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Adaptive Management - BEACONs Project
The Northwest Boreal Landscape Conservation Cooperative partnered with the BEACONs Project (Boreal Ecosystems Analysis for Conservation Networks) to implement a new approach to conservation planning. This included the identification of ecological benchmarks to support active adaptive management. Ecological benchmarks provide controls for comparing actively managed lands with baseline conditions. Within an adaptive framework, benchmark areas are conservation anchors and references for detecting and understanding the influence of human activity on ecological systems. They support identification of management practices that sustain the wide‐range of environmental, cultural, and economic values associated with the northwest boreal region, and help to manage risk. Information from these analyses has been included in the U.S. Bureau of Land Management’s ongoing planning efforts for interior Alaska.
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Our Role
Funder, direct collaborator
Project Leader
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University of Alberta BEACONs group, Yukon College
Contact
  • Fiona Schmiegelow:​ fschmieg@ualberta.ca
  • Kim Lisgo: klisgo@ualberta.ca​
More information
Northwest Boreal BEACONs Project
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Reports, Maps, and Datasets
Archived Webinar
Conserving Large Landscapes: Science to Support Proactive Planning
Topics
Adaptation, Climate Change, Land Use Planning, Subsistence & Harvested Foods,  Wildlife
Approaches
Decision-Making Tools, Scientific Research
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The BEACONs analysis has several benchmark networks that can be ranked by a variety of criteria.
Thank You

The Northwest Boreal Partnership would like to thank our generous core funders: the Volgenau Foundation, Alaska Conservation Foundation, National Science Foundation, Network for Landscape Conservation, and the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service. 

​Photos for this site provided by U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service and Tanana Chiefs Conference.
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