LCCMR Minnesota Statewide Conservation and Preservation Plan July 17, 2007
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LCCMRMinnesota Statewide
Conservation and Preservation
Plan
July 17, 2007
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Purpose of Today’s Presentation
• Deliver the report on the first phase - Preliminary Plan
• Present recommendations on key issues to investigate in second phase
• Today’s objective: Decide with LCCMR which key issues to investigate
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Project Participants
– Planning– Public health– Aquatic chemistry,
biology & ecology– Geology– Fisheries science &
management– Forestry– Soil sciences– Agricultural sciences
– Terrestrial and plant ecology
– Wildlife ecology– Atmospheric
sciences– Human dimensions &
social science– Resource economics– Geography– Landscape
architecture
• Over 60 regional or national experts with local familiarity of issues
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Our Work in the First Phase
• Applied team members’ broad scientific and applied knowledge
• Described changing natural resources
• Identified and prioritized drivers of change affecting natural resources
• Identified cross-cutting drivers
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Development/Demographics
Shoreline Development
Nutrient Loading
Effect on Fish
Ultimate Cause of Change to Resource
Higher Order Driver of Change
Proximate Driver of Change
Change in the
Resource
Identification of Drivers of Change
Where people live and what they consume
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Drivers AffectingMultiple Resources
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Key Issues
• Land & water habitat fragmentation, degradation, conversion & loss
• Land use practices
• Energy production and use
• Impacts of resource consumption
• Toxic contaminants
• Transportation
• Invasive species
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Criteria for Analyzing Key Issues
• Does the driver affect multiple resources?
• How extensive is our knowledge base?
• How quickly will a resource respond to a change in the driver?
• What are implementation challenges to changes in policy or investment?
• Are there public acceptance challenges to a change in policy or investment?
• What is the relative public urgency?
• Does the driver affect adaptation to climate change or mitigation to climate change by the state?
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Interconnections
Habitat Land use
Energy Consumption Toxics Transportation Invasives
Air
Water
Land
Fish
Wildlife
Recreation
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Key Issues Summary
Habitat Land use
Energy Consumption Toxics Transportation Invasives
Multiple resources
High High Med High High High Med
Knowledge base
Med-high
High Good Varies Varies Med Varies
Response time Y-D Y-D Y-M D-M Y-M Y D-C
Implementation challenge
High Med-high
High High High High High
Public acceptance
Low Med Low Med w/ed High w/ed
Low Med w/ed
Climate change High High Huge High Med High High
Urgency High High Huge Water-high Varies High Huge
Y=years D=decades C=centuries M=millenia w/ed=with education
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Habitat fragmentation, degradation, conversion & loss: Definition
• Land fragmentation: changes in landscape pattern caused by habitat conversion
• Lake and stream fragmentation: disturbances to fish habitats, loss/removal of aquatic vegetation, shoreline alteration and removal of riparian wetlands
• Habitat degradation: associated with fragmentation which reduces the complexity of habitat structure, functions, and value
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Habitat fragmentation, degradation, conversion & loss: Key questions
• What parts of the forest, agricultural and aquatic resources of Minnesota are most ‘at-risk’ of increasing rates of habitat fragmentation?
• What is the relationship between the remaining large intact tracts of land and patterns of change in land ownership?
• What are the effective social and economic incentives for aquatic and land habitat protection and restoration?
• What policies are needed to reduce habitat loss, degradation and fragmentation?
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Habitat fragmentation, degradation, conversion & loss: Potential outcomes
• Identify ‘at-risk’ land and aquatic habitats and trends in habitat fragmentation
• Recommend changes to land and aquatic habitat management policies
Value: High
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Land use practices: Definition
The full spectrum of human activities on the land:
• conservancy and restoration activity
• low impact design in urban and shoreland development and redevelopment
• BMPs in agriculture and other land use
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Land use practices: Key questions
• Can the benefits of compact and high density developments be quantified to overcome political opposition?
• Which low impact development practices are the most effective and possible to implement?
• How can we structure policies and BMPs to achieve responsible and sustainable development/redevelopment that minimize and mitigate environmental degradation?
