Mary Mahaffy, NPLCC Science Coordinator
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Mary Mahaffy, NPLCC Science Coordinator
Advancing Conservation in a Changing World
National Tribal Forum on Air QualityMay 2014
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• Effects of Climate Change• Other large-scale stressors• Future resource management
• Anticipate change• Work at landscape scale• Work collaboratively • Trans-boundary
Conservation Challenges
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LCC Geographic Framework
• Established in 2009 with Secretarial Order 3289
• 22 LCCs
• International
• Self-directed partnerships
• Network of resource managers and scientists
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LCC Vision: Landscapes capable of sustaining natural and cultural resources for current and future generations
• Science-based approach within a defined geographic area
• Better integrate science and management to address climate change and other landscape scale issues
• Develop shared, landscape-level, conservation objectives and inform conservation strategies
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• Inform resource management decision-making• Non-regulatory
• Provide a forum to integrate transboundary efforts
• Facilitate exchange of applied science and products
• Promote coordination and collaboration
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How to Engage with LCCs • Participate in a leadership role or engage with existing Tribal LCC
representatives– Tribal positions on all LCC Steering Committees– LCC National Council – 3 Tribal positions
• Participate in LCC subcommittees – Structures of the LCCs different beyond Steering Committees– Contact LCC Coordinators
• Participate in LCC sponsored workshops and trainings
• Apply for LCC grants (vary by LCC)– Tribal subsistence and other cultural resource projects– Traditional Ecological Knowledge projects (LCCs recognize proprietary rights
of TEK so Tribes share what they choose to share)– Capacity for participation
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http://lccnetwork.org
More Information:
• Elsa Haubold – National LCC Coordinator [email protected]
• Ben Thatcher – Assistant National LCC Coordinator [email protected]
• Mary Mahaffy – North Pacific LCC [email protected]