PFLCC Conservation Targets PROGRESS UPDATE JUNE 3-4, 2015

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1 PFLCC Conservation Targets PROGRESS UPDATE JUNE 3-4, 2015

2 Purpose of Conservation Targets To assist in biological planning and conservation design to attain a shared planning framework for PFLCC partners To collaboratively monitor environmental trends to assess and guide conservation and management actions

3 Conservation Target Measurable expressions of desired resource conditions that are established by the PFLCC partnership The quantifiable biological, chemical, physical, or cultural attributes of a landscape that are important or valued to stakeholders in the biological planning process May be related to species, habitats, communities, landscape features, ecological processes, socio-economics, or other natural and cultural resources

4 Conservation Target Measurable attribute A quantifiable characteristic or value that informs us about landscape conditions Metric The unit of measure that is quantified to evaluate the measurable attribute Target A measurable endpoint used to direct conservation actions and track conservation progress Example Measurable attribute: contiguous, natural desert Metric: hectares of natural desert Target: 10 patches of desert > 100 hectares by 2040

5 PFLCC Structural Framework

6 PFLCC Mission and Vision Mission to foster landscape scale conservation to sustain natural and cultural resources for future generations

7 Key Components Healthy, sustainable, resilient ecosystems and processes Quality and quantity of water resources Public-supported conservation ethic Connected landscapes Mosaic of working lands Natural components of species Ecosystem services

8 Priority Resources The set of biological, ecological, and cultural features and ecological processes that have been collaboratively identified, and that are the focus of the PFLCC s planning Start with SWAP habitats Fill in potential gaps

9 PFLCC Conservation Targets Technical Team Formed by PFLCC partner recommendations Cindy Fury, USFWS Rebekah Gibble, USFWS Caroline Gorga, FWC Andrew Townsend, FWC Mike Legare, USFWS James Lyon, USFWS Beth Stys, FWC Steve Traxler, USFWS

10 PFLCC Conservation Targets Technical Team PROGRESS Draft of Priority Resources Potential conservation targets brainstorm Draft of conservation targets criteria Continued development of methodological process

11 Twelve Priority Resources High pine and scrub Pine flatwoods and dry prairie Freshwater forested wetlands Hardwood forested uplands Freshwater non-forested wetlands Freshwater aquatic Coastal uplands Estuarine Marine Landscape connectivity Working lands Social and cultural

12 Priority Resources, Next Steps Start working on: High pine and scrub Estuarine Working lands

13 Working Lands Landscapes where production of ecosystem services and market goods are mutually reinforcing. It means working with people as partners to create landscapes and ecosystems that benefit both humanity and the natural environment. Private lands in low intensity agriculture that also provide habitat for native species is a prime example of working landscapes.

14 Draft Process for Developing Conservation Targets

15 Criteria to Evaluate Cons. Targets Currently have 22 criteria From literature and Technical Team input Ecological (E), social (S), practical (P) Examples E: Represents important attributes of the priority resource(s), in particular the composition, structure, and/or function of the system S: The conservation target can be linked to policy formation P: It can be coordinated and linked at the regional level

16 Next Steps Continued development of methodological process Criteria refinement Criteria scoring system (yes/no, scale) Test application of conservation targets criteria Define conservation targets, one priority resource at a time Bring in experts for each priority resource Continue to involve PFLCC steering committee along the way