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Land use practices: Potential outcomes
• Critical evaluation of economic costs and ecological benefits of land altering uses and activities
• Clear, objective compilation of benefits of compact development patterns and development practices
• Information to support the wide-scale application of energy saving building and development practices
Value: High
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Energy production and use: Definition
Human activities related to the extraction, production and consumption of energy, including fossil fuels and renewable energy sources
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Energy production and use: Key questions
• What are the potential effects of biomass energy production systems on Minnesota’s fish, wildlife, land, water resources and recreational opportunities?
• What are the effects of renewable energy production structures such as large wind turbine farms on wildlife?
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Energy production and use: Potential outcomes
To assess the impacts on our natural resources of attaining the goal of 25% renewable energy sources by 2025 :
• Better understand impacts of biomass cropping systems and wind energy production on natural resources, recreational opportunities and climate change
• Determine if wind turbines constructed in grasslands/prairies influence grassland bird species mortality and/or fragment habitat
Value: High
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Non-sustainable resource consumption: Definition
• the extraction of groundwater at rates that exceed the rate of recharge
• the irretrievable loss, exceeding natural soil replacement rates, of land due to wind and water erosion that is the result of human industrial, agricultural, and land use practices
• the extraction of non-sustainable materials where these practices cause a loss of native habitats or land function
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Non-sustainable resource consumption: Key questions
• What is the best approach to developing a comprehensive water management framework to manage water supply on a long-term, sustainable basis?
• What are the impacts of climate change on soil loss and related agricultural practices?
• Where are the critical areas and regions where soil loss is greatest and how can it be best reduced through policy changes?
• What mine reclamation standards are needed that balance extraction and preservation of sensitive/unique natural features?
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Non-sustainable resource consumption: Potential outcomes
• Recommended changes to public policies to achieve a comprehensive water management framework
• A better understanding of the location, extent, characteristics and future demands of groundwater resources
• Recommendations for consistent mine reclamation standards and enforcement at the local, regional, and state level that balance extraction and preservation of sensitive/unique natural features
• A better understanding of the effects of climate change on the sustainability of groundwater and timber extraction, and on soil loss and mining impacts
Value: High
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Toxic contaminants: Definition
• Commercial chemicals that are regulated due to human or wildlife toxicity
• Include:– Criteria air pollutants– “legacy” toxic chemicals– “emerging” toxic chemicals– pesticides– mercury
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Toxic contaminants: Key questions
• Are current policies protective of public health and wildlife?
• What policies are needed for emerging contaminants to protect the public and ecosystem health?
• What policies are needed to limit or remove exposure to “legacy” contaminants?
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Toxic contaminants: Potential outcomes
• Assessment of contaminant status and trends with comparison to benchmarks and health outcomes, and evaluation of effectiveness of current state policies
• Recommendations for policy changes to minimize or prevent exposures
Value: High
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Transportation: Definition
Infrastructure networks that enable and support personal and commercial freight traffic
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Transportation: Key questions
• Are emission reduction goals sufficiently supported by other transportation policies?
• Will newer vehicle or fuel technologies have greater or fewer benefits for air, land, ecosystem, and hydrological conditions?
• What policies are needed to examine impacts of expanding transportation networks on species adaptation or migration?
• What role can transit play in reducing environmental impacts stemming from an increasing transportation network?
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Transportation: Potential outcomes
• Recommendations for better transportation modeling protocols and inputs
• Recommendations for coherent transportation policies that protect public health and indirectly protect habitat, water quality, ecosystem services and minimize global warming
Value: High
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Invasive species: Definition
Undesirable aquatic and terrestrial species, accidentally or intentionally introduced into Minnesota, that:• disrupt native plants and animals;• are a nuisance to human activities
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Invasive species: Key questions
• What are the policy options for reducing the spread of invasive species within Minnesota?
• How can Minnesota strengthen current efforts to prevent the entry of new invasive species into the state?
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Invasive species: Potential outcomes
• Recommended changes to policies and outreach efforts to reduce entry and spread of invasive species
• Recommended priorities for improving data collection on economic impacts and pathways of spread
Value: High
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Discussion of Key Issues
• Feedback on key issues
• Input on strategic priorities
• Guidance for final plan
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Thank You!
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Photograph from MNDNR (Paul J. Radomski)