VIDEO: Session 4: Modern Challenges and Modern Solutions, and Session 5: The Future of our Public Lands

VIDEO: 2:50 p.m. - 4:10 p.m. SESSION 4: Modern Challenges and Modern Solutions Moderator and Commentator: Mark Squillace, University of Colorado School of Law Panelists: Dave Theobald, Conservation Science Partners Nada Culver, The Wilderness Society Bret Birdsong, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, S...

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Main Authors:	Theobald, Dave, Culver, Nada, Birdsong, Brett, Leshy, John D., Lance, Linda, Dombeck, Mike
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Published:	Colorado Law Scholarly Commons 2016
Subjects:	landscape level landscape scale landscape perspective landscape ecologist conservation planning land use change land-use change local West-wide national scale projection models federal agencies NASA eight-year project land managers National Park Service NPS land use planning land-use planning county land use planning efforts data information informing the dialogue scientists decision-making scales best science ecological scales time day month year decade century millennia space ecoregion continental global nesting foraging seasonal migration habitat specialists neotropical migration pest/pathogen outbreaks wildfire regime speciation ecology small spatial scales rapid time frames broader spatial scales longer time frames sage- grouse dynamic ecological patterns ecological processes BLM Bureau of Land Management RMP Risk Management Plan protected areas Yellowstone National Park ecological flows No Park is an Island broader ecoregional scales landscape principles structure landscape pattern physiognomy habitat structure population structure genetic structure composition landscape types communities ecosystems species populations genes function landscape processes disturbances land-use trends interspecific interactions ecosystem processes demographic processes life histories genetic processes cornerstones Reed Noss interplay plants animals hierarchical nesting scale appropriate scale natural scale problem context higher scales lower scales multiple scales broad perspective intermediate scale lower perspective human landscapes site project level Great Northern Landscape Conservation Cooperative GNLCC Great Northern LCC Greater Yellowstone Coordinating Committee Wyoming Landscape Conservation Initiative Arid Lands Initiative Kootenay Conservation Program Blackfoot Challenge Rocky Mountain Front Big Hole Conservation Alliance Crown of the Continent Interagency Grizzly Bear Committee Washington Connected Landscapes Columbia Basin Federal Caucus Intermountain West JV Intermountain West Joint Venture Yellowstone to Yukon CAN Wildlife Directors Council complexity NGOs non-governmental organizations community groups particular place natural coalitions landscape planning perspective The Nature Conservancy TNC ecoregions divisions lower 48 United States distributions of animals and plants biodiversity planning boundaries learning commonality Southern Rockies Ecosystem Project human side Landscape Conservation Cooperatives LCC disparate activities Western Governors Association crucial habitat assessment tool synthetic dataset state boundaries comprehensive dataset GIS data Geographic Information Systems data low sensing data edge matching issues monitoring adaptive management BLM Rapid Ecological Assessments REAs REA teams different methods different datasets different time frames different management questions stitch together Green River Basin Landscape Conservation Design LCD stakeholders Wyoming Basin Colorado Plateau study area challenges opportunities landscape integrity transboundary connectivity monitoring across landscapes Planning 2.0 conservations targets habitats species human modification hydrologic regimes landscape scale disturbances terrestrial connectivity aquatic connectivity natural fire regimes insects forest pathogens riparian corridors riverine wetlands alpine lakes uplands pothole lakes alpine subalpine woodland dry forests sage shrub grasslands whitebark pine salmon steelhead cutthroat trout bull trout trumpeter swan burrowing owl white-headed woodpecker Lewis’s woodpecker pygmy rabbit pronghorn antelope grizzly bear Canada lynx wolverine vision actions urbanization agricultural changes crop land patterns energy development roads public lands private lands debate ownership patterns science plan single species planning challenge practical perspective fine filter coarse filter ecosystem perspective greater sage-grouse habitat sage steppe habitat sagebrush steppe habitat conservation targets intact landscapes stressors watersheds terrestrial systems freshwater systems litho-topographic template reach scale factors geology soils upstream downstream lateral movement watershed scale erosion runoff processes channel-floodplain interactions channel slope valley confinement tectonics spatial scale temporal scale sediment supply discharge root reinforcement wood supply different scientific disciplines Rocky Mountain National Park Moraine Park hydrogeomorphic classification hierarchical order biotic abiotic unchanging enduring features landscape facets trans-boundary connectivity North American wilderness plan US-MX transboundary cover US-Mexico transboundary cover United States-Mexico Transboundary Agreement transformative geospatial technology Earth Engine workflow GEE API “playground” Google Earth Engine Application Programming Interface playground landforms Land Cover Classification System LCCS Maps Engine TIFF fusion table KML instructions local computer raster vector Google Earth evaluation inclusion of people citizen science constituents GLUED Global Land Use Emergent Database collaborative science platform shared sample design collection efforts co-location of data collection co-location open source community