center FY 2011 Science Funding Allocations
Science Projects Principal Investigators/Organizations Priority* 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 Projects Principal Investigators/Organizations Priority* 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 Project B. McRae (TNC) M. Krosby (UW), J. Schuett-Hames (WDFW) NPLCC, GNLCC $76,000 NPLCC
$150,000 GNLCC
IntegrationAccess and Visualization
Analysis and Interoperability
LC MAPLandscape
Conservation Management and
Analysis Portal
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)