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CONSERVING FISH & & CONSERVING FISH WILDLIFE IN AN ERA OF WILDLIFE IN AN ERA OF CLIMATE CHANGE CLIMATE CHANGE POLICY IMPLICATIONS POLICY IMPLICATIONS Defenders Defenders of Wildlife of Wildlife Western Governors


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CONSERVING FISH CONSERVING FISH & & WILDLIFE IN AN ERA OF WILDLIFE IN AN ERA OF CLIMATE CHANGE CLIMATE CHANGE

POLICY IMPLICATIONS POLICY IMPLICATIONS

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Western Governors Western Governors’ ’ Association Association Wildlife Corridors Initiative Wildlife Corridors Initiative Climate Change Working Group Report Climate Change Working Group Report

June 2008 June 2008

http://www. http://www.westgov westgov.org .org

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POLI CY CHALLENGES POLI CY CHALLENGES AND AND RECOMMENDED RESPONSES RECOMMENDED RESPONSES

1.

  • 1. Over

Over-

  • arching

arching 2.

  • 2. Science and Knowledge

Science and Knowledge 3.

  • 3. Institutional

Institutional 4.

  • 4. Private Lands

Private Lands 5.

  • 5. Funding

Funding

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OVER OVER-

  • ARCHI NG POLI CY CHALLENGES

ARCHI NG POLI CY CHALLENGES Issues Are Complex Issues Are Complex

  • Numerous interactions and

Numerous interactions and feedbacks. feedbacks.

  • S

Solutions involve short

  • lutions involve short -
  • term

term actions and long actions and long-

  • term planning.

term planning.

  • No simple fixes causes many to

No simple fixes causes many to feel overwhelmed. feel overwhelmed.

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Uncertainty Uncertainty

  • Often equated with ignorance or

Often equated with ignorance or absence of information. absence of information.

  • Result may be

Result may be wa wait it -

  • and

and-

  • see

see approach. approach.

  • No action is a decision that may

No action is a decision that may carry greatest risk. carry greatest risk.

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Problems of Scale Problems of Scale

  • Global phenomenon.

Global phenomenon.

  • Important effects not felt for

Important effects not felt for decades. decades.

  • Too large or too far off to be

Too large or too far off to be managed. managed.

  • Difficult for mangers and planners

Difficult for mangers and planners to address. to address.

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SCI ENCE AND KNOW LEDGE SCI ENCE AND KNOW LEDGE CHALLENGES CHALLENGES

  • Recognize

Recognize monitoring is central to monitoring is central to successful adaptation. successful adaptation.

  • Accept planning based on limited

Accept planning based on limited knowledge. knowledge.

  • Foster coordinated management.

Foster coordinated management.

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Recom m ended Policy Responses Recom m ended Policy Responses Create Create Wildlife Adaptation Advisory Council Wildlife Adaptation Advisory Council: :

  • Climate

Climate-

  • impact assessments.

impact assessments.

  • R

Regional habitat priorities. egional habitat priorities.

  • Target species task forces.

Target species task forces.

  • Coordinated monitoring.

Coordinated monitoring.

  • Long

Long-

  • term, multi

term, multi-

  • state research.

state research.

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Establish Establish regional adaptation regional adaptation information clearinghouse information clearinghouse– –

  • Access to current scientific &

Access to current scientific & policy information. policy information.

  • Data stewardship.

Data stewardship.

  • Dissemination of information

Dissemination of information about policies and analyses about policies and analyses. .

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I NSTI TUTI ONAL CHALLENGES I NSTI TUTI ONAL CHALLENGES

  • Protect existing crucial habitats

Protect existing crucial habitats across jurisdictional boundaries. across jurisdictional boundaries.

  • Preserve options to conserve

Preserve options to conserve habitats that may become crucial. habitats that may become crucial.

  • Support landscape planning and

Support landscape planning and adaptation to changing patterns. adaptation to changing patterns.

