VIDEO: Session 2: Managing our Public Lands for Conservation Values

VIDEO: 10:50 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. SESSION 2: Managing our Public Lands for Conservation Values Moderator and Commentator: Fred Cheever, University of Denver, Sturm College of Law Speakers: Ken Rait, The Pew Charitable Trusts Brett Dickson, Conservation Science Partners Kristin Bail, Bureau of Land Mana...

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Main Authors:	Rait, Ken, Dickson, Brett, Bail, Kristin
Format:	Text
Language:	unknown
Published:	Colorado Law Scholarly Commons 2016
Subjects:	status report BLM land conservation accomplishments FLPMA obligations multiple use sustained yield unnecessary and undue degradation two conservation provisions quantifiable outcomes Federal Land Policy and Management Act Section 603 inventories wilderness study areas 20 million acres San Juan County Mancos Mesa southeastern Utah outstanding opportunities for solitude permitted recreation inventory crew appeal to IBLA Interior Board of Land Appeals systemic problems John Seiberling Ohio congressman not enough wilderness sister multiple use agencies U.S. Forest Service 191 million acres 30.63% inventoried roadless areas 19.11% wilderness areas 50.26% other USFS lands United States Forest Service Bureau of Land Management 347 million acres 8.10% wilderness study areas 3.52% designated wilderness 88.38% other BLM lands Section 201 Section 202 roadless study acres BLM domain 161 million acres roadless/wilderness characteristics inherited legacy resource values wildland policy Secretary of the Interior Gail Norton Utah Governor Mike Leavitt December 2010 defunded by Congress BLM Manual 6310 wilderness characteristics inventory BLM Manual 6320 land use plans internal guidance instruction memorandum 2013 IMs Records of Decision 2015 RMP RODs seven different planning areas greater sage grouse plans disappointing conservation outcomes minimum management standards implementation FLPMA Title II state level guidance land use planning land acquisition disposition work in progress Reagan Administration James Watt Department of the Interior 1990 GAO Report field office managers broad discretion philosophical views inconsistent ACEC designation decisions priority language 1 092 ACECs Areas of Critical Environmental Concern identified values Alaska Western Arctic Caribou Herd insect relief area Nulato Hills Kobuk-Seward planning area Black Mountain ecosystem management herd management area northwestern Arizona mineral development rulemaking process Robert Redford BLM activist coal development National Landscape Conservation System National Conservation Lands System conservation repository National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska 23 million acres largest contiguous block of public land North America’s Duck Factory five special areas Integrated Activity Plan IAP February 2013 largest land conservation measure Obama’s first term sage grouse endangered Sage Steppe ecosystem Sage Steppe Habitat 350 wildlife species economic output September 2015 special protection 68 planning areas largest conservation measure Obama’s second term Desert Renewable Energy Conservation Plan 11 million acres BLM land southern California Mojave Desert responsible balance renewable energy development greater needs important opportunities policy pieces conceptual recommendations Planning 2.0 policy legacy current generational opportunity leading edge landscape-scale planning wildlife migration corridors science affecting public lands migrating species mule deer pronghorn elk western Wyoming Hoback to Red Desert mandatory conservation certain classes national parks Forest Service oil and gas leasing reform policy reform framing pieces America’s outdoor recreation agency Bob Wick’s photos BLM photographer compelling story 60 million recreation visits annually 2.8 billion dollars a year rural western economies outdoor recreation narrative biological diversity biodiversity terrestrial areas United States Mexico habitat sites seedbed large conservation advances largest terrestrial conservation advances BLM’s conservation mission under FLPMA process Conservation Science Partners Northern Arizona University Nature Conservancy landscape ecological science work of Pew BLM lands 2.5-billion US acres 25% federally owned 250 million acres natural historical cultural scenic recreational assets social significance 245 listed plant/animal species 20% of nation’s imperiled species 450 of 800 rare plants BLM’s domain ecological assets ecological processes significant opportunity vast extent 4% wilderness 7% other NLCS lands National Conservation Lands NCLs 8% other administratively protected areas 81% unprotected core research objective identify quantify contiguous areas unprotected roadless BLM land West high levels of biodiversity climate change resilience landscape connectivity methodological steps analysis 11 western states spatial data meaningful ecological indicators conservation priority areas CPAs high-value ‘cores’ patterns ecological connectivity parameters connectivity methods flow centrality effective resistance existing protected areas IUCN category I-IV lands new protected areas other special designation lands seven ecological indicators species richness vegetation community diversity surface water availability topographic complexity landscape naturalness landscape permeability proxy for connectivity ecoregional protection existing BLM protected areas USFS US Forest Service NPS National Park Service conservation cores existing protected lands 1600 cores high value cores landscape resistance greater Utah region human modification high values low values Disappearing West disappearingwest.org dataset connectivity modeling Data Basin databasin.org West-wide