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
• 1.16 million KM2
• 5 States, 2 Provinces
• Integrated Partnerships with neighboring LCCs, NW and NC Climate Science Centers, PNW and RM CESUs, Provinces of British Columbia & Alberta
GNLCC Leadership
Steering Committee Participation
Bureau of Land Management Bureau of Reclamation Pacific NW Region
Columbia Basin Federal Caucus Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation
National Park Service NOAA Research
Natural Resource Conservation Service Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife
Fish and Wildlife Service, Pacific Regional
US Forest Service Northern Region
US Geological Survey Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife
Western Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies
Wildlife Conservation Society Yakama Indian Nation
Alberta Sustainable Resource Development
Alberta Parks Divison
B.C. Ministry of Forest, Lands, and Natural Resource Operations
Bureau of Indian Affairs, Rocky Mountain Region
Canadian Wildlife Service, Environment Canada
Confederated Salish‐‐‐Kootenai Tribes
Heart of the Rockies Initiative Idaho Fish and Game B.C. Ministry of Envrionment
Montana Fish Wildlife and Parks Nez Perce Tribe Fish and Wildlife Service, Mountain‐Prairie Region
US Forest Service Intermountain Region Waterton Lakes NP, Parks Canada
Wyoming Game and Fish GNLCC Science Priorities
2010 – 2011
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Habitat Connectivity
Aquatic Integrity
Climate Change Data Integration
Partnership Development Outreach
GNLCC Projects through CESU
2010‐2011, GNLCC funded 4 science projects through the Pacific Northwest and Rocky Mountain CESUs totaling $497,000
Funding
Geography
Applying Vulnerability Assessment Tools to Plan for UW
Climate Adaptation: Case Studies in the Great Northern LCC
$ 95k
PNW CESU
SageSTEP Long‐term Ecological Monitoring Network
OSU
$ 75k
PNW CESU
Document Fine Scale Linkage Areas and Conservation Delivery in the Northern Rockies of US and Canada
UM
$272k
RM CESU
GNLCC Multi‐dimensional Synthesis
MSU
$ 55k
RM CESU
Title
Institu‐
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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 Vision:
The Great Northern Landscape Conservation Cooperative is committed to land, water, and wildlife conservation across the landscape through inter‐
organizational, collaborative science and management.
GNLCC Goal:
Build resource resilience and inform sustainable resource management in the face of landscape stressors
Climate Change
Energy Development
Invasive Species
Columbia Basin
Rocky Mountain
Sage Steppe
Upper Columbia River, tributaries and river valley ecology
Mountain forests, alpine and high relief
ecotypes
Arid lands, high‐
elevation prairies and deserts
Energy Invasive Climate Change
Energy Development
Development Invasive Species
Species
Climate Change
Ecological Systems
Columbia Basin Forum
•Riparian
Forum Leadership Team
•Wetlands
•CB F&W Agencies
•Headwater vegetation 1.Identify Leadership and •BC MoE
communities
•CB Inter‐Tribal Fish Comm.
Membership
•Spawning beds
•PNAMP
2.Identify and Prioritize key Ecological Processes
Conservation Targets
Highly Specific Partner Units & Organizations
•Aquatic connectivity
3.Prioritize Landscape Stressors
•NWRs/FWS Programs
Science Needs
Tools:
•Hydrography
•BC FL&NRO Units
4.Determine existing science, •Sediment transport
NHD, •Nat’l Park Units
Stream Gage data,
resources and tools
•USFS Districts/Research
Climate models,
Segmentation Species Priorities
5.Determine the gaps & outstanding models, •CB Federal Caucus
T1: Salmon, Bull Trout
science needs
•Army Corps & BOR
Info Gaps
Merged population databases
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T2: Steelhead, Mule Deer
•Private Sector Reps
T3: Golden Eagle
Climate Change
Energy Development
Invasive Species
Ecological Systems
Columbia Basin Forum
•Riparian
Forum Leadership Team
•Wetlands
•CB F&W Agencies
•Headwater vegetation 1.Identify Leadership and •BC MoE
communities
•CB Inter‐Tribal Fish Comm.
Membership
•Spawning beds
•PNAMP
2.Identify and Prioritize key Ecological Processes
Conservation Targets
Partner Units & Organizations
•Aquatic connectivity
3.Prioritize Landscape Stressors
•NWRs/FWS Programs
Tools:
•Hydrography
•BC FL&NRO Units
4.Determine existing science, •Sediment transport
NHD, •Nat’l Park Units
Stream Gage data,
resources and tools
•USFS Districts/Research
Climate models,
Segmentation Species Priorities
5.Determine the gaps & outstanding models, •CB Federal Caucus
T1: Salmon, Bull Trout
science needs
•Army Corps & BOR
Merged population databases
T2: Steelhead, Mule Deer
•Private Sector Reps
T3: Golden Eagle
Highly Specific Science Needs
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Info Gaps
Managers of the Forum
GNLCC Steering Committee
Supported by high‐level coordination
and leveraged funding streams
Science Community
University, Federal, State, NGO
Multidisciplinary & Coordinated
Highly Specific Science Needs
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Info Gaps
Adaptive Management
Integration
Analysis and Interoperability
Data Management
Data Delivery
LC MAP
Landscape Conservation Management and Analysis Portal
How to get Involved
www.nrmsc.usgs.gov/gnlcc
Partner Forums:
Columbia Basin Shrub Steppe, Rocky Mountain
Science Community
Webinars: live (once a month), streamed, or schedule to present
LC MAP: data discovery, storage, documentation, and analysis tools in an integrated environment