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ALL RIGHT. SO AS I MENTIONED EARLIER,
GORDON TOEVS ISN'T AVAILABLE BUT
HE WAS GRACIOUS ENOUGH TO TAPE
HIS PRESENTATION ON HOW TO BEGIN
TO DEVELOP A REGIONAL MITIGATION STRATEGY.
LET'S LISTEN. THANK YOU, CATHY.
AS JIM DESCRIBED, REGIONAL
MITIGATION OPPORTUNITIES ARISE
IF THE IMPACTS REMAINING AFTER
THE IMPLEMENTATION OF ONSITE
MITIGATION ACTION PREVENT THE BLM FROM MEETING OUR RMP
OBJECTIVES OR IN MEETING THE
REQUIREMENTS OF THE BLM MISSION.
I WILL PRESENT SOME TOOLS THAT
MAY BE USEFUL TO UNDERSTAND THE
REGIONAL CONTEXT OF THE IMPACTS
THAT REMAIN AFTER ALL ONSITE
MEASURES HAVE BEEN APPLIED. AND IF OFFSITE COMPENSATORY
MITIGATION SHOULD BE REQUIRED AS
A CONDITION OF ISSUING A PERMIT.
THINKING BACK TO WHAT JIM SAID
EARLIER, REGIONAL MITIGATION
LOOKS ACROSS ALL LANDS WHICH IMPLIED IT IS NECESSARY TO
ENGAGE PARTNERS OR OTHER LAND MANAGERS.
ANOTHER IMPLICATION OF REGIONAL
IS IDENTIFYING THE REGIONAL BOUNDARY OF THE RESOURCE TO
DETERMINE THE AREA OR THE ANALYSIS WILL OCCUR.
THESE TWO ITEMS ARE VERY DIFFERENT FROM THE WAY BLM HAS
TRADITIONALLY LOOKED AT MITIGATION.
THIS PRESENTATION WILL BE ORGANIZED AROUND A NUMBER OF
ISSUES LIKE THESE. THE ISSUES I WILL BE ADDRESSING
ARE LESSONS LEARNED FROM THE
DEVELOPMENT OF THE DRY LAKE
SOLAR STRATEGY YOU'LL HEAR ABOUT SHORTLY.
HERE ARE A NUMBER OF THE ISSUES
THAT WERE IDENTIFIED DURING THE
DEVELOPMENT OF THE REGIONAL MITIGATION STRATEGY.
THEY ARE ARRANGED IN THE FORM OF QUESTIONS.
NUMBER ONE, WHAT ARE THE IMPACTED RESOURCES REMAINING
AFTER ONSITE MITIGATIONS?
NUMBER TWO, WHAT IS THE REGION
OR WHAT IS THE EXTENT OF THE RESOURCE?
NUMBER THREE, WHAT IS THE CURRENT DISTRIBUTION OF THE
RESOURCE WITHIN THE REGION?
NUMBER FOUR, WHAT ARE THE RISKS OR THE CHANGE AGENTS?
NUMBER FIVE, WHAT IS THE RESILIENCE IN LIGHT OF CHANGE?
AND NUMBER SIX, WHAT IS THE
RELATIVE IMPORTANCE, THE RARITY OF THE RESOURCE OR ITS
CONTRIBUTION TO ECOSYSTEM PROCESSES?
NUMBER SEVEN, WHERE ARE POTENTIAL MITIGATION AREAS AND
NUMBER EIGHT, WERE THE ACTIONS
EFFECTIVE INDIVIDUALLY AND COLLECTIVELY?
AS YOU ARE AWARE, IT IS NOT
NECESSARY TO MITIGATE ALL OF THE
IMPACTS FROM AN AUTHORIZATION SO
THE ANSWER TO THESE QUESTIONS
HELP INFORM THE LINE OFFICER IF
COMPENSATORY OFFSITE MITIGATION SHOULD BE REQUIRED AS A
CONDITION OF ISSUING A PERMIT.
