<html><body>Very good discussion. Site selection criteria is critical component for larger management issues. Long term protection/conservation is dependent on ownership and control. Selection can populate an inventory of candidate sites that leads to prioritization or targeting. Monitoring and stewardship plans could be easier to implement on sites that are adjacent to existing protected sites. In many parts of the country, it has been successful to expand existing "valuable, secure, managed" areas. Mitigation as part permitting for resource loss doesn't preserve those resources impacted but can be a mechanism to access funds to acquire and manage valuable habitat elsewhere.<BR>
Paul Fuhrmann<BR>
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From: native-plants <native-plants-bounces@lists.plantconservation.org> On Behalf Of Bonnie Harper-Lore<BR>
Sent: Thursday, January 9, 2020 6:11 PM<BR>
To: Bonnie L Heidel <BHeidel@uwyo.edu><BR>
Cc: native-plants@lists.plantconservation.org; Bruce Young <Bruce_Young@natureserve.org><BR>
Subject: Re: [PCA] Priority areas for plant conservation in the conterminous US?<BR>
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Once the IPAs are defined, does protection follow?<BR>
I live in Minnesota where SNAs have been defined and protected for decades.<BR>
SNAs are Scientific and Natural Areas defined by the Natural Heritage Program and Biological Surveys.<BR>
We continue to purchase and protect these relatively pristine remnants of our natural heritage. But they are threatened<BR>
by hunting and fishing interests and related legislative funding.<BR>
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Are IPAs the same concept?<BR>
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Naively,<BR>
Bonnie<BR>
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> On Jan 9, 2020, at 9:50 AM, Bonnie L Heidel <BHeidel@uwyo.edu> wrote:<BR>
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> Here's a footnote to outstanding discussions:<BR>
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> -Every state is different depending on whether or not there is an impetus, information and real or potential use of data on priority areas for plant conservation. In Wyoming, I can generate a quick list from the Rocky Mountain Herbarium online database (http://rmh.uwyo.edu/data/search.php ) that I sit in the most diverse county of the state (Albany Co., WY has ~1800 discrete vascular plant taxa). But that doesn't mean the data is going toward any prioritization and conservation purpose. <BR>
> -There are no uniform standards for priorities, which can make a big difference in outcome. Stohlgren et al. (2005) addressed patterns of plant species richness, rarity, endemism and uniqueness across Grand Staircase-Escalante Natl Monument (original). Their analysis of large datasets flagged different "hotspots" depending on which criterion was used, i.e., no "silver bullet" or convergence in diversity metrics, at least in this study. [Stohlgren, T. S., D. A. Guenther, P. H. Evangelista and N. Alley. 2005. Patterns of plant species richness, rarity, endemism, and uniqueness in an arid landscape. Ecological Applications 15(2): 715-725.] <BR>
> -Last but not least, this paper already has an eager audience before it is written!<BR>
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> Bonnie Heidel<BR>
> Lead Botanist / Wyoming Natural Diversity Database<BR>
> University of Wyoming / 1000 E. University Ave.<BR>
> Laramie, WY 82071 //<BR>
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> I was going to make a similar comment as Bob already has. A number of states have important plant area designations. New Mexico has done an excellent job in that regard. See also states like Colorado (they have something like 200 IPA's), Montana, California and no doubt others.<BR>
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> I would think that some IPA's could have portions that are "protected" (they could be part of a national park or have a special agency designation) but probably many do not.<BR>
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> In Utah, we've talked about IPA's a fair amount but have only designated a few areas and our program is nowhere as evolved as in some other states.<BR>
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> Tony Frates<BR>
> Utah Native Plant Society<BR>
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> ----- Original Message -----<BR>
> From: "Bob Sivinski" <bsivinski@cybermesa.com><BR>
> To: <bmacbryde@netscape.net>, <Bruce_Young@natureserve.org>, <native-plants@lists.plantconservation.org><BR>
> Date: Wed, 8 Jan 2020 11:17:05 -0700<BR>
> Subject: Re: [PCA] Priority areas for plant conservation in the conterminous US?<BR>
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>> The recent New Mexico Rare Plant Conservation Strategy identifies several “Important Plant Areas” – including an interactive map.<BR>
