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ience Foundation for Planning and Implementatio Increasing Efficiency, Effectiveness, & Accountability Barry Wilson Gulf Coast Joint Venture Joint Venture Conservation Business Model Roundtable Austin, Texas December 13, 2006
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Science Foundation for Planning and Implementation:Increasing Efficiency, Effectiveness, & Accountability
Barry WilsonGulf Coast Joint Venture
Joint Venture Conservation Business Model RoundtableAustin, Texas
December 13, 2006
Why is a strong science foundationimportant to JVs?
Efficiency
Effectiveness
Accountability
Why is a strong science foundationimportant to JVs?
Efficiency
Effectiveness
Accountability
What are the ramifications of having a partnership that fully embraces science as a foundation of JV activities?
Ramifications of Having a Partnership that Fully Embraces Science
While making investments in habitat implementation, partners also expect to invest in research/evaluation ...
... and expect a return on that investment.
HabitatDelivery
Research &Evaluation
Partners expect objectives to change over time as they are refined.
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Curse of the Moving Target
Ramifications of Having a Partnership that Fully Embraces Science
Partners see collaborative science through the JV as an efficient use of their organizations’ resources.
Ramifications of Having a Partnership that Fully Embraces Science
Decisions become more transparent ...
Ramifications of Having a Partnership that Fully Embraces Science
Conservation of Mobile-Tensaw Delta Habitats for Waterfowl
Guidance from Population-based Foraging Habitat Objectives
Population Targets - 17,086 ducks
Mobile-Tensaw Delta Waterfowl Conservation
Guidance from Population-based Foraging Habitat Objectives
Population Targets - 17,086 ducks
Energy Demand in Forested Habitat - 1,053,525 Mallard-Energy-Days
Mobile-Tensaw Delta Waterfowl Conservation
Migration ChronologyEnergy Demand
Guidance from Population-based Foraging Habitat Objectives
Population Targets - 17,086 ducks
Energy Demand in Forested Habitat - 1,053,525 Mallard-Energy-Days
Habitat Foraging Value - 15.5 MEDs/acre
Mobile-Tensaw Delta Waterfowl Conservation
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Guidance from Population-based Foraging Habitat Objectives
Population Targets - 17,086 ducks
Energy Demand in Forested Habitat - 1,053,525 Mallard-Energy-Days
Habitat Foraging Value - 15.5 MEDs/acre
Habitat Needs - 67,969 acres
Mobile-Tensaw Delta Waterfowl Conservation
Guidance from Population-based Foraging Habitat Objectives
Population Targets - 17,086 ducks
Energy Demand in Forested Habitat - 1,053,525 Mallard-Energy-Days
Habitat Foraging Value - 15.5 MEDs/acre
Habitat Needs - 67,969 acres
Existing Habitat Base - 100,800 acres
Mobile-Tensaw Delta Waterfowl Conservation
Guidance from Population-based Foraging Habitat Objectives
Population Targets - 17,086 ducks
Energy Demand in Forested Habitat - 1,053,525 Mallard-Energy-Days
Habitat Foraging Value - 15.5 MEDs/acre
Habitat Needs - 67,969 acres
Existing Habitat Base - 100,800 acres
Habitat Deficit - none
Mobile-Tensaw Delta Waterfowl Conservation
Guidance from Population-based Foraging Habitat Objectives
Population Targets - 17,086 ducks
Energy Demand in Forested Habitat - 1,053,525 Mallard-Energy-Days
Habitat Foraging Value - 15.5 MEDs/acre
Habitat Needs - 67,969 acres
Existing Habitat Base - 100,800 acres
Habitat Deficit - none
Long-term Outlook - 85,520 acres in Public Ownership
Mobile-Tensaw Delta Waterfowl Conservation
Guidance from Population-based Foraging Habitat Objectives
Population Targets - 17,086 ducks
Energy Demand in Forested Habitat - 1,053,525 Mallard-Energy-Days
Habitat Foraging Value - 15.5 MEDs/acre
Habitat Needs - 67,969 acres
Existing Habitat Base - 100,800 acres
Habitat Deficit - none
Long-term Outlook - 85,520 acres in Public Ownership
Conclusion - Focus waterfowl conservation efforts elsewhere and/orguide forested wetland acquisitions according to other bird needs
Mobile-Tensaw Delta Waterfowl Conservation
Partners allocate (and re-allocate) resources according to the compilation and refinement of scientific information.
Ramifications of Having a Partnership that Fully Embraces Science
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GCJV Flooded Ag Land WaterfowlForaging Habitat Assessment
The partnership pursues research that is specifically intended to alter (or at least challenge) our decision-making.
Ramifications of Having a Partnership that Fully Embraces Science
Research to Alter Decisions
• Bio-energetic model refinement due to the following investments in new information:
– Seed densities in rice• i.e., Ag foraging values• USGS-NWRC
– Pintail & mallard habitat use • i.e., proportional habitat use estimates• CKWRI-TAMU (Tx MidCoast Pintails)• LSU-Coop Unit (Chenier Plain Mallards)
– Marsh pond delineation• i.e., acreage and distribution of fresh marsh ponds • GCJV Office
– Waterfowl foods in coastal fresh marsh• coastal fresh marsh foraging values • LSU & GCJV Office
Partners have elevated expectations for science products to guide their conservation activities.
Ramifications of Having a Partnership that Fully Embraces Science
Gulf Coast Joint Venture GIS Model Development
Laguna Madre Redhead Model
Conservation Decision Matrix
Current Pond Suitability
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ShallowShoalgrass
Freshwater Wetlands Adjacent tothe Texas Laguna Madre
Freshwater Wetland EnhancementPrioritization Model
ID basins from surface water on 9 dates of satellite imagery
Prioritization Criteria- Proximity to shallow shoalgrass- Redhead use from 2000-03 aerial surveys- Basin permanence
Consider only the shoalgrass > 10km from existing suitable ponds
JV Staff and partners are comfortable with some level of uncertainty because ...
- conservation decisions can’t wait for perfect information,
Ramifications of Having a Partnership that Fully Embraces Science
- inviting researchers to prove us wrong is helpful.
- refinements are expected, and
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