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The FWC has been heavily involved in contributing to and shaping the three LCC’s that include Florida, with special emphasis on the Peninsular Florida Landscape Conservation Cooperative (PFLCC), which falls entirely within the state of Florida.Substantia lresources from multiple partners will be required to establish and maintain the PFLCC.FWC will partner with the Service and through this Cooperative Agreement will work in collaboration with the Service to assume roles and responsibilities of the Science Coordinator and Communication Coordinator for the PFLCC.The activities included in the Science Coordination section of this report were completed by the FWC PFLCC Science Coordinator (Kate Haley, July 2013 –July...
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The Washington Shrubsteppe Restoration and Resiliency Initiative (WSRRI) is a new collaborative effortdedicated to conserving the states shrubsteppe wildlife and habitat in the face of increasing threatsfrom wildfire, climate change and other stressors. As part of a long-term transboundary strategy, we willwork with our partners to further co-develop and integrate TerrAdapt into adaptive management plans,enabling managers to better prioritize where shrubsteppe conservation actions (e.g., protecting corehabitat from invasive annual grasses and fire, restoring sagebrush and mesic habitats post-fire, ormitigating key highway movement barriers) are implemented to maintain ecologically connectednetworks of habitat that...
Our main objective is to support territorial climate adaptation, natural resource management, and policy in American Samoa (AS) by bridging information gaps between regional and regional stakeholders through innovative web-tools. These tools will be co-produced with five regional agency partners, and will directly support implementation of their existing climate adaptation management and research activities to significantly move the needle in territorial climate adaptation capacity. (2) The need for a centralized data portal in AS is not new. AS-DOC hosted a now offline GIS portal to support building-permit applications, and in 2016 AS-EPA, AS-DOC, and CRAG, were funded to create a geospatial framework to enable...
In order to better understand the determinants of outplanting success and improve the conservation plan of this species we propose to continue extensive monitoring while also adding sampling to investigate the correlation of success with origin and genetics of founder accession as well as environmental variables (e.g., temperature, rainfall, soil nutrients, and neighboring plant community).The project will provide extensive data predicting determinants of reintroduction and outplanting success in correlation to origin and genetic profiles of founder accessions and environmental variables at outplanting sites. This information will be directly used as basis for an updated conservation plan for Polyscias bisattenuata,...
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The CED will be the tool for USFWS programs to enter in their information on BIL projects. This funding supports modifications to the system to allow for BIL tracking and reporting.
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North American Grassland ecosystems are a regional priority of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS).And in order to implement Strategic Habitat Conservation (SHC) planning the FWS Grasslands EcosystemTeam (GET) needs to better understand the threat of climate change. Based on survey results of GET’sknowledge and needs, we propose to deliver targeted training to enhance the GETs ability tostrategically address climate issues in conservation planning. To date, the GET has successfullyaddressed other grassland threats (e.g., land conversion) but without this training the GET will behandicapped in their ability to fully integrate climate impacts and adaptation into the grassland SHC.
This project studies the Clapper Rail (Rallus longirostris) as an indicator of Gulf Coast tidal marsh habitat change. In spite of much data on the Clapper Rail, critical data is lacking - annual survivorship - which will allow development of species-habitat models to predict the effects of future environmental change. This project will compile existing secretive marsh bird point count data into a breeding marsh bird atlas for the northern Gulf of Mexico and use these data to develop population estimates. Second, nano-tags will be employed to collect survivorship data for Clapper Rails. Those data will be combined with other existing data sets to develop individual-based population models for Clapper Rails. The development...
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Partnership with the Intermountian West Joint Venture to support communications on BIL project opportunities & outcomes.
This multi-faceted project aims to assess nesting habitat for the Federally-listed piping plover (Charadrius melodus) and other beach-dwelling species on Atlantic coastal beaches and to forecast future habitat under accelerating sea level rise. This project engages a broad community of stakeholders along 1500 km of the U.S. Atlantic breeding range from North Carolina to Maine to address a shared problem in species and landscape management and increases collaboration and collective ‘ownership’ of the problem. The project can be divided into three parts: 1) Application development. Using agile software development approaches, a smartphone application called iPlover was conceived, developed and deployed in just a few...
This cooperative agreement, part of the suite of North Atlantic LCC Hurricane Sandy Marsh resilience projects, will increase understanding of how marshes across a range of conditions in the Northeast are likely to respond to sea level rise and storms. We will parameterize coupled marsh and hydrodynamic models for estuaries in the Northeast affected by Hurricane Sandy. The model will be applied to Plum Island Sound, MA in 2015. In the second year of the project, the Hydro-MEM model will be applied to the Edwin B. Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge, in coastal NJ, the John H. Chafee National Wildlife Refuge, in Rhode Island and the back barrier marsh complexes from the inlet of Chesapeake Bay to Ocean City MD, including...
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The Mediterranean climate region of southern and coastal California is a globallyrecognized biodiversity hotspot, in addition its natural landscapes provide a suite of ecosystemservices including water provision to the high density urban populations and agricultural lands inclose proximity. The provisioning of water is also critical to sustained ecological function,including habitat for endangered species like the southern California steelhead. Given theimportance of water provisioning and other ecosystem services, there is surprisingly little knownregarding their vulnerability to future climates and increasing fire in southern California.This is particularly concerning given the predicted impacts of climate change...
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FY2015This project assesses the efficacy of ACK55, a naturally occurring bacterium that decreases invasive annual grasses by up to 70% on test sites. Working with the USDA, USFWS and the Great Basin Institute, researchers plan to treat ten, 1-acre plots on private lands within sage-grouse Biologically Significant Areas to determine the efficacy of ACK55 in warm and dry soils.
