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1. The Pools 2. The Policy (the challenge) 3. The People (the solution)
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Spring: snowmelt and rainfall
Fall: fill with groundwater, reduced ET
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Pool Characteristics
• Small (< 10,000 sq ft)
• No Permanent Inlet/Outlet
• Fishless
• Specialized breeding fauna
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The Policy
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Federal Regulation State Regulation
750 feet 250 feet
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Challenges to Protecting Small Pools
• Hard to inventory • Pool PLUS forest • Private property • No evident ecosystem services
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Complex Life Histories
Breeding habitat
Baldwin et al 2006 JHerp
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250 ft
Challenges to Protecting Pools
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Lag between policy and best available science
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Ghost pools?
Post breeding habitat
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The People (The solution)
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Wildlife, people , AND ecologically and economically sustainable communities
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Turning Contention into Collaboration Stakeholder solutions
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The Cast of Characters
Leading roles • Federal and state regulating agencies • State planner • Developers and real estate professionals • Municipal planners and economic
development staff • Ecologist, biologists: federal, state, University
of Maine
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The Cast of Characters
Supporting roles
• University of Maine economists
• Land trusts
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What is a Vernal Pool?
• Regulating agency
• Developer
• Municipality
• Ecologist
• Statutory responsibility
• Regulated resource
• Depends where it’s located
• Unique wetland habitat
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Who’s Right?
EVERYONE!
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A New Approach
REQUIRES A DIFFERENT WAY OF LOOKING AT THE ISSUE
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Understanding Multiple Frames of View
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And Multiple Perspectives of the Same Thing
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Growth area Rural area
What is the Maine Vernal Pool SAMP?
• Alternative Mitigation Tool
• Approved by US Army Corps
and ME DEP (Sept 2016)
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Key Benefits of the Maine Vernal Pool SAMP
• Streamlines development in growth areas
• Remunerates rural land owners
• Provides increased predictability for developers
• Supports municipal goals for growth and rural areas
• Completes strategic conservation at the landscape scale
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Growth Zone
Rural Zone
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250 feet
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How Does the Maine VP SAMP Work? Putting the Option in Play
Municipality
It all starts here
Comprehensive plan Ordinances
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How Does the Maine VP SAMP Work? Putting the Option in Play
Municipality
IFW
Designated development area Vernal pool conservation targets
3rd Party
Third party agreement
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Meets criteria
Meets criteria C and D
Does not meet criteria
GROWTH
AREA
RURAL AREA
Meets SVP definition)
Vernal Pool
Potential Vernal Pool
GROWTH AREA
Not a Vernal Pool
TOPSHAM RURAL
AREA
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How Does the Maine VP SAMP Work? Putting the Option in Play
Municipality
DEP Corps
IFW
DDA approval Partial Delegated Authority
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How Does the Maine VP SAMP Work? Using the Tool: Development
Municipality DEP
Applicant
Corps IFW
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How Does the Maine VP SAMP Work? Using the Tool : Conservation
Municipality DEP
Applicant
IFW Corps
3rd Party
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How Does the Maine VP SAMP Work? Using the Tool: Conservation
Municipality DEP
Applicant
IFW Corps
3rd Party
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For More Information
• Where to find the Maine VP SAMP:
http://www.nae.usace.army.mil/Missions/Regulatory/PublicNotices.aspx
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Elizabeth Hertz
207-737-8135
Aram JK Calhoun