Kirsten Gallo (CHDN), Andy Hubbard (SODN) & Nita Tallent-Halsell (MOJN)

 Secretarial Order No September 14, 2009: climate change strategy to integrate the work of each DOI bureau to mitigate and adapt to the effects of climate change  Landscape Conservation Cooperatives (LCC) ….with a geographically defined area.  NPS – monitoring indicators of climate change in arid lands ◦ SODN & CHDN & MOJN collaboratively implement & manage enhanced monitoring for climate change in deserts 2

 6-8 April 2010  Final Report: Science Learning Center of the American Southwest:  d/outreach/workshops/climate/aridlands d/outreach/workshops/climate/aridlands 3

 Monitoring collaboratively across 3 networks  $400,000 shared  Focus: ◦ Seeps and springs ◦ Vegetation Sampling along ecotonal gradients ◦ Climate ◦ Phenology and Snowpack 4

 Develop & implement monitoring protocols in all 3 networks in concert ◦ Funding:  Field crews (2 MOJN, 1 CHDN, 1 SODN)  Shared training & laboratory contracts  Common data management & databases  Reports in common format. CHDN and MOJN will share a report writer (SODN has a writer already)  Annual reports for each Park  Status and Trend Report 5 year 5

 4 Parks in SODN and CHDN  As MOJN develops and implements an Integrated Uplands protocol explore whether sampling ecotonal gradients in MOJN parks (JOTR, DEVA) would be sensitive enough to detect change in productivity over space in time. [GRBA is not in the Arid Lands LCC) 6

 3 will work together to develop climate protocol ◦ Landscape Ecologist position shared among three networks in the Desert LCC and the Great Northern LCC. ◦ MOJN, CHDN & SODN develop and share data management ◦ Reports for the networks will have common formats. The shared ecologist will have the lead on reporting for each of the networks. 7

 Drawn from existing or developing processes. ◦ MOJN – springs 8

 Allocation Summary  $ 97,000 SODN  $120,000 MOJN  $143,000 CHDN  $ 40, acct (shared ecologist) 9

 Ecologist GS11 Term – phenology & climate protocol (March 2011)  Science writer GS9 – shared CHDN and MOJN (March 2011)  2 MOJN Springs Crews (4 person) for 6 months ◦ Complement 1 Riparian Crew 10

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