Agenda: Connecticut River Pilot Core Team Meeting 02-24-2014

Agenda, handouts and presentations from the Connecticut River Pilot Core Team Meeting held on February 24, 2014 in Turners Falls, Massachusetts

Agenda

Connecticut River Landscape Conservation Design Pilot – Core Team Meeting

February 24, 2014

Notes/Summary from Meeting

Agenda Items	Links to Related Content
Welcome, Logistics (facilities, snacks, lunch, sign in sheet, etc.)
Introductions
Overview of Agenda
What is this project about? – Overview (Nancy and Ken) (15-20 min) Landscape Conservation Design Initiating Pilot Project Proposed Process for Conducting Pilot Relationship to Silvio O. Conte Refuge Comprehensive Conservation Plan
What is history and context and what information and tools are available? (Andrew and Scott) (60 min) North Atlantic Landscape Conservation Cooperative (LCC) Overview Next Steps for Conservation Design LCC and Partner Tools and Proposal for Integrating Them in Landscape Conservation Design	Presentation 1: LCC Framework for Landscape Conservation Design Presentation 2: Landscape Conservation Design in the CT River Watershed and Northeast Region
[Q&A’s on morning’s presentations]
**Break to gather Lunch (20 minutes)**
Discussion on tools and process (80 minutes) ( Process to Develop Objectives and Potential Strategies Proposed goals Developing objectives by working in three subgroups (Ecosystems, Terrestrial, Aquatic) and getting back together with the full core team to review and prioritize Proposal for structure/content for objectives and strategies Other tools out there that we should consider Species lists (terrestrial and aquatic)	Document: Goals and Objectives
What is role and time commitment for team members? (Nancy) (20 min) Core Team vs. Extended/expanded Team Roles Commitment to Working Groups, Reviewing Information, Participating in Core Team Meetings Need for Significant Progress in Six Months but Pace Dictated by Team
What is next? (David and Nancy) (15 minutes) Communications Team Meetings
Closeout (10 minutes) Were outcomes met? Did questions get answered? Follow-up response?

Questions to Group

Who (or what expertise) do you think is missing from the core team
Do you understand the difference between being a core vs expanded team member?
Do you agree with the Measures of Success? Would you add anything?
Do you understand (and agree with) the scope of the pilot project and the basic process we suggest following?
Do you understand what your involvement will be, and what comes next?
What do you think of the two goals presented, and/or what additions or modifications would you make?
Do you support the idea of splitting into three sub-working groups for developing objectives (e.g. ecosystem, terrestrial, aquatic?)
Do Hadley and/or Turners Falls work for meeting locations?

Desired Meeting Outcomes