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Presentations
from the
8th Annual Meeting of the Organization of
Fish and Wildlife Information Managers
Rapid City, South Dakota
September 25th-29th, 2003
SESSION 3 - Morning Presentations
Sunday - September
28, 2003
Presentations
at the OFWIM - 2003
Annual Meeting were presented in Power Point (Microsoft) format. We've asked
participants at the Annual Meeting for permission to post their presentation at the OFWIM Web Site.
The presentations from the Third Day - Morning Session (on Sunday, September 28, 2003) are presented here.
Those presentations include:
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Biodiversity Management Rating & Plan Implementation
The Oregon Biodiversity Project
(Jeff Lerner)
- Data Management for Ecological Planning: TNC's New Approach
(Aliya Ercelawn)
- Focus Group II: Strategies and Performance Measures for Comprehensive
Conservation Plans (Jon Haufler)
- GAP Analysis Program: A Course for Natural Resource Professionals
(Andy Rosenberger and Scott Klopfer)
- SESSION 1 - Morning
OFWIM 2003 Presentations - Morning Session - Thursday - September 25th
- SESSION 1 - Afternoon
OFWIM 2003 Presentations - Afternoon Session - Thursday - September 25th
- SESSION 2 - Morning
OFWIM 2003 Presentations - Morning Session - Friday - September 26th
- SESSION 2 - Afternoon
OFWIM 2003 Presentations - Afternoon Session - Friday - September 26th
- SESSION 3 - Afternoon
OFWIm 2003 Presentations - Afternoon Session - Sunday - September 28th
Biodiversity Management Rating & Plan Implementation
- The Oregon Biodiversity Project
(Jeff Lerner)
The Oregon Biodiversity Project was a collaborative, private sector-
based approach, begun in 1994 and completed in 1999 to provide a
management rating methodology for implementation of a plan to protect
biodiversity in Oregon. Implementation of the plan uses mechanisms of
acquisition, restoration, partnering, ballot measures, legislation and
information management. Lessons learned were the value of a map, to
depicting the vision, the value of public/private partnerships, the
need to institutionalize biodiversity information, the need to develop
a broad base of support for implementation, and the need to highlight
non-regulatory tools.
This presentation available as:
PowerPoint presentation: (Lerner2_OFWIM_2003.ppt):
http://www.ofwim.org/docs/2003/PPT/Lerner2_OFWIM_2003.ppt
Adobe Acrobat Reader file: (Lerner2_OFWIM_2003.pdf):
http://www.ofwim.org/docs/2003/PDF/Lerner2_OFWIM_2003.pdf
Data Management for Ecological Planning: TNC's New Approach
(Aliya Ercelawn)
In the past, science staff from each state chapter of The Nature Conservancy (TNC) developed and used their own systems for managing data that were collected for each step of the conservation planning process. In an effort to standardize the data management tools that are used across the organization, the Technology and Information Systems staff have been working with TNC scientists and planners to produce the Conservation Planning Tool
(CPT). CPT is a Microsoft Access based application that is now available to all TNC staff. It ensures that data and methodology are organized in a manner that can be consistently shared within the organization and with other external interested parties. CPT is still being fine-tuned, but it currently includes a set of related tables and user-friendly forms that are used during the process of assessing ecoregions and designing portfolios of conservation areas. The database is designed to house information on: 1) ownership patterns and administrative divisions in the ecoregion of interest; 2) the abundance, quality, and distribution of a representative subset of biodiversity in the region, 3) threats and strategies for addressing those threats, and 4) contact information for experts contacted during the planning process. Future plans for improving the database include adding geo-spatial components and modules for measuring conservation success, as well as making the database available in other languages.
This presentation available as:
PowerPoint presentation: (Ercelawn_OFWIM_2003.ppt):
http://www.ofwim.org/docs/2003/PPT/Ercelawn_OFWIM_2003.ppt
Adobe Acrobat Reader file: (Ercelawn_OFWIM_2003.pdf):
http://www.ofwim.org/docs/2003/PDF/Ercelawn_OFWIM_2003.pdf
Focus Group II: Strategies and Performance Measures for
Comprehensive Conservation Plans
(Jonathan Haufler)
Comprehensive wildlife plans should provide for the conservation of all native species in an area. This goal is often stated more broadly as the conservation of biodiversity. The challenge is to identify approaches and methods to practically and effectively accomplish this goal. Planning for biodiversity conservation requires the identification and implementation of a cohesive strategy. A number of conservation strategies are in use today, each with advantages and disadvantages. In this workshop, various types of strategies will be described and contrasted. An approach to comprehensive planning that has been shown to effectively combine components of several strategies will be demonstrated, along with a description of performance measures. This approach will show how ecosystem diversity can be mapped and quantified for large planning areas and how this information can be used in conservation planning. The approach will also show how information on species can be used to assess and complement ecosystem diversity. The workshop will include a presentation on concepts, methods, performance measures, and examples of specific applications. The workshop will be structured to allow for open discussion and opportunities for additional ideas and concerns to be shared.
This presentation available as:
PowerPoint presentation: (Haufler_OFWIM_2003.ppt):
http://www.ofwim.org/docs/2003/PPT/Haufler_OFWIM_2003.ppt
Adobe Acrobat Reader file: (Haufler_OFWIM_2003.pdf):
http://www.ofwim.org/docs/2003/PDF/Haufler_OFWIM_2003.pdf
GAP Analysis Program: A Course for Natural Resources Professionals
(Andy Rosenberger and Scott Klopfer)
 About the Workshop:
The gap analysis, as a term and national program, has become well recognized among natural resource professionals. Several authors have pointed out the gap analysis program (GAP) as a model way of addressing widespread loss of biological diversity in the United States. The gap concept is now being applied in other countries as well. Although the analysis itself is crucial to biodiversity conservation planning, the data layers developed for the analysis are critical to a wide variety of conservation and land management planning activities. These data layers include detailed land cover information, predicted species distributions, and land stewardship information. Many other ancillary data layers have been gathered or created by individual state projects. Collectively, the gap community may very well have the largest, most comprehensive GIS dataset assembled for the country. This accomplishment alone makes the national gap analysis program invaluable. This course will provide detailed information on the gap methodology, the products created, and the appropriate applications. It also will direct potential users to where data and documentation can be found. It will provide this large body of potential users with all the basic information they need to utilize gap data correctly to better manage biodiversity on their respective lands.
Objectives:
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To provide potential users who are not familiar with the gap analysis program with sufficient background information to utilize available gap data in their management activities.
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To provide basic training on how to locate, obtain, and matriculate gap data from the national and state gap data servers, into local projects.
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To demonstrate practical applications of gap analysis data in localized natural resource management activities.
Topics:
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How gap analysis is conducted.
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What types of data are generated by a state or regional gap project.
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Where gap data can be obtained.
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What kinds of projects have used gap data successfully.
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Appropriate uses of gap information.
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How to use metadata and other documentation.
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How to contact gap cooperators and researchers.
The OFWIM 2003 GAP Course available as:
Other presentations from the OFWIM - 2003 Annual Meeting are to be found by "Session"
SESSION 2 - Morning
OFWIM 2003
Presentations - Morning Session - Friday - September 26th
SESSION 2 - Afternoon
OFWIM 2003 Presentations - Afternoon Session - Friday - September 26th
SESSION 3 - Afternoon
OFWIM 2003 Presentations - Afternoon Session - Sunday - September 28th
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