WHO SHOULD TAKE THIS SURVEY?
Anyone involved in landscape-scale conservation planning in the NPLCC region whether you have used a tool or not. This includes natural and cultural resource managers, planners, decision makers, and scientists from federal, state, provincial, tribal, and NGO organizations in the NPLCC region. It also includes technical experts, tool developers, and other partners for tool use from the NPLCC region and beyond.
WHO IS CONDUCTING THIS SURVEY AND WHY?
As part of the NPLCC’s FY13 project portfolio, NatureServe (www.natureserve.org) is creating a targeted and easily understandable guide to tools that support analysis and planning for landscape-level conservation in the face of climate change for natural resources managers. This guide will emphasize tools currently in use in the NPLCC and augment as needed with other proven tools.
This purpose of this survey is to find out who is using or planning to use tools in the NPLCC region, what tools they are using or planning to use, how well these tools are meeting their needs, and any project needs not currently met by existing tools.
The guide, created with the help of this survey information, will help resource managers find useful tools for their projects and connect with other tool users in the region as well as other sources for assistance in using tools.
WHAT DO YOU CONSIDER A TOOL?
For this work, we are using a broad definition of tools. We are considering tools that support:
• Gathering and distributing relevant data (e.g. regional databases that support queries and downloads)
• Conducting analyses and modeling (e.g. vulnerability assessments),
• Visualizing data and analysis/modeling results (including current and potential future conditions)
• Integrating information into planning for conservation, land use, and land management.
THANK YOU!
Thank you for your help! We greatly appreciate you giving your time and expertise to improve this project and promote effective tool use for landscape-level conservation planning in the NPLCC.
For more information on this project, please contact Sarah Carr, EBM Tools Network Coordinator at NatureServe, at sarah_carr@natureserve.org.