connectivity PA nodes ecological flow geometric center 000 protected area nodes Circuitscape species agnostic existing mathematical theories existing physical theories landscape potential organism movement circuit flow principles five principal federal jurisdictions highest value current density DOD Department of Defense FWS Fish and Wildlife Service unprotected roadless areas connectivity maps current flow centrality high centrality plus low resistance southeastern Oregon Owyhee Canyonlands southwestern Idaho greater San Rafael Swell region adjacent areas Grand Canyon-Parashant National Monument conservation values methods maps flexible accessible defensible applicable results landscape conservation land allocation efforts adjacent ownership CWPs Citizens Wilderness Proposals NMs national monuments protected areas network systematic approach political opportunities science-based Basin and Range National Monument Sand Creek Corridor ACEC eastern Idaho Dry Creek Basin ACEC Abert and Beatty ACECs Greater Grand Canyon Heritage nomination proclamation Red Cliffs National Conservation Area FLPMA 40th anniversary America federal ownership thoughtful development economic opportunities right places local communities historic places mission wording $88 billion in 2015 nation’s economic output 374 000 jobs wind solar recreation visits 44 000 jobs in 2015 complex mission increasing breadth and depth commitment to conservation Integrated Rangeland Fire Management Strategy mitigation policy Desert Renewable Conservation Plan network of National Conservation Lands public lands 245 million acres 10% of United States land area 32 million acres California desert Conservation Lands Network choices competition uses compatibility sustainability preservation range of approaches thoughtful use general provision quality protection natural conditions Section 103 definition best present and future needs judicious use of the land long-term needs future generations permanent impairment land productivity quality of environment periodic output various renewable resources 32 million acre system individual designations National Trails System Act of 1968 Pacific Crest National Scenic Trail Wild and Scenic Rivers Act of 1968 Rio Grande River New Mexico Rogue River Oregon Wilderness Act of 1964 223 wilderness areas 8.7 million acres inventory responsibilities permanent wilderness designation King Range Conservation Area first national conservation area 16 national conservation areas 5 similar designations Congress legislation Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument steward Park Service management Secretary Babbitt BLM management 25 national monuments 8 million acres national network National Landscape Conservation System of lands landscape-level needs Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 Secretarial Order No. 3308 of 2010 land management objective cultural heritage natural heritage multiple use and sustained yield mission California Desert Conservation Area Public Land Management Act of 2009 vision public lands conservation future of FLPMA imagination broader awareness appreciation commitment connection next generation conservationists public land stewards questions who will be here celebrate FLPMA 40 years from now American children civics class visit our public lands future Bisti/De-Na-Zin Wilderness NM Delta Wild and Scenic River AK Fort Ord National Monument CA Continental Divide National Scenic Trail ID Idaho Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area NV Nevada Jupiter Inlet Lighthouse Outstanding Natural Area FL Florida Organ Mountains Desert Peaks National Monument Upper Missouri River Breaks National Monument MT Montana rock art southeastern UT Steens Mountain Cooperative Management and Protection Area OR McInnis Canyons National Conservation Area CO Colorado Piper Mountain Wilderness California Desert Protection Act fragmentation of public lands connectivity mapping basic designation structure Statute dynamism low variance standard deviation precision measure less fragmentation on BLM lands other jurisdictions mitigate variance increase oil and gas development congressional districts counties stressors urbanization transportation states Planning 2.0 Initiative larger landscapes biological values recreational opportunities fixed places administrative boundaries assessment process talking about issues scale of issues wildlife connectivity issues climate change adaptation mitigation impact landowners private landowners greater sage-grouse plan plan amendments adaptive management common grounding species needs for persistence hard and soft triggers 136 planning units resource management plans administrative designations shift law impediment political challenge cultural challenge rapid evolution BLM employees reactive organization proactive management-oriented organization clear science directive ACECs potential uses relative scarcity values proactive approach partners toolkit tool development effective restoration community engagement conservation outcome focus democracy restoration ecological sense social sense place-based conservation connectivity of communities particular land tracts multistate tracts BLM organization state boundaries Administrative Law Energy Policy Environmental Law Environmental Policy Forest Management Land Use Law Natural Resource Economics Natural Resources and Conservation Natural Resources Law Natural Resources Management and Policy Oil Gas and Energy and Mineral Law Recreation Parks and Tourism Administration Arctic Dry Creek Jupiter King Range Pacific Pew Red Rock San Juan Sand Creek Sturm caribou Climate change
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VIDEO: Session 2: Managing our Public Lands for Conservation Values

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