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2 Decision-Oriented Approaches to Natural Resource Management
Pages 7-14

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... Department of the Interior Secretarial Order Number 3330 addresses and highlights the importance of applying a landscape-scale approach in evaluating alternative decisions affecting the management and conservation of the nation's natural resources.1 The USGS has long developed resource assessments of energy and mineral resources and monitored water and biological resources. Decision tools developed from these efforts have benefited federal, state, and other resource managers, decision makers, and policy makers.
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From page 8...
... This Academies' workshop, she said, is timely and important because MRA is still in a proof-of-concept development phase and the workshop helps ensure that a community of resource managers, decision makers, and science providers are moving forward in an appropriate way. The USGS is developing MRA through collaborations with universities, other agencies, and multiple stakeholders in order to gain a better understanding of the nation's natural resources and how the benefits of these natural resources will be affected by change, whether by natural events or by political, societal, and managerial decisions.
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From page 9...
... Moving forward, the BLM is implementing Planning 2.0, which increases public participation in the development of BLM's Resource Management Plans and seeks to move beyond jurisdictional boundaries to better manage resources. The BLM is also seeking collaborations with other agencies to better incorporate science into land-use planning.
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From page 10...
... Network, which links university partners to approximately 23 benchmark experimental watersheds that collect long-term data on agricultural sustainability, climate change, ecosystem services, and natural resource conservation at the landscape scale. The LTAR Network allows for more extensive
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From page 11...
... Forest Service developed the Watershed Condition Framework Process, which establishes a new process for improving the health of watersheds on national forests and grasslands. The Watershed Condition Framework Process facilitates new investments in watershed restoration in a way that intends to provide more economic and environmental benefits to local communities.
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From page 12...
... He commented that there has been a political backlash against supporting social science in decision making, and that there instead should be expanding support for the social sciences that in turn supports science-based decision-making processes that directly affect natural resource management. The panelists were asked to describe challenges with interagency collaborations and in engaging stakeholders, and also about the need to strengthen capacity within agencies to engage stakeholders on a sustained basis.
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From page 13...
... Bartuska said, is the largest challenge; however, eliminating those barriers so that personnel can work across agency boundaries to share resources and budgets would have a significant impact on more effectively executing interagency collaborations. She added that agencies should also have stakeholder engagement programs, and highlighted the Resource Conservation and Development (RC&D)
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From page 14...
... 14 INTEGRATING LANDSCAPE APPROACHES INTO NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT barrier to collaborations. Several agencies may be interested in collaborating on a project and each will put in their respective budget requests, but only one of the agencies will receive the funding requested.
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