PROPOSED PRIORITIES FOR SCIENCE AND COLLABORATION OCTOBER 2012

TODAY  Review priority identification process  Discuss proposed priorities – finalize list  Review and discuss current and future LCC investments  Next steps Vision: A conservation community, that while governed by their unique purposes and missions, collaborates on sustaining lands and waters that support natural and cultural resources and the services they provide. Mission: To support and sustain a conservation community through information development and dissemination designed to inform coordinated conservation action.

PRIORITY IDENTIFICATION PROCESS Interview Key LCC Members  Identified potential LCC roles and priorities Presentation and Clarification of Findings  Science, coordination, and communication roles  >150 potential priorities Identification of Priority Statements  Priorities condensed into ~50 statements Sorting/Ranking Priority Statements  Technical Core Team sorted and ranked priority statements for Science and Coordination Technical Core Team Workshop  Developed short list of 5 Science and 4 Coordination priorities as recommendations

PROPOSED SCIENCE PRIORITIES  Assessing terrestrial and aquatic connectivity  Conservation of species at a landscape scale  Climate change adaptation for fish, wildlife, and natural resources  Quantifying and communicating ecosystem services  Energy development and landscape change

PROPOSED COORDINATION PRIORITIES  Information management, delivery, and communication  Using regional assets for relating science, management, and policy  Emerging conservation issues  Regional conservation efforts

CURRENT INVESTMENT – SCIENCE vs. COORDINATION

NEXT STEPS – IDENTIFYING SCIENCE NEEDS  Communicate UMGL LCC priorities  Update website and fact sheets, press releases, etc  LCC meeting/workshop?  Develop objectives and expected outcomes for each priority  Select framework for each priority  Reorganize Technical Team – workgroups/committees by priority?