spring 2010 gathering waters conservancy
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The Lake Michigan Shorelands Alliance: Collaborative Land Conservation Protecting Critical Natural Resources in the Lake Michigan BasinTRANSCRIPT
The Lake Michigan Shorelands Alliance: Collaborative Land Conservation Protecting Critical Natural
Resources in the Lake Michigan Basin
Kate Zurlo-Cuva, Land Trust Program Director
Wisconsin Land Information Association Spring Regional ConferenceJune 3, 2010
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the places that make
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We strengthen Wisconsin’s land trusts
Overview
1. An update on important issues affecting professionals in the land trust community: Lake Michigan Shorelands Alliance
2. Recent technological, social, or political advances specific to land trusts
3. How the land trust movement uses land information
1. Update on Important Issues to Land Trusts
Lake Michigan Shorelands Alliance (LMSA) GOALS:
1. Focus on critical sites;
2. Coordinate resources;
3. Increase capacity of LMSA members; and
4. Build local and regional public support for protection of critical natural resources.
1. Update on Important Issues to Land Trusts
LMSA Partners:Baird Creek Preservation FoundationCaledonia ConservancyDoor County Land TrustGlacial Lakes ConservancyKenosha Racine Land TrustMilwaukee Area Land ConservancyThe Nature Conservancy – WI ChapterNortheast Wisconsin Land TrustOzaukee Washington Land TrustRiver Revitalization Foundation
1. Update on Important Issues to Land Trusts
• A conservation plan completed in 2003
• 18 Priority areas for conservation
• Stimulates partnerships and collaboration
• Increases funding opportunities
Landscapes of Opportunity
1. Update on Important Issues to Land Trusts
Landscapes of Opportunity Summary:•Setting joint priorities•Coordinating resources in the basin•Promote partnerships & collaboration•Promote creative solutions for land and water protection•Build local and regional support
2. Recent Advances
Four Successful Community Forums
Wingspread ConferenceLMSA Strategic Plan
2. Recent Advances
An Update to Landscapes of Opportunity
A Critical Resource Evaluation (ACRE) – Trust for Public Land’s GIS tool that combines conservation science with the art of working with stakeholders to identify community values around land conservation.
2. Recent Advances
• Updated and expanded the Landscapes of Opportunity
• Map-based plans that summarize priorities of the land trusts & current resources/reports from the region.
• Combined the science goals with stakeholders input
• Community values around land conservation • Common, targeted conservation messages.• Future use recruiting partners & finding new
funding.
A Critical Resource Evaluation model (a GIS tool for conservation planning)
•ACRE model results to land trusts
•Accompanying brochure to outline common messages
3. How the land trust movement uses land information
Goal: More GIS resources to land trusts
Goal: Tech summit 2011 opportunities
Goal: Address capacity issues for land trust members