1. Patterns of Freshwater Species Richness, Endemism and Vulnerability in California: the Freshwater Conservation Blueprint Joseph Furnish (US Forest Service) Jeanette Howard, Kirk Klausmeyer (The Nature Conservancy) Kurt Fesenmyer (Trout Unlimited)

3. 1.California Freshwater Species Database 2.California Freshwater Conservation Blueprint Road Map

4. What and where are freshwater species in California? © Larry Serpa California Tiger Salamander (Ambystoma californiense) (Solano County ) Photo by Jackson Shedd 1. California Freshwater Database

5. 2003 – CDFW published maps of fish, birds, amphibians, mammals and plants of California. For fish, Sacramento- San Joaquin- Pit rivers are most diverse.

6. June 2013 - Released report and public database, 1,728 species included June – July 2013 – Received lots of comments, critiques August 2013 – Formed working group to revise database

7. Current Working Group (26 taxon specialists) TNC - Jeanette Howard, Rodd Kelsey, Kirk R. Klausmeyer, Larry Serpa, Jackson Shedd Trout Unlimited - Kurt A. Fesenmyer, Rene Henery US Forest Service - Joseph Furnish, Michael Kellett Point Blue - Tom Gardali UC Davis - Ted Grantham, Peter B. Moyle, Ryan Peek, Rebecca Quinones, Nick Santos, Amber Wright UC Merced - Josh Viers CalTrout - Jacob Katz McBain Associates - Sarah Kupferberg CA DFW - Patrick McIntyre, Pete Ode, Andy Rehn, Steve Schoenig California State University, Chico - Joe Slusark CA State Water Board - Lori Webber So. CA Coastal Water Research Project - Raphael Mazor

8. What are freshwater species? Criteria defined for: Amphibians and Reptiles Benthic Macroinvertebrates Birds Fish Plants Birds

9. All Taxa = 3,904

10. Endemic Taxa = 927

11. 4,450 HUC12 Subwatersheds Mean of 100 km 2 (Range 40-160 km 2 ) Watershed Spatial Data

12. Sources Point features Line features Polygon features Total Features Global Biodiversity Information Facility 2,631,338 Buglab 356,239 SWAMP 168,702 California Avian Datacenter 125,972 Consortium of CA Herbaria 81,089 Other data sources 35,91823,68957560,182 HerpNet 55,191 CNDDB 9,9148,39418,308 CalBug 18,099 BIOS 1,36133211,415 PISCES 130 CWHR 66 Spatial Data Sources- a total of 495

13. Value is determined by cell occupancy, species weights and range sizes of species Evaluates observed or modeled species distributions in a complementarity-based reserve selection approach. Implements a cell-based algorithm, removing the least valuable cell first resulting in a hierarchy of “conservation value” Zonation

14. Spatial Data Collection and Mapping California Red-legged frog © Larry Serpa

15. All species (A), % Vulnerable (B), % Listed (C) Patterns Freshwater Biodiversity

16. Endemic species (A), % Vulnerable (B), % Listed (C) Patterns Freshwater Biodiversity

17. Richness of (A) fish, (B) herps (C) birds Patterns by Taxonomic Group

18. Richness of (D) mollusks/crustaceans, (E) insects and other inverts (F) plants Patterns by Taxonomic Group

19. For More Information: o Peer Reviewed Publication in PlosOne: J. Howard et al 2015. Patterns of Freshwater Species Richness, Endemism, and Vulnerability in California. o Open Source Database in CA Fish and Wildlife BIOS:

20. 2. California Freshwater Blueprint Project Goals Identify priority freshwater conservation areas in California (Phase 1) Develop regional- and watershed-specific conservation strategies (Phase 2)

21. California’s Freshwater Conservation Blueprint Klamath & tributaries Eagle Lake Tahoe Eel Eagle Lake Clear Lake Santa Cruz & Monterey Walker Kings San Gabriel Amargosa Santa Clara Tuolumne

22. Identify focal biodiversity and set key targets Evaluate and map the occurrences and status of biodiversity Identify high conservation value areas Analyze and map threats and land tenure and evaluate opportunity Identify priority areas and gaps Develop strategies Graphic adapted from http://www.cbd.int/protected-old/gap.shtml Phase 2 Phase 1 Howard J.K., Klausmeyer K.R., Fesenmyer K.A., Furnish J., Gardali T., Grantham T., et al. 2015. Patterns of Freshwater Species Richness, Endemism, and Vulnerability in California. PLoS ONE 10(7): e0130710. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0130710 * *

23. Master, Flack and Stein. 1998. Rivers of Life: Critical Watersheds for protecting Freshwater Biodiversity, TNC. Watersheds were 4 th -field Hydrologic Unit Code in size. Mean of 227 mi 2 ( 40,000–250,000 acres ) or 59,000 hectares ( 15,000-100,000 )

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