PROPOSED PRIORITIES FOR
SCIENCE AND
COLLABORATION
OCTOBER 2012
TODAY
 Review priority identification process
 Discuss proposed priorities – finalize list
 Review and discuss current and future LCC investments
 Next steps
Vision: A conservation community, that while governed by their unique
purposes and missions, collaborates on sustaining lands and waters that
support natural and cultural resources and the services they provide.
Mission: To support and sustain a conservation community through
information development and dissemination designed to inform coordinated
conservation action.
PRIORITY IDENTIFICATION PROCESS
Interview Key LCC Members
 Identified potential LCC roles and priorities
Presentation and Clarification of Findings
 Science, coordination, and communication roles
 >150 potential priorities
Identification of Priority Statements
 Priorities condensed into ~50 statements
Sorting/Ranking Priority Statements
 Technical Core Team sorted and ranked priority statements
for Science and Coordination
Technical Core Team Workshop
 Developed short list of 5 Science and 4 Coordination
priorities as recommendations
PROPOSED SCIENCE PRIORITIES
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Assessing terrestrial and aquatic connectivity
Conservation of species at a landscape scale
Climate change adaptation for fish, wildlife, and natural resources
Quantifying and communicating ecosystem services
Energy development and landscape change
Breakdown of UMGL LCC science funding (2010 - 2012)
within proposed science priorities
0% 1%
Assessing terrestrial and aquatic
connectivity
25%
Conservation of species at a landscape
scale
Climate change adaptation for fish,
wildlife, and natural resources
52%
22%
Quantifying and communicating
ecosystem services
Energy development and landscape
change
PROPOSED COORDINATION PRIORITIES
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Information management, delivery, and communication
Using regional assets for relating science, management, and policy
Emerging conservation issues
Regional conservation efforts
Breakdown of UMGL LCC coordination funding (2010 2012) within proposed coordination priorities
0%
Information management, delivery,
and communication
Using regional assets for relating
science, management, and policy
40%
50%
Regional conservation efforts
Emerging conservation issues
10%
CURRENT INVESTMENT – SCIENCE vs. COORDINATION
Breakdown of UMGL LCC funding (2010 - 2012) between
science and coordination
19%
Science
Coordination
81%
NEXT STEPS – IDENTIFYING SCIENCE NEEDS
 Communicate UMGL LCC priorities
 Update website and fact sheets, press releases, etc
 LCC meeting/workshop?
 Develop objectives and expected outcomes for each priority
 Select framework for each priority
 Reorganize Technical Team – workgroups/committees by priority?