Browsing by Subject "Adaptive management"

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    Groundwater exchange pools in Los Angeles: An innovative example of adaptive management
    (California Water Blog, 2018-07-27) Porse, Erik; Mika, Kathryn; Pincetl, Stephanie; Gold, Mark; Blomquist, William
    Across California, Groundwater Sustainability Agencies (GSAs) are devising plans to reduce long-term overdraft. As part of the 2014 Sustainable Groundwater Management Act, GSAs will submit plans in 2020-2022, which detail strategies to bring groundwater use into balance by 2040. Planning processes must assemble stakeholders and estimate sustainable yields of groundwater, quantify existing pumping, describe future options to limit overdraft, and identify funding. GSAs are actively searching for ways to stretch limited supplies and sustainably use the underground storage space created by decades of overdraft, drawing on lessons of previous regional agreements.
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    Integrating social science into conservation planning
    (Elsevier, 2021) Niemiec, Rebecca M.; Gruby, Rebecca; Quartuch, Michael; Cavaliere, Christina T.; Teel, Tara L.; Crooks, Kevin; Salerno, Jonathan; Solomon, Jennifer N.; Jones, Kelly W.; Gavin, Michael; Lavoie, Anna; Stronza, Amanda; Meth, Leah; Enrici, Ash; Lanter, Katie; Browne, Christine; Proctor, Jonathan; Manfredo, Michael; Lilly Family School of Philanthropy
    A growing body of literature has highlighted the value of social science for conservation, yet the diverse approaches of the social sciences are still inconsistently incorporated in conservation initiatives. Building greater capacity for social science integration in conservation requires frameworks and case studies that provide concrete guidance and specific examples. To address this need, we have developed a framework aimed at expanding the role for social science in formal conservation planning processes. Our framework illustrates multiple ways in which social science research can contribute to four stages of such processes: 1) defining the problem and project team; 2) defining goals; 3) identifying impact pathways and designing interventions; and 4) developing and evaluating indicators of success (or failure). We then present a timely case study of wolf reintroduction in Colorado, U.S.A., to demonstrate the opportunities, challenges, and complexities of applying our framework in practice.
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    Putting Adaptive Management into Practice: Incorporating Quantitative Metrics into Sustainable Groundwater Management
    (Stanford University, 2019) Conrad, Esther; Moran, Tara; Crankshaw, Ilana; Blomquist, William; Martinez, Janet; Szeptycki, Leon
    This report uses four cases to examine how agencies have used adaptive mangement and quantitative metrics to set minimum thresholds, measurable objectives and interim milestones to measure groundwater in California. The report offers recommendations for Groundwater Sustainability Agencies as they write their sustainability plans.