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Landscape Conservation Cooperative Network
Headquarters POC
In 2010 Secretarial Order No. 3289 was signed, thus creating the Landscape Conservation Cooperatives (LCC's) Network. The overarching goal of LCC's is to create public-private partnerships that transcend geographical and political boundaries in order to address landscape scale conservation issues. In total there are twenty-two LCC's covering all of the United States, including the Caribbean and Pacific Islands, as well as parts of Mexico and Canada. All LCC's are headed by a small committee at the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. LCC's are self-directed and aim to better integrate science and resource management to further conservation efforts. LCC's place a particular focus on issues that stem from climate change.
Though each LCC is self-directed with its own unique goals, the LCC network has strived to create a partnership among the LCC's that is not only collaborative, but holistic and adaptive as well. The LCC's network facilitates the exchange of scientific data amongst resource managers and scientists with an interest in conservation. The LCC partners work together to identify best practices, connect efforts, identify science gaps, and avoid duplication through conservation planning and design. All of these efforts help to ensure the sustainability of our economy, land, water, wildlife, and cultural resources.
The overarching goal of the LCC's can be broken down into four distinct realms of work: Conservation Strategy, Collaborative Conservation, Science, and Communication. Each of these four realms has their own set of objectives which differ for each LCC in order to meet their region's specific needs. An example set of objectives can be found in the strategic plan, though it is important to remember these objectives are merely possible examples of what an LCC could do, not a framework for what an LCC should do. Any given LCC may employ more, less, or none of the same objectives in order to achieve their goals. An interactive map is available to help individuals locate their projects LCCs.
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