SHOULD ALSO INFORM THE OFFICER
OF WHERE MITIGATION COULD OCCUR
AND HOW TO DEMONSTRATE IF THE
MITIGATION ACTIONS WERE EFFECTIVE.
WHAT ARE THE IMPACTED RESOURCES?
AS I MENTIONED, I'M GOING TO USE
THE EXAMPLE OF A SOLAR PROJECT
ON THE DRY LAKE SOLAR ENERGY ZONE IN SOUTHERN NEVADA.
ONE IMPACT OF SOLAR DEVELOPMENT
IDENTIFIED IN THE SOLAR PEIF IS THE
IMPACT OF VEGETATION AS THE INSTALLATIONS CAN REQUIRE
REMOVAL OF ALL VEGETATION ON THE PROJECT AREA.
THUS, WE KNOW THE VEGETATION
RESOURCES WILL BE IMPACTED AND
THERE WILL BE REMAINING IMPACTS
AFTER ONSITE MITIGATIONS. SO WHAT ARE THE VEGETATION
RESOURCES ON THE PROJECT SITE?
LOOKING AT THIS MAP OF THE
VEGETATION OF THE MOJAVE, IT IS
APPARENT THAT AT THE RESOLUTION
OF THIS MAP PRODUCT, THE VEGETATION IS FAIRLY UNIFORM
ACROSS THE SOLAR ENERGY ZONE AND
IS MAPPED AS THE SONORAN,
MOJAVE, CREOSOTE, DESERT SCRUB.
THIS BECOMES OUR CONSERVATION
ELEMENT OR THE RESOURCE TO BE EVALUATED TO DETERMINE IF
OFFSITE MITIGATION SHOULD BE REQUIRED.
QUESTION 2A, WHAT IS THE REGION.
BEFORE WE CAN MOVE ON TO THE REMAINING QUESTIONS, IT IS
IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND WHAT IS
MEANT BY REGION AND WHERE TO
FIND INFORMATION ABOUT THE REGION.
FIRST, WHERE TO FIND INFORMATION
ABOUT THE REGION OR INFORMATION
THAT IS SEAMLESS ACROSS ALL LAND.
ONE GREAT SOURCE FOR THIS
INFORMATION IS THE COMPLETED AND
ON-GOING WORK OF THE BLM ASSESSMENTS.
HOWEVER, THIS IS NOT THE ONLY SOURCE SO I'VE INCLUDED
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES ON A SLIDE
AT THE END OF THIS PRESENTATION.
THE MAP YOU'RE LOOKING AT DISPLAYS WHERE THE BLM HAS INITIATED THE
RAPID ECOREGIONAL ASSESSMENTS. 14 HAVE BEEN INITIATED TO DATE
AND MANY OF THOSE WILL BE POSTED
ON THE BLM LANDSCAPE APPROACH BY THE END OF 2013.
SO NOW THAT A SOURCE FOR REGIONAL INFORMATION HAS BEEN
IDENTIFIED, WE CAN MOVE TO THE NEXT QUESTION.
WHAT IS THE REGIONAL BOUNDARY
FOR THE RESOURCE IMPACTED BY THE DEVELOPMENT?
QUESTION 2B, WHAT IS THE REGION?
THE REGION OR AREA IS THE GEOSPATIAL BOUNDARY WHERE THE
CURRENT STATUS AND FUTURE TREND
OF THE RESOURCE CAN BE DESCRIBED.
IT WILL ALSO DEFINE THE AREA
WHERE THE CUMULATIVE IMPACT ANALYSIS OF THE PROPOSE AND
ANTICIPATED FUTURE DISTURBANCES WILL BE CONDUCTED.
HOWEVER REGIONS CANNOT BE SET IN
STONE AS THEY WILL VARY DEPENDING ON THE RESOURCE.
FOR EXAMPLE, GROUND WATER WOULD
BE THE GROUNDWATER BASIN.
BUT THE CURRENT EXAMPLE IS LOOKING
AT THE IMPACT OF VEGETATION SO
WHAT IS AN APPROPRIATE BOUNDARY
FOR VEGETATION COMMUNITIES?
