2-15-2018

The South Atlantic Third Thursday Web Forum Virtual panel discussion: Models of partnership success in the Southeast

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• Introduction

• 5 minute overview from each panelist

• Q&A and open discussion

• Preview of next webinar

• Transition update

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Agenda

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Jessica Graham, Southeast Aquatic Resources Partnership Bill Crowell, Albemarle-Pamlico National Estuary Partnership Jeff Marcus, North Carolina Sandhills Conservation Partnership Aimee Weldon, Atlantic Coast Joint Venture

Virtual panel discussion: Models of partnership success in the Southeast

2-15-2018

Partnership overview questions

• How does your partnership bring in resources to stay afloat, including to support projects and staff?

• How is your partnership’s operation and governance structured - what works well and what doesn't?

• How does your partnership maintain forward momentum?

Mission

To identify, restore, and protect

the significant resources of the Albemarle-Pamlico estuarine system

Albemarle-Pamlico National Estuary Partnership

Collaborative Actions for

Protecting and Restoring the Albemarle-

Pamlico Ecosystem

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Structure

• Host: NC Dept. of Environmental Quality

• Management Conference (NC EO #26) • Leadership Council • Science & Technical Advisory Committee • Implementation Advisory Committee

– Action Teams – Monitoring & Assessment Teams – Ad-hoc

• Partners • Staff

Resources

• Partners! • Connections • Leverage • EPA funds • Other funds • Filling the gap

Resources

Moving Forward

• Focus on CCMP (Strategic Plan) – Accountability – Serving others – Science-based

• Trust • Partners • Connections • Filling gaps

Submerged Cypress at the Mouth of the Roanoke River (Carl Galie)

Visit us online at

apnep.org

NC Sandhills Conservation Partnership

JEFF MARCUS

THE NATURE CONSERVANCY

From conflict to collaboration…

Initially very focused on RCW recovery, then expanded to ecosystem protection

Photo Brady Beck

Photo Brady Beck

Photo Jeff Marcus

Photo Jeff Marcus Red-cockaded woodpecker (RCW)

Structure • Steering Committee- decision making body,

meets quarterly • Work groups- meet as needed

• Land Protection • Habitat Management • Reserve Design (conservation data) • RCW Recovery • Communications

Photo Jeff Marcus

Carolina gopher frog in defensive posture

Outputs • Habitat and species data

• Guides land acquisition, land management, and land use planning • Conservation Plan • Monitoring Plan • Information sharing • Partner coordination and collaboration

• Military training issues • Forestry issues • Controlled burning MOU • Sharing of resources

Accomplishments • First in nation Army Compatible Use

Buffer agreement • Created Safe Harbor program • >30,000 acres protected since 1999 • >$80m in funding for land protection

& management • RCW population reached recovery

goal in 2006, linked east and west sub-populations in 2017

Photo Brady Beck

How does the partnership bring in resources to stay afloat?

• Army funding for endangered species recovery • National Fish and Wildlife Foundation- Longleaf Stewardship Fund • Partners see value and continue to commit time and $ • Ongoing effort to engage partners and bring along next generation • Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education (ORISE) Fellowship helps with

coordination; paid by Army, USFWS, now TNC

What works well and what doesn’t? • Focus on overlapping priorities • Meetings generally a worthwhile use of peoples’ time • Buy-in from leadership and field staff • People willing to think of new ways to solve problems • Results, Results, Results • Its all about relationships

• Tension when one partner tries to tell another what to do • Could benefit from more active involvement from NRCS, local governments, NC

Dept. of Transportation

Photo Brady Beck

Sandhills lily

How do we maintain forward momentum?

• Victim of our own success- must be willing to innovate and change as needed • Participating in Partnership needs to be more of a worthwhile use of time than not

participating

Jeff Marcus The Nature Conservancy jmarcus@tnc.org 910-246-0300

NC Sandhills Conservation Partnership

JEFF MARCUS

THE NATURE CONSERVANCY

From conflict to collaboration…

Initially very focused on RCW recovery, then expanded to ecosystem protection

Photo Brady Beck

Photo Brady Beck

Photo Jeff Marcus

Photo Jeff Marcus Red-cockaded woodpecker (RCW)

Structure • Steering Committee- decision making body,

meets quarterly • Work groups- meet as needed

• Land Protection • Habitat Management • Reserve Design (conservation data) • RCW Recovery • Communications

Photo Jeff Marcus

Carolina gopher frog in defensive posture

Outputs • Habitat and species data

• Guides land acquisition, land management, and land use planning • Conservation Plan • Monitoring Plan • Information sharing • Partner coordination and collaboration

• Military training issues • Forestry issues • Controlled burning MOU • Sharing of resources

Accomplishments • First in nation Army Compatible Use

Buffer agreement • Created Safe Harbor program • >30,000 acres protected since 1999 • >$80m in funding for land protection

& management • RCW population reached recovery

goal in 2006, linked east and west sub-populations in 2017

Photo Brady Beck

How does the partnership bring in resources to stay afloat?

• Army funding for endangered species recovery • National Fish and Wildlife Foundation- Longleaf Stewardship Fund • Partners see value and continue to commit time and $ • Ongoing effort to engage partners and bring along next generation • Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education (ORISE) Fellowship helps with

coordination; paid by Army, USFWS, now TNC

What works well and what doesn’t? • Focus on overlapping priorities • Meetings generally a worthwhile use of peoples’ time • Buy-in from leadership and field staff • People willing to think of new ways to solve problems • Results, Results, Results • Its all about relationships

• Tension when one partner tries to tell another what to do • Could benefit from more active involvement from NRCS, local governments, NC

Dept. of Transportation

Photo Brady Beck

Sandhills lily

How do we maintain forward momentum?

• Victim of our own success- must be willing to innovate and change as needed • Participating in Partnership needs to be more of a worthwhile use of time than not

participating

Jeff Marcus The Nature Conservancy jmarcus@tnc.org 910-246-0300

Atlantic Coast Joint Venture Aimee Weldon, US Fish and Wildlife Service

Evolving to be more Strategic

All birds, all habitats 3 birds, one habitat

BLRA Working Group

ABDU Working Group

SALS Working Group

Official members and external experts

ACJV Structure ACJV Management Board

Directors of: State Agencies, Federal Agencies, NGOs Decide on direction of JV

ACJV Technical Committee Technical Reps of Management

Board entities Provide technical support to JV

How do we Stay Afloat?

• Federal appropriations – staff, travel, overhead

• Grant funding – individual projects

• Management board funding – projects of benefit to larger partnership

Maintaining Momentum

• Maintain strategic focus/identity • Add value - develop useful products that

inform larger conservation; play the right role at the right scale

• Deliver/make measurable progress • Engage partners – always!

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Questions?

Next Third Thursday Web Forum 3-15-2018 10:00 am Anne Chazal, Virginia Natural Heritage Program Jon Oetting, Florida Natural Areas Inventory

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Project results – Integration of at-risk and range-restricted species models and strategic conservation information into the Blueprint

Transition update

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How to get involved in the Blueprint

• Join the South Atlantic LCC web community

• Connect with Blueprint staff or other cooperative members

• Explore the Conservation Blueprint southatlanticlcc.org/blueprint

southatlanticlcc.org

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Questions?