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FY2015This project assesses the efficacy of ACK55, a naturally occurring bacterium that decreases invasive annual grasses by up to 70% on test sites. Working with the USDA, USFWS and the Great Basin Institute, researchers plan to treat ten, 1-acre plots on private lands within sage-grouse Biologically Significant Areas to determine the efficacy of ACK55 in warm and dry soils.
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The Shorebird Demographic Network is an international collaboration designed to evaluate how climate mediated changes in the arctic ecosystem are affecting shorebird distribution, ecology, and demography. The main purpose of the network is to monitor demographic parameters (e.g. nest success, adult survival) of widely distributed shorebirds, so that we may develop conservation strategies that tackle the most pressing problems facing these declining species. The Arctic LCC contribution adds monitoring components that track key environmental attributes (e.g. water and prey availability) that are expected to link climate with changing shorebird populations.This project attempted to evaluate portions of two conceptual...
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Partnering with Hopa Mountain, the Native Science Fellows Program is designed to support undergraduate and graduate Native American Students as they complete degrees in geosciences and conservation related fields that will support their future careers related to fish, wildlife and/or conservation.PI: Bonnie Sachatello-Sawyer bsawyer@hopamountain.orgPI/Funding recipients organization: HOPA Mountain Inc.Start date: 9/1/2020Projected end date: 12/31/2023Award ID: not yet assignedFunding sources and amounts: US Fish and Wildlife Service, Legacy Region 6, Science Applications, $70,000
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Collaborative research project between Science Applications, Migratory Birds Program, and National Wildlife Refuge System to test the efficacy and applicabilty of the deploymant of a pilot MOTUS tracking array and nanotagging birds - to assess ability to determine demographics, migration timing, and nesting and wintering habitat selection of 4 priority species in the grasslands ecosystem. If sucessful, will aid the Service and conservation partners in strategic conservation delivery and monitoring.. Science Applications is providing funds for equipement acqisition and assissting in analyses.
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Northeast Montana represents critical, core breeding habitat for many of our most imperiled grasslandsongbird species. USFWS has been working cross-programmatically and with a broad array of externalpartnerships in this region to maintain and enhance habitat for these species. However, to date we havenot adequately monitored birds response to these interventions to determine if and how much we arebenefiting populations. This project would provide that capability for at least a five-year period.
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Grassland habitat losses to woody encroachment iswidespread and ongoing intheSandhills.Many grassland-obligate bird species are not able to use encroached areas, although exact tolerance levels are not known. Long-and short-term effects of woody encroachment removal and control have not yet been determined. More information about the interactions between breeding birds and woody encroachment can help our partnership be more efficient and effective when taking actions intendedto benefit declining species.
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The US Fish and Wildlife Service has been petitioned to list the regal fritillary butterfly under the Endangered Species Act (ESA) with decision due in FY 2022. Population and species viability are directly related to genetic diversity, yet direct measures of genetic diversity are rare for any species, let alone a species of conservation concern. Previous research revealed regal fritillary populations show a reduction in genetic diversity from west to east, as potential habitat patches become smaller and more isolated. Genetic information will inform the species status assessment and the 12-month finding for this species.PI: Sara Oyler-McCance, sara_oyler-mccance@usgs.govPI/Funding recipients organization: US Geological...
map background search result map search result map Assessing the impacts of future climates and fire on hydrologic regimes in the Mediterranean-type ecosystems of southern California ASDN: a Network of Sites to Evaluate How Climate-mediated Change in the Arctic Ecosystem are Affecting Shorebird Distribution, Ecology, and Demography Grassland Species as Indicators for use in Climate Change Modeling Assessment of ACK55 as a Biocontrol of Invasive Annual Grasses in Nevada Assessment of ACK55 as a Biocontrol of Invasive Annual Grasses in Nevada Piloting an automated telemetry array to assess the movements, distribution, distribution and survival of priority grassland bird species in the Great Plains Genetic sampling to expand the phylogeographic analysis for understanding the genetic diversity at continental and regional scales for the regal fritillary butterfly, a species petitioned for listing under the ESA Hopa Mountain Native Science Fellow Program Climate Change and Climate Adaptation Training for Grasslands Conservation Practitioners Closing the SHC loop by monitoring grassland songbirds in Montanas Northern Great Plains Effects of woody encroachment and management on grassland birds in Nebraskas Sandhills Washington Shrub-steppe Restoration and Resiliency Initiative: Defining Shared Spatial Priorities Communications Support Conservation Efforts Database (CED) Upgrades Assessment of ACK55 as a Biocontrol of Invasive Annual Grasses in Nevada Assessment of ACK55 as a Biocontrol of Invasive Annual Grasses in Nevada Closing the SHC loop by monitoring grassland songbirds in Montanas Northern Great Plains Effects of woody encroachment and management on grassland birds in Nebraskas Sandhills Genetic sampling to expand the phylogeographic analysis for understanding the genetic diversity at continental and regional scales for the regal fritillary butterfly, a species petitioned for listing under the ESA Assessing the impacts of future climates and fire on hydrologic regimes in the Mediterranean-type ecosystems of southern California Washington Shrub-steppe Restoration and Resiliency Initiative: Defining Shared Spatial Priorities Grassland Species as Indicators for use in Climate Change Modeling Piloting an automated telemetry array to assess the movements, distribution, distribution and survival of priority grassland bird species in the Great Plains Hopa Mountain Native Science Fellow Program Communications Support Conservation Efforts Database (CED) Upgrades Climate Change and Climate Adaptation Training for Grasslands Conservation Practitioners ASDN: a Network of Sites to Evaluate How Climate-mediated Change in the Arctic Ecosystem are Affecting Shorebird Distribution, Ecology, and Demography