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Applying Strategic Habitat Conservation to Recover Conservation-Reliant Species: Our Approach for the Mojave Desert Tortoise

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Title	Applying Strategic Habitat Conservation to Recover Conservation-Reliant Species: Our Approach for the Mojave Desert Tortoise
Contact	mailto:nctcimages@fws.gov
Producer	USFWS/NCTC
Description	Conservation Science Webinar Series - Presented by Roy C. Averill-Murray, Desert Tortoise Recovery Coordinator USFWS. March 19, 2012. The Mojave desert tortoise (Gopherus agassizii) was listed as threatened under the US Endangered Species Act (ESA) due to local population declines and an array of threats. Challenges to recovering this species are not unique to the desert tortoise but include 1) incomplete understanding of threats most responsible for population declines, 2) insufficient information on effectiveness of management actions, and 3) intractability of addressing threats across a large range and multiple jurisdictions. These challenges require long-term conservation efforts to ensure species persistence, with or without the protections of the ESA, which makes the Mojave desert tortoise a conservation-reliant species. This recognition necessitates a more structured approach to recovery, applying principles of Strategic Habitat Conservation. The revised recovery plan includes explicit population objectives and outlines a decision support system (DSS) through which spatially-explicit models relate populations to limiting factors on which managers can target recovery actions and assess their effectiveness. The new recovery program also established cross-jurisdictional recovery implementation teams comprised of land and wildlife managers from federal, state, and local agencies, non-governmental stakeholders, and scientists to prioritize, coordinate, and track implementation of recovery actions based on the outputs of the DSS. Strategic Habitat Conservation will improve the Mojave desert tortoise recovery program by linking management actions to reductions in risk to the species, thereby fostering improved management; by encouraging decision-making based on transparent, systematic application of the best available science; by facilitating strategic allocation of limited management, research, and monitoring funds; and by increasing accountability through the documentation of progress toward implementation and population goals.
Subject	videography webinar conservation science
Publisher	U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Contributors	USFWS/NCTC
Date Published	2013-03-19
Type	webinar video
Format	H264
Item ID	2242892349001
Source	NCTC Video Library
Language	English
Rights	Public Domain
Audience	General
Original Format	Digital
Length	00:45:37
Collection	Conservation Science; Webinars
Presenter	Roy C. Averill-Murray, Desert Tortoise Recovery Coordinator USFWS
Video Player Link	https://fws.rev.vbrick.com/#/videos/9f3549a5-0139-4165-99bc-8e046211d3e0
Archival file	Volume16/2.url
Date created	2013-04-03
Date modified	2017-12-18