platform federal datasets state-produced datasets Bush Administration 162 land use plans land-use plans BLM Action Center founder Pam Eaton planning mania landscape level planning landscape-level planning collaboration key concepts modernizing concepts greater sage-grouse plans 10 states 67 million acres of habitat 98 federal land use plans 35 million acres priority habitat state agencies local governments conservationists industry private landowners new provisions Final EIS Final Environmental Impact Statement Record of Decision ROD habitat classifications surface disturbance limitations buffers energy management recreation motorized use state variations permitted activities state differences habitat condition population numbers soft triggers dialogue hard triggers immediate action right metrics greater sage-grouse implementation plans formal guidance September 2016 oil and gas leasing effectiveness monitoring disturbance tracking habitat assessment grazing permit review thresholds significant threats full review NEPA document National Environmental Policy Act stakeholder meetings input state discussions approved projects Wyoming examples Jonah Infill Drilling Project Continental Divide-Creston Natural Gas Development Project USGS/CSU study United States Geological Survey Colorado State University Wyoming plan one surface disturbance per square mile 22 million-acre planning area 10 million BLM acres Desert Renewable Energy Conservation Plan two phases Phase I federal Phase II state integrated process counties special status species special-status species desert tortoise listed species state and federal laws solar wind transmission Development Focus Areas DFAs incentives variance lands ecoregions California Desert National Conservation lands wilderness characteristics Areas of Critical Environmental Concern ACECs Recreation Management Areas Western Solar Plan Coachella Valley California National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska Regional Mitigation Strategy Draft 2016 22-plus million-acre planning area subsistence impacts compensation northeastern area of Reserve broader context action-based compensatory mitigation fee-based options restoration new tools conservation easement National Conservation Lands collaborative management national 15-year strategy research inventory national science strategy The Wilderness Society TWS commitments new activities BLM’s conservation mission lessons new policies implementation Deputy Solicitor for Land Resources modern challenges long-term management FLPMA Federal Land Policy and Management Act legacy history of land disposal reservation broken up chunks of land existential challenge Sagebrush Rebellion latest iteration take back the land movement states Ken Ivory Utah House of Representatives federal government permanent ownership and management Utah Transfer of Public Lands Act 2012 Utah state legislature series of laws robust assertion state authority transfer of certain lands December 2014 state resources ultimatum study period evaluation of legal arguments lawsuit constitutional authority Enclave Clause territorial sections United States Constitution Article 4 history of meaning of disposal existential threat proponents federal authority low risk legislative portion military installations national purposes jurisdiction scheme treaties acquisitions purchases constitutional arguments litigation equal footing doctrine equal political sovereignty submerged lands navigable waters English Crown 13 states colonies Nevada drylands Utah state Enabling Act disclaimer language title Indian tribes unappropriated public lands extinguished title Property Clause theories state disclaimer clauses Western Attorneys General report state enabling legislation arguments Stegner Center University of Utah public land management Republican Party platform 2016 absentee ownership universal legislation transfer of lands willing states political argument non-existential threats instrumental purpose RS 2477 Revised Statute 2477 1866 enactment mining law right of way highway construction public purposes valid existing rights public land disposal laws 12 000 roads 000 claims massive piece of litigation factually-specific evidence Federal District Court for Utah United States District Court for the District of Utah Utah Attorney General’s Office Solicitor’s Office roadless areas legal roads wilderness areas Section 202 of FLPMA slow process bellwether set of claims wilderness designation eligibility Tenth Circuit United States Supreme Court resolution negotiation process transportation system mechanisms right-of-way provision Title V property rights threshold issues disobedience issue public land users citizens disobedience measures public land managers BLM employees fear of intimidation pending criminal cases Department of Justice significant deterrence cattle impoundment complex operation participation partnership political environment contention toolbox incentive effect off the grid economic benefit future generations complex landscape planning Planning 2.0 rules Forest Service cases Northwest Forest Plan NWFP principles uncertainty Preamble flexibility public meetings different decisions different scales county level concerns boundaries too small migrating mule deer Rock Springs Pinedale Wyoming Garfield County public lands folks types of decisions explicit language specific species management questions ecological scale mule deer migration scale match scales broad landscape scales coarser level information general information certainty adaptive management concept targeted way legal needs scientific organization of information two Records of Decision legal circumstances peril to the species warranted listing conversation mismatch degradation legal attacks concepts positive pieces creative agenda conservation as use of public lands traditional industrial-type uses