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Conservation & the Future of the Great Plains
Plains Safaris ConferenceKearney, NEApril 19, 2018
Martha KauffmanWWF Northern Great Plains Program
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Map of global grasslands
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Most threatened biome
Source: J Hoekstra et al., 2005, ECOLOGY LETTERS, 8(1):23-29
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Montana
Wyoming
North Dakota
South Dakota
AlbertaSaskatchewan
Nebraska
Great Plains & NGP
183 million ac (74 million has) across 5 states and 2 provinces
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Carbon Emissions
Source: Zhu, Z. et al. 2011. USGS (http://pubs. usgs.gov/pp/1787)
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Clean water
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https://www.nature.org/ourinitiatives/regions/northamerica/unitedstates/illinois/facesofconservation/improvement-needed-in-the-upper-mississippi-river-basin.xml
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Recreation
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Abundance of Native Species Remaining
Source: Newbold et al. 2016, Science 353:288-291
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Energy
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Food & Fuel
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NA Grassland loss2000-2016
< 3%
3% – 5%
5% – 10%
10% – 15%
> 15%
Grassland/shrubland/wetland loss(% loss of total county/municipality area)
Source: Sarah Olimb, WWF Northern Great PlainsData: 2016 WWF Plowprint, 2001 National Land Cover Dataset (USGS), 2000 Land Cover of Canada (Natural Resources Canada)
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Plowprint 20162.5 million acres plowed in 1 yearwww.Plowprint.org
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Crops in Plowprint - 2016
Source: https://www.worldwildlife.org/projects/plowprint-report
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Carbon emissions due to plow-up 2011-20161,235,568,474 Metric tons CO2e
Equivalent to CO2 emissions
Source: https://www.epa.gov/energy/greenhouse-gas-equivalencies-calculator
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Carbon emissions due to plow-up of the Great Plains, 2011-20161,419,981,679 Metric tons CO2e
Equivalent to CO2 emissions
Source: https://www.epa.gov/energy/greenhouse-gas-equivalencies-calculator
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Source: http://climatestate.com/2013/08/10/noaa-huge-ocean-dead-zone-in-gulf-of-mexico-august-2013/
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Grassland Bird decline
Several species
have experienced
declines of 80%
since 1960
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Pollinators
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Conversion Risk
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DEMAND IS GROWING
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Crops are shifting
http://agfax.com/2015/05/04/northern-plains-wheat-acres-shift-to-corn-and-soybeans-due-to-climate-change/
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Source: “The Effect Of Climate Change On Rural Land Cover Patterns In The Central United States”, Christopher Lant, Timothy J. Stoebner, Justin T. Schoof , Benjamin Crabb, 2015
Current 2040 2070 2100
US Midwest land & climate suitability for corn production, 2010-2100
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Source: “The Effect Of Climate Change On Rural Land Cover Patterns In The Central United States”, Christopher Lant, Timothy J. Stoebner, Justin T. Schoof , Benjamin Crabb, 2015
Current 2040 2070 2100
US Midwest land & climate suitability for cotton production, 2010-2100
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Climate is changing
Source: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/08/08/climate/nine-takeaways-climate-report.html https://science2017.globalchange.gov/downloads/CSSR2017_FullReport.pdf
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Ogallala Aquifer
High Plains aquifer water-level changes, predevelopment (about 1950) to 2015. Figure 1 from USGS SIR 2017-5040
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How do we protect what’s left?
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NGP Grassland Ownership
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Future is in the hands of landownersAll Photos © Day’s Edge / WWF-US
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https://www.worldwildlife.org/videos/letter-to-genz-our-land-is-our-planet-don-t-forget-it
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ECONOMICS HAVE TO WORK
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https://www.unl.edu/plains/ecotourism
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Tourism assessmenttribal lands
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Innovation
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Measuring: ecological efficiency, production efficiency, soil resource management and water resource management.
The ultimate goal is the creation of a market where land stewards receive performance-based economic benefit for measured ecological outcomes.
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Beef
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US Roundtable for Sustainable Beef Membership
Source: https://www.usrsb.org/CMDocs/USRSB/2016%20USRSB%20Annual%20Report_Web-Final.pdf
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Innovation
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Collaboration
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80/20 rule
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Bold & Unified Action
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A Declaration for the Great Plains
Governments (national, state)
Tribes
Companies
Tourism associations
Trade groups
Universities
NGOs
What if we all came together and created…
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