Private Lands Implementation Update

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Conservation Design Arkansas Delta
Public and Private Conservation Lands
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Conservation Design Arkansas Delta
2001 Forest Cover
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Conservation Design Arkansas Delta
Landscape Characterization Forest Core Habitat
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Conservation Design Arkansas Delta
Reforestation Decision Support Model
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Conservation Design Arkansas Delta
Landscapes of Conservation Concern
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LMV Joint Venture
Forest Conservation Working Group

• Desired forest conditions for the system of
  state/federal management areas

• Collaborative forest inventory and monitoring

• Collaborative population monitoring linked to
  habitat monitoring

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Arkansas Comprehensive Wildlife Conservation
Strategy
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149 of 369 SGCN
Priority Habitats
Bottomland Hardwood Communities
Arkansas Comprehensive Wildlife Conservation
Strategy
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Are we seeing a conservation paradigm shift that
is more science based, comprehensive and
strategic?
If so, what role does the state fish and wildlife
agency play in that shift?
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EcoRegional Conservation Design Partnerships

• Provide science-based consensus
• Share capabilities
• Protocols for landscape conservation actions
• Demonstrate success (monitoring)
• Embrace new technologies
• Multiply funding
• Distribute cost and effort among partners

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Conservation Design A State Agency
Perspective Doyle Shook, Chief Wildlife
Management