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>> <a href="http://www.emnrd.state.nm.us/SFD/ForestMgt/NewMexicoRarePlantConservationStategy.html" target="_blank">http://www.emnrd.state.nm.us/SFD/ForestMgt/NewMexicoRarePlantConservationStategy.html</a><BR>
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>> From: native-plants [mailto:native-plants-bounces@lists.plantconservation.org] On Behalf Of <a href="mailto:bmacbryde@netscape.net">bmacbryde@netscape.net</a><BR>
>> Sent: Tuesday, January 7, 2020 1:25 PM<BR>
>> To: Bruce_Young@natureserve.org; <a href="mailto:native-plants@lists.plantconservation.org">native-plants@lists.plantconservation.org</a><BR>
>> Subject: Re: [PCA] Priority areas for plant conservation in the conterminous US?<BR>
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>> Several useful older references are:<BR>
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>> MacBryde, B. 1979. Plant conservation in North America: Developing structure. Pp. 105-109 in I. Hedberg (ed.), Systematic Botany, Plant Utilization<BR>
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>> and Biosphere Conservation. Almqvist & Wiksell International, Stockholm, Sweden. 159 pp.<BR>
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>> Maina, S.L., and J. Villa-Lobos. 1997. Regional overview: North America. Pp. 39-62 in S.D. Davis, V.H. Heywood, O. Herrera-MacBryde, J. Villa-Lobos,<BR>
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>> and A.C. Hamilton (eds.), Centres of Plant Diversity: A Guide and Strategy for their Conservation, Vol. 3: The Americas. WWF and IUCN: IUCN<BR>
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>> Publications Unit, Cambridge, England, U.K. 562 pp.<BR>
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>> Stein, B.A., L.S. Kutner, and J.S. Adams (eds.). 2000. Precious Heritage: The Status of Biodiversity in the United States. The Nature Conservancy and<BR>
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>> Association for Biodiversity Information: Oxford University Press, New York. 399 pp.<BR>
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>> In CPD3, the 32 pertinent U.S. sites identified as centers of plant diversity and endemism are listed in Table 15 (p. 50); they are discussed in an overview on pp. 49-57. Those for the conterminous USA are NA12-NA14, NA16a, NA16c-NA16g, NA17-NA38, and MA11. Detailed treatments (including maps) are given (pp. 63-96, and pp. 172-180) for NA16 (California Floristic Province), NA16c (Klamath-Siskiyou region), NA16e (Serpentine flora [western]) and NA25 (Serpentine flora [eastern]), NA16g (Vernal pools), NA29 (Central Highlands of Florida), NA32 (Edwards Plateau, Texas), and MA11 (Apachian/Madrean region of SW North America).<BR>
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>> Bruce, I'll email you separately with a copy of my 1979 paper. You may also want to contact Dr. John Kartesz, whose BONAP database could give you an update for the information on plant endemism. His website is <a href="http://www.bonap.org/" target="_blank">http://www.bonap.org/</a> and contact info in NC: <mailto:jkartesz@bonap.org> <a href="mailto:jkartesz@bonap.org">jkartesz@bonap.org</a> tel. (919) 967-6240.<BR>
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>> Glad you are still at it!<BR>
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>> Bruce MacBryde, PhD<BR>
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>> BioConservation Support<BR>
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>> -----Original Message-----<BR>
>> From: Bruce Young <Bruce_Young@natureserve.org><BR>
>> To: <a href="mailto:native-plants@lists.plantconservation.org">native-plants@lists.plantconservation.org</a> <native-plants@lists.plantconservation.org><BR>
>> Sent: Tue, Jan 7, 2020, 7:03 am<BR>
>> Subject: [PCA] Priority areas for plant conservation in the US?<BR>
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>> Hi everyone,<BR>
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>> I’m working on a paper that describes areas with concentrations of unprotected, range-restricted species in the conterminous US states. The analysis includes both animals and plants. I’d like to compare our results to those of previous studies. I can identify several studies of priority conservation areas that include a variety of animal groups, but surprisingly couldn’t find any paper describing priority areas for plant conservation in a quick Google Scholar search. There must be such studies out there. Can anyone point me to them?<BR>
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>> Thanks!<BR>
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>> Best,<BR>
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>> Bruce<BR>
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