THAT COVER LARGE GEOGRAPHIC EXTENTS.
FORTUNATELY, THE BLM HAS ANALYZED THIS QUESTION SO WHEN
THE STATEMENT OF WORK WAS
DEVELOPED FOR THE ASSESSMENTS, THE BLM SPECIFIED THAT
VEGETATION ANALYSIS WOULD BE
COMPLETED AT THE E.P.A. LEVEL
THREE REGION, THUS, SINCE THE
DRY LAKE SOLAR ENERGY ZONE IS
LOCATED IN SOUTHERN NEVADA, THIS
EXAMPLE WILL USE THE MOJAVE
BASIN AND RANGE LEVEL THREE ECOREGION.
JUST STATING ONCE AGAIN, THE REGION
WILL BE DEPENDENT ON THE RESOURCE BUT
THE BOUNDARY THAT'S CHOSEN SHOULD HAVE A SCIENTIFIC
UNDERPINNING, NOT A POLITICAL OR
ADMINISTRATIVE BOUNDARY.
THIS IS A MAP SHOWING THE MOJAVE BASIN.
AND RANGE LEVEL 3 ECOREGION
THIS IS A LARGE AREA BUT AN AREA WHERE
THE CREOSOTE BURSAGE IS COMMON
FEATURE AN AREA THAT WILL INFORM
THE REMAINDER OF THE QUESTIONS.
QUESTION NUMBER THREE, WHAT IS
THE CURRENT DISTRIBUTION OF THE AFFECTED RESOURCE?
THE BLM RAPID ECOREGIONAL ASSESSMENTS HAVE MADE A
SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTION TO THE
EASE OF ACCESS OF REGIONAL INFORMATION.
THIS MAP COMES FROM THE MOJAVE
BASIN RANGE, RAPID ECOREGIONAL ASSESSMENT.
THIS MAP INDICATES THE CREOSOTE BURSAGE COMMUNITY IS WIDESPREAD.
HOWEVER, WIDESPREAD DOES NOT INDICATE THE RISKS TO THE
RESOURCE, THE RELATIVE IMPORTANCE OF THE RESOURCE OR
THE RESILIENCE OF THE RESOURCE.
BUT BEFORE WE CONTINUE, I THINK A
QUICK REVIEW WILL BE HELPFUL.
SO FAR, AN IMPACTED RESOURCE HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED.
THE CREOSOTE BURSAGE COMMUNITY. THE REGION HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED.
THE MOJAVE BASIN RANGE AND THE
CURRENT DISTRIBUTION HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED.
IT IS WIDESPREAD. QUESTION NUMBER FOUR, WHAT ARE
THE RISKS TO THE RESOURCE? THE REAs PROVIDE A NUMBER OF
MODELS THAT LOOK AT THE RISKS TO
THE RESOURCE AND ALLOW US TO ANALYZE IF THE RISKS ARE
SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACTING THE RESOURCE AND ALLOW US TO
ESTABLISH CURRENT TREND OF THE RESOURCE.
WHEN THE SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS
REVIEW THIS INFORMATION, THEY
SHOULD DETERMINE IF THE TREND IS PROBLEMATIC.
AND DETERMINE THE CAUSAL FACTORS.
THIS WILL INFORM THE DECISIONS
OF WHETHER THE RESOURCE IS AT
RISK AND WHETHER BLM ACTIONS ARE
CONTRIBUTING TO THAT RISK.
HERE ARE A FEW OF THE POTENTIAL
RISKS TO VEGETATION THAT ARE
DESCRIBED IN THE MOJAVE BASIN RANGE (REA), WIND EROSION.
INVASIVE SPECIES, DEPARTURE INDEX. OR
HOW FAR ABOVE THE EXPECTED FUEL
LOADING IS THE WATER SHED.
THIS IS AN INDICATION OF FIRE RISK.
LANDSCAPE CONDITIONS OR HOW
FRAGMENTED IS THE RESOURCE DUE TO DEVELOPMENT?
