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Addressing Barriers to Integration of Ecosystem
Service Data into Wetland Management Programs
Presented by Elizabeth Byers
WVDEP Watershed Assessment Branch
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Matt Goff www.sitkanature.org
A century ago, it was all about waterfowl…
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Now…fish & wildlife, rich biodiversity, productivity,
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kidneys of the landscape,
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Pinus rigida - Picea rubens / Viburnum nudum var. cassinoides / Sphagnum spp. Woodland (G1G2)
stabilize water supplies,
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protect shorelines from erosion,
USFWS
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carbon sinks and climate stabilizers
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Ecosystem Services Quantified
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Obstacles? What obstacles?
Laughspark.com
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9 key lessons learned
as West Virginia moves to Functional Assessment for
Clean Water Act and Food Security Act activities
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Should we start up this trail at all? (Lessons #1-#4)
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Lesson #1:
We needed a catalyst
to get us started
2008 Mitigation rule
for aquatic resources
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Isizmile
Lesson #2: We needed leadership champions to get us started
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Isizmile
Obstacle! Both champions retired.
...it was okay, we had gotten started and had built some support
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Lesson #3: We needed financial support
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Lesson #4:
We needed a
determined
project leader
Isizmile
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Obstacle! No one available on staff.
...it was okay, we recruited from another division
Obstacle! Staff turnover.
…that was tough, we had to delay outputs
Isizmile
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Walking the trail (Lessons #5-#8)
Isizmile
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Lesson #5: Bring stakeholders into the process
early & often
Isizmile
Obstacle! They’re speaking
different languages. …we opened our ears
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2017-18 Field-testing: 69 stakeholders from 22 organizations
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Lesson #6: Build on best available science
Obstacle! How do
we sort through so
much information?
…we looked only at
tested, validated
methods & metrics
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Lesson #6: Build on best available existing science
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Lesson #6: Build on best available existing science
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Ecological
integrity &
wildlife habitat
Flood
attenuation
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Water quality:
sediment, nutrients,
pollutants
3 composite functions
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Society has placed
value on function
Wetland has
intrinsic potential
to provide function
Landscape provides
opportunity to perform function
3 lenses
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62 statewide GIS datasets
• Biodiversity
• Ecosystems
• Elevation
• Geology
• Hydrology
• Imagery
• Infrastructure
• Jurisdiction
• Landcover
• Landform
• Soils
• Stressors27
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75 metrics in 9 categories
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Intrinsic
Potential
Landscape
Opportunity
Value to
Society
Water Quality vegetation,
soil,
hydrology
50 m buffer,
contributing
watershed
public use,
planning
Flood Attenuation vegetation,
soil,
hydrology
50 m buffer,
contributing
watershed
economic risk
Habitat/
Ecological Integrity
vegetation,
soil,
hydrology
perimeter,
300 m / 1 km buffer,
contrib. watershed
investment,
public use,
access
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Wetlands of
Special Conservation Concernbased on Site Biodiversity RankDocumented by WVDNR
Natural Heritage Data
Link natural heritage
data to GIS tool
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Let’s deter impacts to high-functioning wetlands!
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Regulatory Wetland Function Credits
Regulatory Credit Scores (GIS only) for 10,416 vegetated wetlands
Median score = 0.56
2% of wetlands are of special conservation
concern and score above 1.0
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Lesson #7: Laser focus
Obstacle! Other important work doesn’t get done
…we’ve gotten pretty good at saying “no”
Isizmile
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Python-based automation
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NRCS Experts
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Reaching our destination – the last mile (Lesson #9 and a return to #5)
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GIS Desktop Scenario Planning
Lesson #9: Make it easy to use
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Lesson #9: Make it easy to use
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Preliminary GIS Score for every mapped wetland in WV
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• Vegetation, Soils, Hydrology, Buffer,
Stressors
• GIS metrics improved
Level of effort: 2 technicians x half-day
Skill level: wetland delineation
plus 2-day training
Rapid Field Assessment
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Floristic Quality Assessment
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Mean abundance-weighted CoC using 50/20 Rule vs. Full Floristics
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Soil metrics distilled to clay texture,
organic material, pH, and stressors
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2019 Field Season: Training
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June 2020 Regulatory Rollout
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Lesson #5 (again): We Stakeholders
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Stakeholders
are key to
successful
public notice
and regulatory
rule change
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C. Reaching our destination
9. Make it easy to use
…and stakeholders take us the final mile
Recap: 9 Key Lessons Learned
A. Should we head up this trail at all?
1. Catalyst is already in place: 2008 Mitigation Rule
2. Leadership champions necessary for start-up
3. Secure financial support
4. Recruit determined project leader
B. Walking the trail
5. Bring stakeholders into the process early & often
6. Build on best available existing science
7. Laser focus
8. Recruit partners to fill skill gaps