Abstract
Public Land Acquisitions Alignment with State Wildlife Action Plan Priorities
Track: Ecology and Conservation
Author(s): Mitchel Hannon
This study conducted by The Trust for Public Land and the Defenders of Wildife determines how how well public land acquisitions by federal, state, local and non-profit agencies between 1998-2007 are aligned with the priorities set out in each states' respective State Wildlife Action Plan. The study focused on 5 states: Oregon, Montana, New Hampshire, Florida and Missouri. This project required obtaining the dollars spent on each transaction, the source of those dollars and then delineating parcel level boundaries of each transaction made between those years. We then assessed how well these acquisitions served in protecting state wildlife priorities by year and level of government. Also reported are the costs associated with the acquisition of different landcover types in each state. The results will show if acquisitions have become more focused since the wildlife plans were released and which level of government has shown better alignment with those priorities.
Mitchel Hannon
the Trust for Public Land
1600 Lena St.
Bldg C.
Santa Fe , New Mexico 87505
United States
Phone: 505 - 988-5922
E-mail: Mitchel.Hannon@tpl.org