IN THE DRY LAKE EXAMPLE, IT WAS
DETERMINED THAT THE CREOSOTE
BURSAGE COMMUNITY IS DECLINING
AT A FAIRLY ALARMING RATE IN THE MOJAVE BASIN AND RANGE
ECOREGION PRIMARILY BECAUSE OF
INVASIVE SPECIES, FIRE AND DEVELOPMENT.
THIS LEADS US TO OUR NEXT QUESTION WHICH IS ABOUT
RESILIENCE OR HOW LIKELY IS IT
THAT THE DOWNWARD TREND WILL CONTINUE?
QUESTION NUMBER FIVE, WHAT IS
THE RESILIENCE OF THE RESOURCE?
DO FUTURE CONDITIONS LOOK
FAVORABLE FOR THE RESOURCE OF INTEREST?
MODELS CAN HELP INFORM THE ANSWER TO THIS QUESTION.
ONCE AGAIN, THE REAs PROVIDE
SOME GREAT INFORMATION REGARDING
THE FUTURE TREND OF THE RESOURCE
IN LIGHT OF IDENTIFIED RISKS.
THE REA MODELS LOOK AT A 20/60 WINDOW.
THESE MODELS ARE BASED ON PAST
TRENDS, FUTURE PROJECTIONS OF
RISK AND CLIMATE CHANGE SCENARIOS.
THERE ARE A NUMBER OF MODELS BUT
JUST TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA, HERE ARE A FEW.
HERE IS A MODEL PROJECTING FUTURE DEVELOPMENT.
LAND USE CONVERSIONS.
THE MODEL INDICATES CONVERSION CONTINUES.
HERE IS ONE FOR CHANGES IN MOISTURE PATTERN.
THE MODEL INDICATES THERE ARE CHANGES.
HERE IS THE MODEL FOR THE
FUTURE EXTENT OF THE CREOSOTE BURSAGE COMMUNITY.
THIS MODEL WAS SIGNIFICANT AS WE
CONSIDERED THE RESILIENCE OF THE COMMUNITY.
THIS MAPS WHERE THE COMMUNITY IS
LIKELY TO PERSIST BASED ON
CHANGING CLIMACTIC CONDITIONS.
YOU CAN SEE LARGE AREAS OF CONTRACTION, THE ROYAL BLUE
AREAS AND SOME FAIRLY LARGE AREAS
OF EXPANSION, THE FUCHSIA AREAS.
BUT FOR ALL PRACTICAL PURPOSES,
THESE EXPANSION AREAS WOULD NOT
BE CONSIDERED AN INDICATION OF
RESILIENCE AS THE ESTABLISHMENT
OF THE CREOSOTE BURSAGE COMMUNITY EXCEEDS 100 YEARS.
THESE ARE JUST A SAMPLE OF THE
MODELS AND THE RAPID ASSESSMENT
BUT FROM THESE PROJECTIONS, IT
WAS CLEAR THE CREOSOTE BURASAGE
COMMUNITY WILL CONTINUE TO BE AT
RISK AND LACK THE RESILIENCE NECESSARY TO STABILIZE THE
CURRENT DOWNWARD TREND. THIS LEADS US TO OUR NEXT
QUESTION, WHAT IS THE RELATIVE
IMPORTANCE OF THE RESOURCE IN
SUSTAINING ECOLOGICAL PROCESSES IN THE MOJAVE?
SHOULD OFFSITE COMPENSATORY MITIGATION BE REQUIRED?
TO ANSWER THIS QUESTION, THE
REGIONAL MITIGATION MANUAL ASKS
A NUMBER OF QUESTIONS TO INFORM THIS DECISION.
THE QUESTIONS ARE WHAT IS THE
LEGAL STATUS OF THE RESOURCE?
WHAT IS THE VALUE PLACED ON THE RESOURCE AND LAND USE PLANS?
WHAT IS THE RARITY OF THE RESOURCE AND WHAT IS THE
RESILIENCE OF THE RESOURCE?
FOR THE CREOSOTE COMMUNITY, IT
WAS DETERMINED THERE WAS NO LEGAL STATUS.
AND THE RESOURCE IS NOT RARE.
