Provide collaborative services to facilitate conservation action for the North Pacific Landscape Commission

Project ID: F15AC00594

Federal Agency: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

Partner Institution: University of Washington

Fiscal Year: 2015

Initial Funding: $33,292

Total Funding: $34,023

Principal Investigator: Harrington, Stephanie

Agreement Technical Representative: Kirchner, William

Abstract: Funds under this award are to be used to meet national standards in delivering coordination of conservation efforts in the North Pacific Landscape Conservation Cooperative (NPLCC) to improve natural resource conservation and management to address climate change and other major system stressors. Working in partnership with other agencies and organizations, the NPLCC will work to build Federal and non”federal partnerships in which new and existing science will be developed shared and employed to inform natural resource conservation actions that provide mitigation of and adaptation to the effects of climate change.

The Service Will:

• Provide leadership in guiding, facilitating and nurturing an interdependent network among federal, state, tribes, and non”govemmental organizations.
• Lead and support a process for science planning in the North Pacific Landscape cooperative area, including prioritizing science and technology needs to address resource management and conservation issues. Determine best approach to address priority needs.
• Collaborate with other FWS programs and agencies (e.g. USGS Climate Science Center) to reduce duplication, share resources and expertise, and synthesize knowledge.

The Recipient Will:

• Collaborate with partner agencies and organizations in lending and developing the (NPLCC) that will provide the scientific information to support landscape-scale conservation in response to climate change and other major system stressors.
• Provide leadership in creating, guiding, facilitating, and nurturing an interdependent network amongst State and Federal agencies, Tribes, and non-governmental organizations.
• Lead and support a process for science planning in the NPLCC area, including prioritizing science and technology needs to address priority resource management and conservation issues; determining how best to address priority needs; obtains or develops scientific information or tools, and ensures information is delivered in a timely and useful manner.
• Work collaboratively to support, design, and deliver conservation actions that cross jurisdictional boundaries.
• Communicate regularly with a wide range of stakeholders to understand their needs and to communicate progress and science findings.
• Collaborate with other programs and agencies (e.g. USGS Climate Science Centers) to reduce duplication, share resources and expertise, and synthesize knowledge.
• Work collaboratively to support the integration of cooperative-based outputs from biological planning and conservation design into existing projects and programs among organization, agencies and partnerships.
• Ensure NPLCC activities and programs are coordinated across geographic areas and other boundaries; collaborates within a seamless national network of Landscape Conservation cooperatives; and represents the interest of the Service in various national and international forums on both policy and technical issues associated with the implementation of landscape
conservation.