WHPRP Conferences
2009
Wildlife Action Plan Coordinators and the Partnerships to Implement State Wildlife Action Plans
This conference was led by Program Committee Member, Dennis Figg and was conducted by NCSE with cooperation by the Association of State Wildlife Agencies (AFWA). This timely meeting took place in Boulder, Colorado on July 27-30, 2009. Approximately 95 participants including speakers, organizers, and state agency representatives were present at the meeting that took place at the Boulderado Hotel.
This conference created a forum for fish and wildlife agency coordinators and conservation partners to discuss the obstacles and challenges for implementing State Wildlife Action Plans (SWAPs). Participants identified ways to further develop the conservation partnerships that are needed for successful SWAP implementation. The meeting was designed to brainstorm and set into motion the actions that will more fully implement the state wildlife action plans. Results of selected WHPRP projects were presented to inform the participants about the new tools and findings that WHPRP developed that are relevant to action plan implementation.
A full summary report of the meeting can be downloaded here: Conference Summary Report
All presentations from the SWAP Implementation Meeting are in .pdf format below (right click to download):
State Wildlife Action Plans - Saving the world one piece at a time - Mark Humpert, Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies
The Importance of State Wildlife Action Plans - Mark Shaffer, Doris Duke Charitable Foundation
WCS Wildlife Action Opportunities Fund: Implementing State Wildlife Action Plans - Darren Long, Wildlife Conservation Society
Creative Spending: Think Beyond State Wildlife Action Grants - Amy Buechler, Conservation Federation of Missouri
State Wildlife Action Plans: Can the Fish and Wildlife Service help? - John Organ, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
USDA Farm Bill: A resource for State Wildlife Action Plans or dollars on the table? - Ray Evans, Eco-Associates, Inc.
Building a Conservation Partnership Ecosystem - Bill Uihlein, US Fish and Wildlife Service
Wildlife Action Plans: Costs, Benefits, Expenditures, and Policy Alternatives - Frank Casey, Defenders of Wildlife
Land Conservation Spending in the US: Resources for SWAP Implementation? - Jeff Lerner, Doris Duke Charitable Foundation
The Next Generation of Mitigation: Linking Current and Future Mitigation Programs with State Wildlife Action Plans - Jessica Wilkinson, Environmental Law Institute
Accelerating Habitat Conservation - Mark Shaffer, Doris Duke Charitable Foundation
The Conservation Registry - Sara Vickerman and Sara O'Brien, Defenders of Wildlife
State Wildlife Action Plans: Observations on the Virtual Collaboration - Dave Case, DJ Case and Associates
Wildlife Action Plans and Climate Change Opportunities - Thomas Eason, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission
Action Plan Revision: What you need to know - Laura Richards and Eric Gardner, AFWA Climate Change Working Group
Vulnerability Assessment Chapter Subcommittee Report - John O'Leary, AFWA Climate Change Working Group
Implications for Wildlife Management - Molly Cross and David Whitehurst, AFWA Climate Change Working Group
Research Subcommittee - Thomas Eason, AFWA Climate Change Working Group
A major outcome from the SWAP Implementation Meeting was the document resulting from collaboration between Association of Fish and Widlife Agencies' Climate Change and Teaming With Wildlife Committees. The final voluntary guidance report can be found here:
Voluntary Guidance for States to Incorporate Climate Change into State Wildlife Action Plans & Other Management Plans
2006
WHPRP Research Options Workshop and Survey Summary Report
Provides a summary of the WHPRP Research Options Workshop and the WHPRP Users' Needs Survey. Both the survey and the workshop were major components of the WHPRP research agenda development process.