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I NSTI TUTI ONAL CHALLENGES I NSTI TUTI ONAL CHALLENGES

  • Current legal structures favor

Current legal structures favor stability. stability.

  • Policies not flexible enough to

Policies not flexible enough to handle uncertainty and changing handle uncertainty and changing information. information.

  • Flexibility needs conflict with

Flexibility needs conflict with jurisdictional boundaries and slow jurisdictional boundaries and slow rates of change. rates of change.

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Recom m ended Policy Responses Recom m ended Policy Responses

  • Coordinate

Coordinate strategic, landscape strategic, landscape scale adaptation activities. scale adaptation activities.

  • Consider wildlife adaptation models

Consider wildlife adaptation models and coordinate planning under and coordinate planning under NEPA. NEPA.

  • Require federal plans and

Require federal plans and regulatory standards to protect regulatory standards to protect crucial crucial habitats. habitats.

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Recom m ended Policy Responses Recom m ended Policy Responses

  • Coordinate state agency assistance

Coordinate state agency assistance to local governments. to local governments.

  • Evaluate state laws and statewide

Evaluate state laws and statewide policies. policies.

  • Require state programs and local

Require state programs and local planning to protect identified planning to protect identified habitats habitats. .

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Recom m ended Policy Responses Recom m ended Policy Responses

  • S

Strategically plan trategically plan and adaptively and adaptively manage for hydrologic changes manage for hydrologic changes. .

  • Maximize water conservation.

Maximize water conservation.

  • Add water storage capacity.

Add water storage capacity.

  • Develop State Invasive Species

Develop State Invasive Species Strategies. Strategies.

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PRI VATE LANDS CHALLENGES PRI VATE LANDS CHALLENGES

  • Crucial habitats increasingly

Crucial habitats increasingly threatened by fragmentation. threatened by fragmentation.

  • Will worsen as climate change

Will worsen as climate change shifts and shrinks habitat mosaic. shifts and shrinks habitat mosaic.

  • Need for greater flexibility and use

Need for greater flexibility and use

  • f incentives.
  • f incentives.

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Recom m ended Policy Responses Recom m ended Policy Responses

  • Enact tax benefits

Enact tax benefits for landowners for landowners who protect crucial habitat. who protect crucial habitat.

  • Give priority to crucial wildlife

Give priority to crucial wildlife habitats habitats in Farm Bill conservation in Farm Bill conservation prog programs. rams.

  • Weight carbon offsets to foster

Weight carbon offsets to foster crucial habitat protection. crucial habitat protection.

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Recom m ended Policy Responses Recom m ended Policy Responses

  • Provide outreach and assistance to

Provide outreach and assistance to help landowners enroll crucial help landowners enroll crucial habitats in offset programs. habitats in offset programs.

  • Make greater state and local use of

Make greater state and local use of voluntary, flexible term easements voluntary, flexible term easements and leases. and leases.

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FUNDI NG CHALLENGES FUNDI NG CHALLENGES

  • Insufficient funding at any

Insufficient funding at any government level government level. .

  • Inconsistent and short

Inconsistent and short -

  • term

term funding. funding.

  • Absence of secure, long

Absence of secure, long-

  • term

term revenue streams and mechanisms. revenue streams and mechanisms.

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Recom m ended Policy Responses Recom m ended Policy Responses

  • Dedicate revenue to wildlife

Dedicate revenue to wildlife adaptation. adaptation.

  • Provide long

Provide long-

  • term funding

term funding guarantee guarantee. .

  • Provide matching funding for state

Provide matching funding for state and local crucial habitat protection. and local crucial habitat protection.

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Recom m ended Policy Responses Recom m ended Policy Responses

  • Base expenditures on adaptation

Base expenditures on adaptation strategies/ SWAPs. strategies/ SWAPs.

  • Prioritize State

Prioritize State-

  • level funding to

level funding to encourage local investments. encourage local investments.

  • Give priority to grant requests that

Give priority to grant requests that maintain landscape connectivity maintain landscape connectivity. .

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