The Landscape Conservation Bulletin
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A bi-monthly service of the Network for
Landscape Conservation
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Dear Network Friends and Partners,
In my travels around the country helping people conserve their cherished lands and waters, the interest in and energy around collaborative landscape conservation is palpable. And that same excitement jumps off the pages of this current Bulletin.
People in California and across the country are assessing how best to work at the landscape scale; important federal legislation on habitat connectivity has been introduced, and evidence continues to mount that landscape conservation is pivotal for urban sustainability, cultural health, climate resilience, watershed protection, tribal land integrity, and much more.
Enjoy this issue of the Bulletin—and please be in touch!
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Ernest Cook
Network Co-Chair
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New insights on landscape-scale collaboration
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Perspectives: Reflections from the US ICOMOS Symposium
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Additional Landscape Conservation News
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Webinars & Additional Resources
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Banner photo: Bridge over the Pemigewasset River at Flume Gorge, Lincoln, NH. Photo by Matt LaVasseur on Unsplash
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Featured News
NLC launches the Landscape Conservation Catalyst Fund
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This spring, thanks to generous funding from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation and the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, the Network for Landscape Conservation (NLC) is launching a major five-year national grant program to accelerate the pace and practice of collaborative conservation at the landscape scale. Through a competitive grant program, the Catalyst Fund will distribute at least $1 million in funding to landscape conservation partnerships across the United States over the first three-year period, while also providing grantees with supplemental trainings and mentoring.
The Catalyst Fund RFP will be announced on March 1, 2019, after which there will be a Fund webinar and opportunities to talk to NLC staff. To ensure you receive all future information on the Fund, check back regularly on the
NLC website
and make sure you are on the
NLC email list
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Featured News
New insights on landscape-scale collaboration: Two new resources provide detailed examinations on measuring collaborative impact and funding the collaborative process
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As highlighted in the
Pathways Forward
report
and elsewhere, collaboration is essential to the success of landscape conservation. This month, two reports have emerged that offer insights on important aspects of collaboration that often don’t receive the attention deserved: measuring collaborative impact and funding the collaborative process.
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Most powerfully, this case study draws upon the analysis of the partnership’s first four years to distill an overarching
Partnership Impact Model framework
for understanding, describing, and optimizing the impact and value of collaborative partnerships.
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By tackling head-on these important but complex topics, these resources mark an important contribution to the field and promise to be broadly applicable and insightful to landscape conservation practitioners working to build enduring landscape conservation partnerships.
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Perspectives: Landscape Conservation in Action
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The Nature Culture Journey continues: Reflections from the US ICOMOS "Forward Together" symposium
As practitioners increasingly move to working at the landscape scale, questions emerge around how to effectively forge holistic responses to the wealth of various values that exist within our the landscapes. For instance, how can we combine the conservation of natural and cultural values on landscapes in an integrated fashion? In November, US ICOMOS continued this ongoing conversation by hosting a symposium, “Forward Together: A Culture-Nature Journey Towards More Effective Conservation in a Changing World.” In this month’s Perspectives piece, Brenda Barrett, editor of the Living Landscape Observer, shares key findings and cross-cutting themes that emerged from the dialogue and discussion during the Symposium.
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Special Update: Circling back on past
Perspectives
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Second, in December the Western Governors Association—thanks in part to leadership within the state of Nevada—
passed a resolution
that calls on federal agencies to adopt and implement state-supported compensatory mitigation programs and policies. Nevada's innovative use of compensatory mitigation in sage grouse conservation efforts was the focus of a
thought-provoking
Perspectives
piece
that Eoin Doherty of Environmental Incentives shared in May 2018.
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Additional Landscape Conservation News
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Wildlife Corridors Conservation Act introduced in the U.S. Senate and House.
The Nature of Cities
article highlights the recent
Pathways Forward
report—reflecting on the relevancy of landscape conservation as an essential framework for creating resilient, sustainable, livable, and just cities.
The Appalachian Trail Conservancy announces "Wild East" initiative to bring greater attention to the value—ecological, recreational, cultural, and more—of the landscapes through which the Appalachian Trail passes.
Landscapes as climate solution: Research underscoring the value of ‘Natural Climate Solutions’ continue to gain attention with articles in the
New York Times
and the
Los Angeles Times
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Undark Magazine
explores climate refugia—and their role in species conservation in the face of a changing climate.
New video highlights collaborative efforts between Idaho Fish and Game and the Yellowstone to Yukon Conservation Initiative to help species adapt to climate change on a Wildlife Management Area in Idaho.
New report summarizes an “All Lands” peer learning exchange that was hosted in the fall in the Southwestern U.S.
"Tribal Climate Adaptation Guidebook" released that seeks to build capacity and empower indigenous communities to apply a community-driven climate resilience planning framework to their unique issues and existing priorities.
National Academies of Sciences releases Proceedings of a Workshop report, "Making Climate Assessments Work: Learning from California and other Subnational Climate Assessments."
In one of the fastest growing areas of Florida, people are increasing thinking about sustaining wildlife:
Florida Center for Investigative Reporting
article highlights a critical wildlife corridor that connects the Everglades to the rest of the state.
Landscapes that work for biodiversity and people:
Conservation Corridor
article highlights a new
Science
paper that argues a landscape-level approach is key to responding to the triple challenge of the Anthropocene.
In December, USDA and the Western Governors Association signed an MOU to work collaboratively on landscape-level land management in the western U.S.
Saving Lands
article highlights the emerging trend of partnerships focused on the protection of landscapes that supply, store and filter our water.
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Upcoming Conferences & Opportunities
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Santa Fe, NM
Denver, CO
NLC is co-sponsoring a session,
"Landscape Conservation: Building a Common Agenda for the Future"—
come join us!
Salt Lake City, UT
Denver, CO
Fairhope, AL
Paris, France
Gulf Shore, AL
Portland, OR
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Webinars & Additional Resources
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Conservation Corridor
has launched a new monthly roundup service on research related to habitat connectivity and wildlife corridors:
View the January Monthly Round Up
A weekly podcast that explores the challenges presented by adapting to climate change and the approaches the field's best minds believe are already working.
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The Network for Landscape Conservation is the community of practice for practitioners advancing collaborative, cross-boundary conservation as an essential approach to protect nature, culture, and community in the 21st Century.
Contributions of news, upcoming events, and resources for future Bulletins are welcomed. We also welcome inquires for future "Perspectives: Landscapes Conservation in Action" stories; please be in touch if you are interested in sharing stories and insights from your work.
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The Network for Landscape Conservation is a fiscally sponsored project of the Center for Large Landscape Conservation, P.O. Box 1587, Bozeman, MT 59771
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