Overview of the North Pacific LCC

Tribe/First Nation Committee

Sept 4, 2014

John Mankowski NPLCC Coordinator

Outline • Why Landscape

Conservation Cooperatives?

• North Pacific LCC – The work we do – How we’re organized

• Resource to other federal Climate Adaptation Resources

Why should we organize around LARGE SCALE Conservation?

LCC Geographic Framework • Administration response to Climate

Change

– Sec Order - 3289, 2009

– 22 LCCs

– Led by - FWS, BOR, USFS, BLM

• Self-directed partnerships

• Respond to regional threats; Natural & Cultural Resources

• Leverage, develop goals/tools, link science-mgt., facilitate info exchange

• Work with other federal CC programs, like CSCs, USFS Hubs, RISAs, etc.

Who? 2 Countries

200+ Tribes and First Nations

4 States, 1 Province, 1 Territory

What? Understand and respond to climate-related large-scale stressors

Traditional Knowledge and western science

Build trans-boundary bridges (international, jurisdictional, geographic)

Provide broader context to conservation efforts

Share information, experiences, best practices

Where? Entire range of Pacific Coastal Temperate Rainforest Terrestrial & Freshwater Aquatic Ecosystems Adjacent Marine Ecosystems (shorelines, estuaries, nearshore)

Why? Face larger-scale challenges with shrinking fiscal resources Natural & cultural resources know no boundaries, Become a Community of Practice

NPLCC Mission:

Promote development, coordination & dissemination of science

to inform landscape-level conservation & sustainable resource management

in the face of a changing climate and related stressors.

1. Maximize ability resource managers make informed decisions given climate change and related stressors

2. Identify and address transboundary, landscape-level natural and cultural resource needs

3. Identify priorities for applied science and other information for conservation/sustainable resource management; coordinate efforts with science centers

4. Maximize availability and accessibility of data & information about large-scale stressors, impacts to natural & cultural resources, management options

5. Promote identification, use and sharing of science, traditional ecological knowledge, other relevant information

6. Promote coordination and efficiency of efforts

7. Promote awareness of effects climate change on environment, cultures, economies

Seven Goals:

Federal FWS, USFS, BLM, NOAA, NRCS, EPA, NPS, USGS, BIA CWS, DFO

State/Provincial 4 States (AK, WA, OR, CA) British Columbia Partnerships: Pacific Coast J.V. Science Orgs: CSC (AK, NW, SW) NOAA RISAs Pac. Climate Impacts Con.

Steering Committee Entities 5 Tribes & First Nations AK, BC, WA, OR, CA

• Convene partners/leaders with common interests; Assess needs

• Fund Strategic, High-priority Projects

• Build Capacity

• Share information & Communicate

What we do:

• Committees & subcommittees • Structured needs assessments • In-person meetings • Collaborate and leverage with

others – CSCs, HUBs, RISAs, USGS, Tribes,

state and federal agencies

Convene Partners and Assess Needs

• Population & Habitat Assessments (3) • Conservation Planning & Design (23) • Vulnerability Assessments (16) • Decision Support Tools & Data (15) • Monitoring & Modeling (3) • Conservation Planning Atlas • Traditional ecological knowledge,

cultural & subsistence resources (12) NPLCC.org/resources

Fund Strategic Projects

Western Science = Traditional Knowledge Isolated Variables - Integrated values

Quantitative - Qualitative Reductionist - Holistic

People separate from nature - Part of nature Clinical - Spiritual

Control - Coexistence

(Mason et. al. 2012)

Build Capacity • Travel support for Tribes and

state/province partners • Provide training/workshops • Support conservation planning efforts

– North Cascadia Partner Forum – Willamette Basin

• Seek/leverage resources with partners of common interests – PCJV Pacific Flyway – Adjacent LCC joint projects – Co-fund projects with CSCs

• Conservation Planning Atlas • Website • Science/Management

Webinars • Newsletters

– Climate Science Digest – North Pacific Tidings

• Social Media – Facebook, Twitter,

YouTube • Conferences/workshops

Communicate & Share Information

NorthPacificLcc.org

Ways to Engage with the NPLCC

• Participate in a leadership role or engage with existing Tribal LCC representatives – Tribal positions on Steering Committee – LCC National Council – 3 Tribal positions

• Participate in LCC Committees and Subcommittees – Tribe/First Nations Committee – S/TEK, Communications, Regional/Topic work groups

• Contribute and Use Resource Management Information

– Web site, Conservation Planning Atlas, webinars, conferences, events

• Apply for LCC grants (vary by LCC) – Tribal Subsistence projects; adaptation planning – Traditional Ecological Knowledge projects (LCCs recognize proprietary rights of TEK

so Tribes share what they choose to share) – Capacity for participation

Federal Climate Adaptation Programs

• Descriptions and links to federal climate adaptation programs, tools.

• Organized by Department and Agency

• Hyperlinks

• Comprehensive but simplistic; doesn’t show interconnections or relative scope/scale

• Available at www.fishwildlife.org • - focus areas; climate

Federal Climate Adaptation Programs

Prominent Federal Resources in Region

• LCCs • National Climate Assessment • National Fish, Wildlife, and Plants Climate

Adaptation Strategy • USGS Climate Science Centers • USDA Climate Change Resource Center, Climate

HUBs • NOAA RISAs • EPA, BIA

Key Resources 1. LCC Network – lccnetwork.org

2. North Pacific LCC – nplcc.org, list serve

3. Institute for Tribal Environmental Professionals (NAU), Sue Wotkyns Climate Change Program Manger – nau.edu/itep

• Training, webinar series

• Draft Primer on CC; Guide for Considering Traditional Knowledges in CC (Gary Morishima, Preston Hardison, et al.)

4. Pacific Northwest Climate Change Network - tribalclimate.uoregon.edu

• Network coordination calls

• Profiles of projects

• Funding Guide - grants

Thank you!