The Federal Resource Management and Ecosystem Services Guidebook Federal Resource Management and Ecosystem Services Guidebook nespguidebook.com Methods for Incorporating Ecosystem Services into Planning and Decision-Making ACES Workshop 2014

A BOUT Federal Resource Management and Ecosystem Services Guidebook | nespguidebook.com TimeTopicPresenter 8:00-8:20FRMES Introduction and OverviewLydia Olander 8:20-8:50Assessment FrameworkDean Urban 8:50-9:30 Stakeholder Engagement Includes short exercise Deb Whitall 9:30-10:00BREAK 10:00-11:30 Means-Ends Diagrams Includes exercise Christy Ihlo 11:30-1:00LUNCH 1:00-1:50 Benefit Relevant Metrics Development Includes exercise Lisa Wainger 1:50-2:30Monetary ValuationRob Johnston 2:30-3:00BREAK 3:00-4:00Non-Monetary Valuation (MCDA)Dean Urban 4:00-4:30Wrap-Up and Q&A Includes survey of participants Lydia Olander

A BOUT Federal Resource Management and Ecosystem Services Guidebook | nespguidebook.com Workshop Leaders Lydia Olander, PhD Director Ecosystem Services Program National Ecosystem Services Partnership Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions Duke University Dean Urban, PhD Professor of Landscape Ecology Senior Associate Dean Nicholas School of the Environment Duke University Christy Ihlo, MEM Research Assistant Ecosystem Services Program Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions Duke University Lisa Wainger, PhD Research Professor University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science Rob Johnston, PhD Professor of Economics Department of Economics Director and Research Professor The George Perkins Marsh Institute Clark University Deb Whitall, PhD Regional Social Scientist Pacific Southwest Region US Forest Service

The Federal Resource Management and Ecosystem Services Guidebook Federal Resource Management and Ecosystem Services Guidebook nespguidebook.com Lydia Olander, PhD Director Ecosystem Services Program National Ecosystem Services Partnership Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions Duke University

A BOUT Federal Resource Management and Ecosystem Services Guidebook | nespguidebook.com Why Create the Guidebook? 1998 PCAST report - Teaming with Life: Investing in Science to Understand and Use America’s Living Capital Millennium Ecosystem Assessment Farm Bill Establishment of USDA Office of Ecosystem Services and Markets Wetlands Compensatory Mitigation Rule Inter-agency dialogue on payments and markets for ecosystem services PCAST Report - Sustaining Environmental Capital: Protecting Society and the Economy Forest Service Planning Rule International Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services CEQ Principles and Requirements for Federal Investments in Water Resources

A BOUT T HE A SSESSMENT F RAMEWORK for Ecosystem Services Methods for connecting ecological and social analyses E XPLORE A GENCY U SE of Ecosystem Services Agency decision contexts and examples U NDERSTAND THE M OTIVATION for Ecosystem Services Approaches History, definitions, benefits, limitations, FAQs What Does the Guidebook Include? Federal Resource Management and Ecosystem Services Guidebook | nespguidebook.com

A BOUT Federal Resource Management and Ecosystem Services Guidebook | nespguidebook.com  Help to fill the gap between concept and practice  Educate newcomers & managers on the ground  Shared learning across agencies  Connect ecological and social methods for ES evaluation  Common framework that spans decision contexts and geography  Bring together agency and academic experts to bring credibility while remaining practical Goals of the Project

A BOUT Federal Resource Management and Ecosystem Services Guidebook | nespguidebook.com Over 150 People Participated Project Leads Lydia Olander, Dean Urban, Tim Profeta (Duke University) Lynn Scarlett (The Nature Conservancy) Jim Boyd (Resources for the Future) Sally Collins (Consultant, Formerly USFS and USDA OEM) Funders Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis National Socio-Environmental Synthesis Center Duke University USDA Office of Environmental Markets Seed funding from several agencies Universities & Consultants Clark University Colorado State University Duke University University of Maryland Ohio University University of Wisconsin Vanderbilt University The New School Institute for Natural Resources Parametrix Spatial Informatics Group Agency Partners U.S. Forest Service U.S. Bureau of Land Management U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service U.S. Geological Survey U.S. Department of the Interior U.S. Environmental Protection Agency National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Agency Observers Council on Environmental Quality Office of Science and Technology Policy Office of Management and Budget USDA Office of Environmental Markets U.S. Department of State NGOs Compass Defenders of Wildlife Conservation Science Partners NatureServe Resources for the Future The Nature Conservancy United Nations Environment Programme