HOWEVER, THE REGIONAL MODELS AND
CURRENT SIGNS INDICATE THE
RESOURCE IS NOT RESILIENT SO THE
REMAINING UNANSWERED QUESTION IS
WHAT IS THE RELATIVE IMPORTANCE OF THE RESOURCE.
TO ANSWER THIS QUESTION, IT IS
HELPFUL TO DEVELOP A CONCEPTUAL
MODEL THAT WILL DEPICTS THE CURRENT UNDERSTANDING OF THE
COMPONENTS AND PROCESSES
NECESSARY TO SUSTAIN ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION.
CONCEPTUAL MODELS CAN BE VERY
ELABORATE AND TAKE CONSIDERABLE EFFORT TO DEVELOP.
BUT FOR THIS SITUATION, WHAT IS
NEEDED IS A CARTOON THAT DEPICTS
OUR CURRENT UNDERSTANDING OF
ECOSYSTEM COMPONENTS AND PROCESSES.
ONE WORK PRODUCT OF THE REA'S IS TO
DOCUMENT THE COMPONENTS AND PROCESSES OF THE ECOREGION.
THE CONCEPTUAL MODEL DISPLAYED
HERE IS BASED ON INFORMATION
FROM THE MOJAVE BASE RANGE REA
AND FIELD OFFICE SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS.
AGAIN, THIS IS A SIMPLE MODEL. IT IS APPARENT THAT THE
VEGETATION RESOURCES ARE CRITICAL TO SUSTAIN WILDLIFE
POPULATIONS, SOIL RESOURCES
AND THE HYDROLOGICAL PROCESSES. THEY'RE CRITICAL TO SUSTAIN
ECOSYSTEM PROCESSES. THIS IS NOT NEW INFORMATION FOR
THOSE OF US WHO WORK IN THE NATURAL RESOURCE WORLD.
BUT IT GIVES US THE OPPORTUNITY
TO IDENTIFY A REASONABLE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE
RESOURCE AND THE VALUES AFFECTED
BY THE AUTHORIZATION AND THE RELATIVE IMPORTANCE OF THE
RESOURCE IN SUSTAINING ECOSYSTEM PROCESSES.
ADDITIONALLY, FROM A LAND USE
PLANNING PERSPECTIVE, VEGETATION
RESOURCES ARE OF CRITICAL IMPORTANCE.
SO WHEN A WIDESPREAD COMMUNITY
HAS A DOWNWARD TREND, LACKS
RESILIENCE AND MODELS PREDICT
THE CONTINUED DECLINE, THE
RESOURCE WOULD BE ELEVATED TO
STATUS WHERE THE REMAINING
IMPACTS AFTER ONSITE MITIGATION
MEASURES ARE IMPLEMENTED WOULD
WARRANT OFFSITE MITIGATION. THIS BRINGS US TO THE NEXT
QUESTION WHICH IS WHERE ARE
POTENTIAL AREAS TO IMPLEMENT MITIGATION ACTIONS.
BUT BEFORE WE CONTINUE, I THINK
A QUICK REVIEW WILL BE HELPFUL.
IMPACTED RESOURCE HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED.
THE CREOSOTE BURSAGE COMMUNITY.
THE REGION HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED. THE MOJAVE RANGE.
THE CURRENT DISTRIBUTION HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED, WIDESPREAD
THE RESOURCE IS AT RISK. THE RESOURCE LACKS RESILIENCE
AND THE RESOURCE IS IMPORTANT.
SO MOVING ON TO QUESTION NUMBER
SEVEN, WHERE ARE POTENTIAL MITIGATION AREAS?
FIRST, REGIONAL IN THE CONTEXT
OF MITIGATION IS AN ALL LANDS APPROACH
OR SAID ANOTHER WAY, LOOKING AT MITIGATION
OPPORTUNITIES ACROSS ALL LANDS
IN GEOPOLITICAL BOUNDARIES.
THIS INDICATES A PARTNERS ARE IMPORTANT.
