Northern CA AIM Monitoring Support– 2025-2029

Project ID: L24AC00659

Federal Agency: Bureau of Land Management

Partner Institution: Portland State University

Fiscal Year: 2024

Initial Funding: $939,298

Total Funding: $939,298

Principal Investigator: Gaines, Eleanor

Agreement Technical Representative: Brown, Teresa

Abstract: 

Objective(s):

The Bureau of Land Management’s California Wildlife Program administers activities that support and maintain functioning wildlife habitats, developing, and implementing restoration projects, and the inventory and monitoring of priority habitats and species to track trends and use and California BLM in meeting multiple DOl priority areas. This work addresses three of the Department priorities, including

• Working to conserve at least 30% each of our lands and waters by the year 2030: Several elements of the ’30 by 30′ priority will be addressed through this work, including adopting a collaborative and inclusive approach, conserving America’s lands and waters for the benefit of all people, supporting locally led conservation efforts, honoring private property rights and supporting the voluntary stewardship efforts of private landowners, using science as a guide, and building on existing tools and strategies with an emphasis on flexibility and adaptive approaches. Assessing, Inventory and Monitoring (AIM) work emphasizes using the power of technology and science to inform adaptive management of terrestrial, stream, and wetland and riparian habitat in California.
• Investing in infrastructure: The proposed work will support wildland fire management and restoration of critical habitats and will address the drought crisis by identifying areas that capture and store water. This work will support restoration of rangelands to combat climate change.
• Centering equity and environmental justice: The effects of drought, pollution, and climate change fall disproportionately on marginalized communities. This work will identify and assess habitats that can buffer these effects and improve management of these vital habitats.