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The Next Step for Idaho’s CWCSThe Next Step
for Idaho’s CWCS
9:00 Welcome, overview, and what is expected
10:00 Identifying focal areas
12:00 Lunch - Open discussion
1:00 Identifying focal areas
3:00 Open discussion, Wrap-up
4:00 Adjourn
Today’s AgendaToday’s Agenda
ComprehensiveWildlifeConservationStrategy
“…provide a framework for conserving
‘species of greatest conservation need’
and the habitats upon which they depend.”
• State Wildlife Grant Program in 2001
• CWCS required by 2005
• Strategic document, not prescriptive
“…enable agency and private partners
to individually or cooperatively
implement conservation actions
that will benefit priority species and habitats.”
Current Implementation
Current Implementation
• BLM: Challenge Cost Share funding and Resource Management Plans specify SGCN
• FS: Forest Plan updates incorporate SGCN
• NRCS: Farm Bill programs target SGCN
• USFWS: LIP targets SGCN
• Doris Duke Charitable Foundation: specifies implementation of CWCS
From the Strategy…From the
Strategy…
…to the ground…to the ground
… … to Action to Action Plans…Plans…
… … to Action to Action Plans…Plans…
A Vision for Focal Areas
A Vision for Focal Areas
1. Select Species1. Select Species
Species A
Species B
Species C
Species D
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2. Overlay Known Distributions
2. Overlay Known Distributions
Richness=
High
Low
A Vision for Focal Areas
A Vision for Focal Areas
3. Compare with other priorities
3. Compare with other priorities
Winter Range
Focus Streams
Unique Habitat
Richness
4. Your Focal Areas
4. Your Focal Areas
High
Low
SGCN Prioritizing ToolSGCN Prioritizing Tool
• Species by section
filters
• Based on user interests
NatureServe Conservation Status Ranks
NatureServe Conservation Status Ranks
Assessment of the species condition statewide (S) and rangewide (G).
G1 or S1 Critically imperiledG2 or S2 ImperiledG3 or S3 VulnerableG4 or S4 Apparently secureG5 or S5 Secure
Hypothetical Example
SGCN Richness
Harlequin breedingImportant Corridors…
Focal Areas
Regional WorkshopsRegional
WorkshopsSGCN
Richness Maps SGCN
Richness Maps
Final Focal Area MapsFinal Focal Area Maps
Partner Input
Idaho Falls(Apr 11, 25)
Boise(Mar 19, Apr 3)
Coeur d’Alene(Feb 11, 22)
IDFG Input
IDFG Focal Area Maps
IDFG Focal Area Maps
Workshop ObjectivesWorkshop Objectives
1. Capture regional expertise and local knowledge.
2. Create ecological section-level focal area maps identifying areas of high conservation value.
3. Enable use of maps and action plans as a conservation tool for on the ground implementation and prioritization.
Resource Focal Area:a geographical area necessary for the long-term persistence of SGCNs and their habitats (aka High Resource Value Areas or Biologically Important Areas)
Management Focal Area:a general geographical area that targets resources and efforts where they can benefit the largest number of species and habitats in need of conservation (likely includes species/habitats other than SGCN and may incorporate factors such as ownership, urgency of threat, etc.).
What are Focal Areas?
What are Focal Areas?
Resource Focal Area:a geographical area necessary for the long-term persistence of SGCNs and their habitats (aka High Resource Value Areas or Biologically Important Areas)
Management Focal Area:a general geographical area that targets resources and efforts where they can benefit the largest number of species and habitats in need of conservation (likely includes species/habitats other than SGCN and may incorporate factors such as ownership, urgency of threat, etc.).
In or Out?In or Out?
General areas important for SGCN but by no means are
intended to imply that conservation actions should be
restricted to these areas.
1. Are there specific areas that need to be included as focal areas for SGCNs and their habitat (e.g., waterfalls for black swift)? Are there areas we currently have identified that should not be (e.g., errors in the models)?
2. Do these focal areas also include species or habitat significant to conservation for other reasons (e.g., migration corridors, big game winter range).
3. What conservation actions are necessary in each area?
Specific QuestionsSpecific Questions
• 3 Amphibians (1)
• 13 Birds
• 12 Fishes (3)
• 20 Invertebrates (10)
• 12 Mammals (4)
• 1 Reptile
61 Species of Greatest Conservation Need
North Idaho Species
North Idaho Species
• ArablelandHerbaceous Planted and Cultivated
• Dry conifer forestNRM Western Larch Woodland
• Northern mesic confer forestNRM Western Hemlock-Western Red Cedar forest
• Subalpine forest• Mesic deciduous shrubland• Palouse Prairie• Riparian Woodland
Columbia Basin Foothill Riparian Woodland and Shrubland
• Open water
North Idaho Priority Habitats
North Idaho Priority Habitats
• Edit, embellish focal area boundaries• Define criteria• Identify actions
The Maps…
What’s Expected?What’s Expected?