AND WHEN YOU LISTEN TO MIKE DWYER'S
PRESENTATION IN A FEW MINUTES, YOU'LL SEE HOW IMPORTANT
PARTNERS WERE THROUGHOUT THE
DEVELOPMENT OF THE DRY LAKE MITIGATION STRATEGY.
BUT ON THE TOPIC OF OFFSITE
MITIGATION, PARTNERS ARE CRITICAL.
THE NEW REGIONAL MITIGATION
MANUAL OFFERS SOME GUIDANCE IN
THIS AREA AND STATES SITE
SELECTION SHOULD LOOK TO FEDERAL AND NONFEDERAL LANDS.
SHOULD OFFER DURABILITY, SHOULD
RECOGNIZE THE RELATIONSHIP
BETWEEN QUALITY AND QUANTITY AND
SHOULD GIVE PRIORITY TO LOCATIONS WHERE MULTIPLE
RESOURCES WILL BENEFIT FROM THE ACTION.
THE OBJECTIVE IS TO CONDUCT
OFFSITE MITIGATION ACTIONS WHERE
COLLECTIVELY, THE SUM OF THOSE
ACTIONS WILL BE GREATER THAN THE
SUM OF THE INDIVIDUAL ACTIONS.
THIS IS A PRETTY TALL ORDER.
BUT A GOAL THAT CAN BE ACHIEVED THROUGH PARTNERSHIPS.
ONE OF THE KEY DECISIONS IN
SELECTING A POTENTIAL AREA FOR OFFSITE MITIGATION WAS TO
CONSIDER THE DURABILITY OF THE ACTION.
DURABILITY MEANS LASTING.
SO WHERE ARE AREAS WITH EXISTING DESIGNATIONS?
THESE AREAS ARE EITHER
IDENTIFIED IN LEGISLATION OR LAND USE PLANS.
A MAP OF THESE AREAS IS DISPLAYED HERE.
THIS MAP INCLUDES THE BLM,
FOREST SERVICE, NATIONAL PARKS SERVICE
AND FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE
DESIGNATIONS AS WELL AS
FEDERAL, TRIBAL, STATE, AND PRIVATE LANDOWNERSHIP.
ADDITIONALLY, WE LOOKED AT TNC PORTFOLIO SITES.
FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE CRITICAL
HABITAT AND LOCAL COUNTY DESIGNATIONS.
FROM THIS, INFORMATION WAS
GATHERED TO EVALUATE WHICH SITES
CONTAIN SIMILAR VEGETATION COMMUNITIES.
THE DURABILITY OF THOSE SITES,
THE QUALITY OF THE AREA, THE
BENEFIT TO MULTIPLE RESOURCES
AND THE COST OF MITIGATION
ACTIONS RELATIVE TO THE SITE LOCATION.
ULTIMATELY, THE GOAL VIEWED AREA
OF CRITICAL CONCERN WAS SELECTED AS THE PREFERRED SITE.
INCIDENTALLY, THIS WAS NOT A UNANIMOUS DECISION.
BUT ONE THAT THE MAJORITY COULD SUPPORT.
THIS LEADS US TO OUR LAST QUESTION.
WERE MITIGATION ACTIONS EFFECTIVE?
ULTIMATELY, DID THE ACTIONS ACCOMPLISH THE OBJECTIVE TO
SUSTAIN ECOLOGICAL PROCESSES? THIS IS A MULTIPLE SCALE
QUESTION AS IT IS IMPORTANT TO
KNOW IF THE INDIVIDUAL ACTION MET THEIR OBJECTIVES AND
COLLECTIVELY ARE THE ACTIONS
MEETING REGIONAL OBJECTIVES AND
ARE ECOLOGICAL PROCESSES BEING MAINTAINED?
THESE ANSWERS SHOULD BE INFORMED
BY THE MONITORING DATA. ONCE AGAIN, THE REGIONAL
MITIGATION MANUAL IDENTIFIES THE
REQUIREMENTS FOR DEVELOPING A
MONITORING PLAN, FUNDING THE
MONITORING WORK AND IMPLEMENTING
ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT IF NECESSARY.