mitigation notion mosaic of lands state ownership state regulation federal regulation broader benefits ecological benefits boundary lines DRECP multiple use suite of uses conservation commitments conservation benefits public lands detriments public engagement public comment proposal design broader public law change validity nondelegable function responsibility discharge riders legislation status of rider one-situation rider broader scale Obama to Trump transition Donald Trump Second Amendment hunting platform Republic Party split core support Hillary Clinton transition Congress Senate nomination process public lands issues not a high priority high priority issue incoming administration Utah case simple statute private citizens political support grand bargain funding opportunity potential bargain rhetoric federal government reorganization issue Department of Natural Resources merger of BLM and Forest Service 1905 split Public Land Law Review Commission competition public sector four competing agencies Clinton Administration playbook climate change Instruction Memorandum high-profile issues campaign election executive leadership meeting two political appointees BLM career people leadership team state leaders Bud Cribley Alaska FLPMA potential microcosm American values shared ownership political leadership strength belief in values good listeners public land management issues skill set model behaviors Proposed Rule collaborative behavior creative skills Matthew Allen BLM Communications Director evolutionary not revolutionary underinvestment youth program Junior Ranger program OMB Office of Management and Budget veterans robust programs communications media robust investment BLM budget increase abandoned mine lands creative packaging 501(c)(3) foundations National Park Service centennial charitable funds statutory authority BLM Foundation private investment wild horse and burro issue expenditures bipartisan coalition eye on the money Department of the Interior agencies collaborative skills land patterns creativity poorest land agency Governor of New Mexico give the land back advice for new administration scheme national issues public land management employees natural resources law talk to ourselves larger dialogue in country gun control NRA issues terrorism Bruce Babbitt voting constituency BLM in 13 western states swing vote East opponents West recommendations youth education public awareness reconnect kids to the outdoors and nature national parks national forests BLM lands Reagan Administration Job Corps YACC Young Adult Conservation Corps YCC Youth Conservation Corps Youth at Risk residential camps inner city youth public lands projects personal connection to the land degrees in sciences natural resources management CCC Civilian Conservation Corps 1933 to 1942 Depression Dust Bowl era reforestation Richard Louv’s book The Last Child in the Woods America Ammon Bundy Malheur National Wildlife Refuge reinventing government customer service Al Gore AT&T vice-president taxpayers’ point of view combinations of offices customer point of view Brett Dickson Dave Theobald better service delivery science delivery federal agency research programs USGS national monuments nimbleness support of Pew information gathering biological and physical sciences social sciences public land management conservation sciences arena counterparts aquifer recharge central reorganization biggest bang for the buck field offices mergers BLM history state director regions expensive impacts natural hazards tree mortality precipitation increase floods warming runoff infrastructure capacity big hook response challenge policy challenge communications challenge wildfire Dale Bosworth Forest Service employee Arizona Governor fire experts fire suppression wasted money anti-deficiency antideficiency Oregon Kalmiopsis Wilderness fuel moisture levels money pressure wildfire bill fiscal standpoint funding standpoint communications optics issue technical fire science conservation issue climate change funding industry big disasters politics solutions positive terms soil erosion clean water clear language play outdoors fishing hiking biking wood minerals unifying theme riparian areas details bait bites that deliver on the ground optimistic view sustainability agenda major initiative youth programs Bears Ears Monument unites rather than divides big ticket items timing right size political rhetoric Washington political culture negative impact functioning government deals people talk to each other labor unions environmental groups Democratic Party funders money distribution mother’s milk of politics payments lower taxes deep recession Trump phenomenon anger hate brighter future uncertain rocky times Administrative Law Energy Policy Environmental Law Environmental Policy Forest Management Land Use Law Natural Resource Economics Natural Resources and Conservation Natural Resources Management and Policy Oil Gas and Energy and Mineral Law Parks and Tourism Administration State and Local Government Law Canada Hastings Indian Pew Pothole Lakes Stevens Point Yukon Lynx
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Summary:	VIDEO: 2:50 p.m. - 4:10 p.m. SESSION 4: Modern Challenges and Modern Solutions Moderator and Commentator: Mark Squillace, University of Colorado School of Law Panelists: Dave Theobald, Conservation Science Partners Nada Culver, The Wilderness Society Bret Birdsong, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, School of Law 4:10 p.m. - 5:10 p.m. SESSION 5: The Future of our Public Lands Panelists: John D. Leshy, University of California, Hastings College of the Law Linda Lance, Bureau of Land Management (Invited) Mike Dombeck, University of Wisconsin, Stevens Point

VIDEO: Session 4: Modern Challenges and Modern Solutions, and Session 5: The Future of our Public Lands

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