Since I last wrote, things have been rocking and rolling here in Portland. Mainly, I’ve been spending my time going back and forth, and back and forth again, about the re-messaging process I am leading. It’s been a somewhat arduous task, to be honest, mainly because there are many voices which need to be heard and who need to be on board with the direction we take. Coordination of that often-disagreeing input has been quite a challenge. Nonetheless, I am happy to report that we have made a decision as a group and I am now in the implementation process. Introducing…
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With Fresh Eyes
The first three weeks of my placement have been packed full of meetings, workshops, and brainstorming sessions. Landscape Conservation Design is collaborative by definition, and the logistics of coordinating the ideas, resources, and voices of the various partners takes energy and organization. Since I last wrote, I’ve made significant progress on understanding where my contributions can make the greatest impact in this short summer, as well as begun initial steps towards reaching those goals. I’ll do my best here to explain what I’m doing, why I’m doing it, and where I’ll take things from here.
C3: Communicating Coastal Connectivity
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My summer leadership placement will be spent at the Region 1 offices of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), based out of Portland, Oregon. During the Obama administration, a new division of the FWS was created called Science Applications. Their main role is to integrate climate change science into the regular tasks of the FWS, including thinking about large-scale habitat connectivity. To achieve this, funds were dedicated to the creation of Landscape Conservation Cooperatives (LCCs) across the country, managed by Science Apps employees. This is how the Pacific Northwest Coast Landscape Conservation Design Initiative was established. My supervisor, Tom Miewald, has been thinking about large-scale connectivity since the LCC’s creation, even when funding for all LCCs was cut in 2016. Continue reading C3: Communicating Coastal Connectivity
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