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Whooping Crane CAP – Kearney, NE
Conservation Action
Planning
Defining Your Project
Developing Strategies &
Measures
Implementing Strategies &
Measures
Using Results to Adapt & Improve
29 June 2004
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Developing Strategies &
Measures
Implementing Strategies &
Measures
Using Results to Adapt & Improve
Defining Your Project
Defining Your Project
· Project people· Project scope & focal
targets
Defining Your Project
· Project people· Project scope & focal
targetsWho will design and implement the project?
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Condor Bioreserve, Ecuador
Defining Your Project
· Project people· Project scope & focal targetsWhat is the
overall vision and scale of the project?
Defining Your Project
· Project people· Project scope &
focal targets
Which parts of the Life history or biology to we care about most?
Defining Your Project
Developing Strategies &
Measures
Implementing Strategies &
Measures
Using Results to Adapt & Improve
Developing Strategies & Measures
· Target viability· Critical threats· Situation analysis· Objectives & actions· Measures
Developing Strategies & Measures
· Target viability· Critical threats· Situation analysis· Objectives & actions· Measures
Overall Viability Summary
Conservation Targets
Landscape Context
Condition SizeViability Rank
1North Shore Forests & Cliffs Fair Good Fair Fair
2 Montane Wet Forest FairVery Good
Fair Good
3South Slope Mesic Forest & Shrubland Poor Good Poor Fair
Overall Biodiversity Health Rank Fair
What is our best estimate of how the biology/life history we care about is doing?
Developing Strategies & Measures
· Target viability· Critical threats· Situation analysis· Objectives & actions· Measures
What threats are creating problems and what is the estimated seriousness of these threats?
Threats Across Systems North
Shore Forests &
Cliffs
Montane Wet Forest
South Slope Mesic
Forest & Shrubland
North Shore
Perennial Streams
South Shore
Fringing Reef
Overall Threat Rank
Project-specific threats
1Established Non-Native Ungulates (Pigs, Goats, Axis Deer)
High High High Low High High
2New Invasive Plant and Animal Species
High High High Medium - High
3Established Habitat-Modifying Weeds
High High High - - High
4 Wildfires - Medium High - High High
5 Over Harvesting - - - Low High Medium
6Invasive Alien Marine Species
- - - - High Medium
7 Invasive Alien Algae - - - - High Medium
Threat Status for Targets and Project
High High High Medium High Very High
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Development of Roads& Utilities
Primary Home Development
Woodland & Shrub Systems
Sage Brush Shrb
Desert Shrub
PJ Woodland
Fire RegimeFire
SuppressionAgency Policies
Public Attitudes
Oil & Gas Drilling
Montane Shrub
Historic Grazing
Invasive Plants- cheatgrass- knapweed
Lack of Surface Fires
O7
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O8
Gunnison Prairie DogPlague
Shooting & Poisoning
Attitudes Toward
Prairie Dogs O9
Situation Analysis for San Miguel Terrestrial Targets
O3
Developing Strategies & Measures
· Target viability· Critical threats· Situation analysis· Objectives & actions· Measures
Who are the key stakeholders with vested interest in the project, what factors are driving critical threats, and what opportunities exist?
Developing Strategies & Measures
· Target viability· Critical threats· Situation analysis· Objectives & actions· Measures
What specific outcomes are we trying to achieve?
• By 2008, reduce the mean percent cover of invasive species to less than 5% across over at least 9,000 acres of invaded forest.
Developing Strategies & Measures
· Target viability· Critical threats· Situation analysis· Objectives & actions· Measures
What actions are needed to achieve the outcomes?Objective Ungulates: By 2014, reduce
the frequency of ungulate activity to less than 10% in areas with active ungulate control programs.
Strategic action
Continue to develop and implement a comprehensive ungulate control program through the East Molokai Watershed Partnership.
Objective Wildfires: By 2009, reduce the amount of burned native ecological systems to zero.
Strategic action
Work with key fire management partners to develop and implement a landscape fire management strategy and action plan.
Developing Strategies &
Measures
Developing Strategies & Measures
· Target viability· Critical threats· Situation analysis· Objectives & actions· Measures
Percentage of native canopy coverIndicator:
Acres and density of specific weedsIndicator:
Weeds: By 2014, reduce or contain (as appropriate to specific species) the range and/or density of habitat-modifying weeds within selected management units.
Objective:
Frequency of ungulate signIndicator:
Ungulates: By 2014, reduce the frequency of ungulate activity to less than 10% in areas with active ungulate control programs.
Objective:
Number of discovered or reported incipient invasive species eradicated
Indicator:
Number of priority incipient invasive species kept off the island
Indicator:
New invasives: Prevent the establishment of new invasive plant or animal species on the island.
Objective:
Objectives and Indicators#
East Molokai
StrategiesStrategy effectiveness measures
Are our actions achieving the desired outcomes?
Defining Your Project
Developing Strategies &
Measures
Implementing Strategies &
Measures
Using Results to Adapt & Improve
ImplementingStrategies & Measures
· Develop workplans· Implement actions· Implement measures
ImplementingStrategies & Measures
· Develop workplans· Implement actions· Implement measures
What do we specifically need to do, and who will do it? How much will it cost?
Defining Your Project
Developing Strategies &
Measures
Implementing Strategies &
Measures
Using Results to Adapt & Improve
Using Results toAdapt & Improve
· Analyze actions & data· Learn from results· Adapt project· Share findings
Using Results to Adapt & Improve
Using Results toAdapt & Improve
· Analyze actions & data· Learn from results· Adapt project· Share findings
How should we adapt our actions and share results to achieve impact at broader scales?
FY05 CAP Working Group• Jeff Baumgartner, Global
Conservation Approach Team • Silvia Benitez, Ecuador Program • Lacey Halstead, Texas Program • Cristina Lasch, Mexico Program • Genevieve Pence, Florida Program • Nick Salafsky, Foundations of
Success • Dan Salzer, Global Conservation
Approach Team • Rob Sutter, Southern U.S. Region • Jora Young, Global Conservation
Approach Team
CAP Basic Practices
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Speaking of Measuring…
Project Scope
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Map of What We Have Discussed
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Prioritize Direct Threats
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Action Plan: Vision and Goals
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Action Plan: Strategies
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Action Plan: Strategies
Action Plan: Objectives and Activities
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Action Plan: Strategies and Results Chains
The Basic Components of a Results Chain:
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TargetObjective ObjectiveGoal
So What?
• This is about Impact– Biodiversity– Partners
• Its also about Money– Transparency of Thought (Common Language)– Business Plan
How Can We Use It?
• Provide Internal Service– Philanthropy
• Marketing– Government Relations– Executive Leadership
And More… 2015
• Summarizing the 2015 Goal & Ecoregional Measures– Biodiversity Status– Threat Status– Effective Management Status
• What is the biodiversity of interest and its status?• What threats exist and what’s their importance?• Which stakeholders should be engaged, what
underlying causes and opportunities warrant attention?
• What specific outcomes are we trying to achieve?• What actions are we taking to achieve the desired
outcomes?• How do we know if our actions are working?• How can we adapt and learn and share results to
achieve impact at broader scales?
Conservation Action Planning
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