A BOUT Federal Resource Management and Ecosystem Services Guidebook | nespguidebook.com How Was the Guidebook Created? Agencies Managers NGOs Technical Experts Agency examples NCEAS and SESYNC Technical Working Groups Assessment framework and methods review Data and infrastructure needs Community of Practice Advice, review, integration, communication Online Guidebook

Federal Resource Management and Ecosystem Services Guidebook | nespguidebook.com U NDERSTAND THE M OTIVATION FOR AN ECOSYSTEM SERVICES APPROACH

M OTIVATION Federal Resource Management and Ecosystem Services Guidebook | nespguidebook.com Common Categories Millennium Ecosystem Assessment 11 Provisioning Goods or products produced by ecosystems Regulating Natural processes regulated by ecosystems Cultural Non-material benefits obtained from ecosystems 11 Supporting Functions that maintain all other services Source of slide: Businesses for Social Responsibility

M OTIVATION Federal Resource Management and Ecosystem Services Guidebook | nespguidebook.com An Ecosystem Services Approach Katie Locklier, 2013 USDA, FS Tony Alter, Wikimedia Commons Katie Locklier, 2013 USDA FS Rob Haight, USFS N. Research Station Vera Kratovchil, PublicDomainPictures.net

M OTIVATION Federal Resource Management and Ecosystem Services Guidebook | nespguidebook.com Potential Benefits Analysis of who has access and benefits from changes in services can be the basis for understanding distributional or equity implications Alex Chuman

M OTIVATION Federal Resource Management and Ecosystem Services Guidebook | nespguidebook.com Frequently Asked Questions Does this approach…. 1.Get used in all management decisions?  No 2.Replace assessments of traditional economic benefits?  No 3.Favor easy to quantify services?  No 4.Require monetization of all services?  No 5.Always change the outcome of a decision?  No 6.Replace existing agency priorities?  No An ecosystem services approach complements existing processes by providing additional information.

M OTIVATION Federal Resource Management and Ecosystem Services Guidebook | nespguidebook.com Potential Challenges  Technical terminology may cause confusion  Gaps in data and modeling for ecosystem services could limit quantification  Insufficient in-house technical capacity  Managing greater engagement with a larger number of stakeholders  Concern that significant effort is required for potentially small impact on decisions

Federal Resource Management and Ecosystem Services Guidebook | nespguidebook.com E XPLORE A GENCY U SE HOW ARE AGENCIES THINKING ABOUT ECOSYSTEM SERVICES?

A GENCIES Federal Resource Management and Ecosystem Services Guidebook | nespguidebook.com Agency Use Johan Hogervorst Agency Approaches  National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration  The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers  The U.S. Bureau of Land Management  The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service  The U.S. Forest Service Exploration of Legal Authority  The National Environmental Policy Act  The Federal Land Policy and Management Act

A GENCIES Federal Resource Management and Ecosystem Services Guidebook | nespguidebook.com Agency Applications and Explorations AgencyExample BLMUpper Green River Conservation Exchange Program BLMProtecting Ecosystem Services While Developing Renewable Energy EPAEcosystem Services and NOx/SOx Secondary Standards FWSGreat Dismal Swamp National Wildlife Refuge FWSSan Diego National Wildlife Refuge FWSSilvio O. Conte National Wildlife Refuge NOAAEvaluating Ecosystem Services in Coastal and Marine Environments: Marine InVEST NOAAAn Ecosystem Services Framework for Conservation of Coastal Blue Carbon USFSEcosystem Services Concepts and Inyo, Sierra, and Sequoia National Forests USFSThe Cool Soda All Lands Restoration Proposal USFSEcosystem Services and Management of Complex Landscape: The Marsh Project USFSEcosystem Services and Land Management Plan Revision USFSIntegrating Ecosystem Service into Forest Service Programs and Operations

“Using an ecosystem services perspective is like moving from black and white to full spectrum color in terms of the richness of the analysis and the ability to communicate it to the public.” John Allen, Deschutes National Forest Supervisor Federal Resource Management and Ecosystem Services Guidebook nespguidebook.com