FIRST, AN OFFSITE MITIGATION ACTION MUST INCLUDE THE
NECESSARY BUDGET TO MONITOR THE
MITIGATION ACTION FOR THE LIFE
OF THE IMPACT OF THE PERMITTED DISTURBANCE.
OR SAID ANOTHER WAY, UNTIL A DISTURBED SITE HAS MET THE
RECLAMATION OBJECTIVE
ESTABLISHED IN THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS.
SECOND, THE MONITORING SHOULD
FOLLOW THE PRINCIPALS OUTLINED IN
THE BLM MONITORING SECTION OF
THE BLM ASSESSMENT INVENTORY AND MONITORING STRATEGY.
SOME OF THESE PRINCIPLES INCLUDE
A BEFORE, AFTER, CONTROL, IMPACT
STUDY DESIGN, COMMON INDICATORS AND CONSISTENT METHODS,
INTEGRATION OF REMOTELY SENSITIVE DATA, USE OF DATA TO
ANSWER RESOURCE QUESTIONS ON
MULTIPLE SCALES AND MONITORING
DATA SHOULD BE MANAGED AS A CORPORATE ASSET.
THIRD, IF EITHER THE PROJECT OBJECTIVES OR THE REGIONAL
OBJECTIVES FOR THE IMPACTED RESOURCES ARE NOT MET, THE
INFORMATION IS USED TO IMPROVE FUTURE DECISIONS AND IF
APPROPRIATE, TO INFORM ADDITIONAL ACTIONS NECESSARY TO
MEET THE PROJECT AND REGIONAL
OBJECTIVES OR SAID MORE SIMPLY,
IMPLEMENT ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT.
HOPEFULLY THIS PRESENTATION HAS
PIQUED YOUR CURIOSITY AND YOUR
INQUISITIVE NATURE TO THINK
ABOUT REGIONAL DATA, REGIONAL COLLABORATIVE EFFORTS AND
OFFSITE MITIGATION AT A SCALE NOT VERY FAMILIAR TO THE BLM.
NOW, AS PROMISED EARLIER, THE NEXT SLIDE OFFERS SOME
SUGGESTIONS AS TO ADDITIONAL
RESOURCES THAT CAN BE USED TO
INFORM THE REGIONAL MITIGATION STRATEGIES
BUT I HOPE MANY OF YOU
WILL BE PARTICIPATING IN THE NEAR FUTURE.
HERE ARE SOME OF THE SOURCES OF
REGIONAL INFORMATION
IN THE INTEREST OF TIME, I WILL NOT
READ THROUGH ALL OF THESE AS THE
PRESENTATION WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR YOUR REFERENCE.
HERE ARE SOME ONLINE RESOURCES.
I REALIZE THIS HAS BEEN A RAPID FIRE PRESENTATION.
BUT HOPEFULLY THIS PROVIDES AN
INTRODUCTION TO SOME TOOLS
USEFUL TO IMPLEMENT REGIONAL MITIGATION.
THANKS, GORDON. I KNOW THAT THOSE LAST FEW
SLIDES WERE A LITTLE BIT HARD TO READ
SO I'LL BE POSTING SOME OF
THAT STUFF TO THE KRC PAGE AND I
KNOW THAT THE SLIDES ARE POSTED
TO THE KRC PAGE SO YOU CAN GO
THERE AND GET THE INFORMATION.
SO BY ANSWERING THOSE QUESTIONS,
THOSE EIGHT QUESTIONS, THAT WILL
PROVIDE YOU WITH A GREAT START
ON DEVELOPING YOUR OWN REGIONAL MITIGATION STRATEGY.
SO I APPRECIATE GORDON FOR TAPING THAT FOR US.
GORDON PROVIDED SOME GREAT TOOLS
ON THOSE LAST COUPLE OF SLIDES
AND SO I HOPE THAT YOU'LL BE ABLE TO USE THOSE.
I MIGHT BE POSTING SOME OF THAT
INFORMATION TO THE KRC OR I
MIGHT JUST LINK TO HIS WEB SITE.