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Conservation planning at the landscape scale: A landscape ecology method for regional land trusts

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  • Jonathan Kazmierski
  • Megan Kram
  • Elizabeth Mills
  • David Phemister
  • Nicholas Reo
  • Christopher Riggs
  • Ryan Tefertiller
  • Donna Erickson

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This paper illustrates a landscape ecology approach for land trusts undertaking conservation at the watershed scale. A conservation plan was created for the Grand Traverse Regional Land Conservancy (GTRLC) in the headwaters of Michigan's Manistee River Watershed (USA). Eight conservation drivers were devised to identify Conservation Focus Areas (CFAs) of highest ecological importance. The CFAs were ranked based on ecological importance, feasibility of protection and size. Parcels were ranked, totalling nearly 5000 ha, within the three highest-ranking CFAs in one key county. This approach is useful to land trusts trying to operationalize three distinct goals in conservation planning: to find areas of high ecological importance, to promote the landscape's spatial integrity and to delineate threats to ecological systems and processes.

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  • Jonathan Kazmierski & Megan Kram & Elizabeth Mills & David Phemister & Nicholas Reo & Christopher Riggs & Ryan Tefertiller & Donna Erickson, 2004. "Conservation planning at the landscape scale: A landscape ecology method for regional land trusts," Journal of Environmental Planning and Management, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 47(5), pages 709-736.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:jenpmg:v:47:y:2004:i:5:p:709-736
    DOI: 10.1080/0964056042000274443
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    1. Davies, Stephen N.G. & Lai, Lawrence W.C. & Chua, Mark Hansley, 2018. "Seen from above: The theoretical future of aerial photos in land use, environmental and planning study," Land Use Policy, Elsevier, vol. 78(C), pages 19-28.
    2. van der Horst, Dan, 2006. "Spatial cost-benefit thinking in multi-functional forestry; towards a framework for spatial targeting of policy interventions," Ecological Economics, Elsevier, vol. 59(1), pages 171-180, August.

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