Agenda: April 22, 2015 Steering Committee Meeting
North Atlantic Landscape Conservation Cooperative
Steering Committee Agenda
Wednesday, April 22, 2015, 8:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Call in Information: Call Number: 866-762-5634 Passcode: 5866227#
Web page for handouts: http://northatlanticlcc.org/the-cooperative/steering-committee/meetings/steering-committee-meeting-april-22-2015
Overall Goals of meeting: Consensus on: priority science and science delivery needs for 2015 and next steps for regional and landscape conservation design and LCC strategic planning.
| Agenda Items | Discussion Leader | Links to Download Files | Time |
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| BREAKFAST (provided) | 7:00 a.m. | ||
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1. Welcome Introductions Review agenda Approve minutes from last (10/28-29/2014) meeting |
Cathy Sparks (RI DEM), Jeff Willis (RI CRMC), Ken Elowe (FWS), Bill Hyatt (CT) |
Handout 3a – Minutes from October 28-29, 2014 meeting Handout 3b - Action Items and Highlights from October 28-29, 2014 meeting |
8:00 a.m. |
| 2. Action items from last Steering Committee meeting and actions taken | Andrew Milliken (LCC) | Handout 4 – Action items status | 8:20 a.m. |
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3. LCC Network Updates including LCC Council, National Academy of Sciences Review, FY 15 budget and outlook for FY 16. Expected Meeting Outcome: Understanding of LCC Network activities and budget outlook |
Jad Daley (TPL), John O’Leary (MA), Ken Elowe, Elsa Haubold (FWS) |
Handout 5 – LCC Network Strategic Plan Handout 6 – National Academy of Sciences LCC Review Handout 7 – FY 2016 Budget Request for LCCs |
8:30 a.m. |
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4. State of the LCC and Strategic Planning. Review of progress on goals and objectives of LCC, next steps for the coming year and recommendations for strategic plan revision process Expected Meeting Outcome: Consensus on next steps for LCC partnership and staff |
Andrew Milliken, Bill Hyatt, LCC Staff, all |
Handout 8 – 2014 Annual Report Handout 11 – Recommended Strategic Plan Update Process Presentation: State of the LCC |
9:00 a.m. |
| BREAK | 9:45 a.m. | ||
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5. Communications Update Expected Meeting Outcome: review progress on communications and agree on next steps |
Dave Eisenhauer (FWS), Bridget Macdonald (FWS) |
Handout 12 Communications Update |
10:00 a.m. |
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6. Information Management Update Expected Meeting Outcome: review progress on information management and LCC Conservation Planning Atlas |
BJ Richardson (FWS) | Presentation: Information Management Update | 10:20 a.m. |
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7. Landscape Conservation Design: Pilot conservation design effort in the Connecticut River Watershed Expected Meeting Outcome: Review and discussion on results of collaborative conservation design pilot in the Connecticut River Watershed and application to regional and landscape scale conservation design |
Ken Elowe, Scott Schwenk (LCC) |
Handout 14 – Summary of Connecticut River Pilot Results Presentation: Connecticut River Watershed Pilot Results |
10:40 a.m. |
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8. Regional Conservation Opportunity Area updates Expected Meeting Outcome: Consensus on continued role of LCC in informing Regional Conservation Opportunity Areas for State Wildlife Action Plans |
Stven Fuller (LCC) |
Handout 15 – Summary of RCOA Alternatives Presentation: Alternatives for Regional Conservation Opportunity Areas |
11:10 a.m. |
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9. Discussion on Next Steps for Conservation Design Expected Meeting Outcome: Consensus on next steps for conservation design |
Ken Elowe, all |
Handout 16 -- Summary of recommended next steps for conservation design |
11:30 a.m. |
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LUNCH (provided) |
Noon | ||
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10. Review of budgets and progress for ongoing projects Expected Meeting Outcome: Review of LCC annual science needs process; results from completed science and science delivery projects, including Hurricane Sandy, and progress on ongoing projects as part of conservation framework. |
Scot Williamson (WMI), Scott Schwenk, Steve Fuller, Megan Tyrrell (LCC) |
Handout 17 – Project Budget summary Handout 18 – Completed and ongoing project and product summaries Handout 18a – Summary of demonstration and science delivery projects Presentation: LCC Budget Report (same as handout 17 above) |
12:45 p.m. |
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11. Recommendation from technical committees on priority science needs for FY 2015 Expected Call Outcome: Review of membership, process and major outcomes from technical committee; discussion of science needs and next steps for projects. |
Scott Schwenk, Megan Tyrrell, All |
Handout 19 – 2015 North Atlantic LCC Science Needs Process |
1:15 p.m. |
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12. Recommendation from science delivery team on priority science delivery needs for FY 2015
Expected Meeting Outcome: Review of team membership, process and major outcomes from science delivery team; discussion of science delivery and capacity needs and next steps. |
Steve Fuller, All |
Handout 22 – Science Delivery Team membership and process Handouts 23 – Table of highest ranking science delivery needs |
1:45 p.m. |
| BREAK | 2:15 p.m. | ||
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13. Discussion and decisions on:
Expected Meeting Outcome: Consensus on priority science and science delivery needs for 2015, next steps for strategic planning and collaborating to improve connections between tools and actions. |
Ken Elowe, Bill Hyatt, All |
Handout 25 – Consolidated science and science delivery needs To be updated at meeting |
2:30 p.m. |
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14. Other Business Next Call/Meeting |
Ken Elowe, Bill Hyatt, all | 3:45 p.m. | |
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ADJOURN |
4:00 p.m. | ||
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