Evaluating a focal-species approach for tidal marsh bird conservation in the northeastern United States

Klingbeil, Brian T.; Cohen, Jonathan B.; Correll, Maureen D.; Field, Christopher R.; Hodgman, Thomas P.; Kovach, Adrienne I.; Olsen, Brian J.; Shriver, W. Gregory; Wiest, Whitney A.; Elphick, Chris S.

doi:10.1650/condor-18-88.1

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“…The monetary value of parcels is another social factor with clear implications for conservation and resiliency project implementation. At the most basic level, our distinction between public and private lands, coupled with the tax-assessed valuation of properties, can give planners an idea of the total economic value of private lands that are likely to be included in eastern black rail conservation or sea-level rise resiliency efforts (Burkhalter et al 2016, Klingbeil et al 2018. Our analysis estimated that the combined value of privately held land most likely to support eastern black rails was at least US$48 million or only c. 2% of the total valuation of all marsh-containing properties.…”

Section: Environmental Conservationmentioning

confidence: 99%

Integrating habitat models for threatened species with landownership information to inform coastal resiliency and conservation planning

Allen

Lockwood²,

Robinson³

2022

Envir. Conserv.

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Summary Sea-level rise threatens both human communities and vulnerable species within coastal areas. Joint spatial planning can allow conservation and social resiliency goals to work in synergy. We present a case study integrating distribution information of a threatened saltmarsh bird, the eastern black rail (Laterallus jamaicensis jamaicensis), with social information to facilitate such joint planning. We constructed a distribution model for the species within an urbanizing coastal region (New Jersey, USA) and integrated this with publicly available parcel and protected area data to summarize ownership patterns. We estimated that c. 0.3–2.8% (c. 260–2200 ha) of available saltmarsh is occupied by eastern black rail, most of which is publicly owned (79%). Privately owned saltmarsh was spread across nearly 5000 individual parcels, 10% of which contained areas with the highest likelihood of rail presence according to our model (top quartile of predicted occupancy probabilities). Compared with all privately owned saltmarsh, parcels with probable rail habitat were larger (median: 5 versus 2 ha), contained more marsh (87% versus 59%) and were less economically valuable (US$11 200 versus US$36 100). Our approach of integrating species distributions with landownership data helps clarify trade-offs and synergies in species conservation and coastal resiliency planning.

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Section: Environmental Conservationmentioning

confidence: 99%