Action |
50. |
Improve cross-jurisdictional geo-spatial tools to support pre-planning decisions |
Complete
|
|
Action |
39. |
Continue the Healthy Lands Initiative |
Complete
|
|
Action |
18. |
Evaluate and assess public safety risks and risk liability associated with shooting and hunting, commensurate and consistent with other public land recreational activities |
Complete
|
|
Action |
17. |
Draft model state legislation on liability for landowners who provide public access to their property |
Complete
|
|
Action |
37. |
Publish guidance to ensure federal agencies consider effects of climate change on wildlife, habitat and wildlife-dependent recreation |
Partially complete
|
|
Action |
27. |
Recommend new and better means of communicating with youth and minorities |
Partially complete
|
|
Action |
22. |
Establish shooting ranges in urban areas as a part of urban centers for outdoor activities |
Partially complete
|
|
Action |
43. |
Establish a formal working relationship between federal agencies and state wildlife managers |
Partially complete
|
|
Action |
51 |
Incorporate state and regional wildlife plans into federal land use planning |
Partially complete
|
|
Initiative |
Initiative 1 |
Sporting Conservation Council |
BLANK |
1 |
Sub-action |
4.2 |
Consider how receipts could be directed to a non-federal account where they would be leveraged by nonfederal funding and obligated to a prioritized list of projects chosen based on their CRBI score |
Incomplete
|
10 |
Sub-action |
4.3 |
Establish priorities for acquisition that would include purchase of title and/or easements on lands |
Incomplete
|
10 |
Action |
6. |
Establish the Impact Directed Environmental Account (IDEA). |
Complete
|
10 |
Sub-action |
4.1 |
Develop a Conservation and Recreation Benefits Index (CRBI) |
Incomplete
|
10 |
Action |
5. |
Draft and enact an Upland Conservation Act. |
Partially complete
|
10 |
Sub-action |
7.1 |
Seek information from Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies Excise Tax working group |
Complete
|
11 |
Action |
8. |
Establish a Blue Ribbon panel of experts on wildlife funding |
Incomplete
|
11 |
Sub-action |
7.2 |
Consider expanding or reducing the categories of hunting and fishing equipment currently subject to FET |
Incomplete
|
11 |
Sub-action |
7.3 |
Consider including or excluding categories of wildlife dependent recreation and associated equipment |
Incomplete
|
11 |
Category |
III. |
Identify Potential Partnerships for Voluntary Funding for Conservation |
BLANK |
11 |
Sub-action |
7.5 |
Develop legislative recommendations to reduce the costs and administrative burdens on manufacturers subject to the FET |
Complete
|
11 |
Sub-action |
8.1 |
Establish and dedicate funding for implementing State Wildlife Action Plans |
Complete
|
11 |
Sub-action |
7.4 |
Educate consumers and the public about the categories currently subject to FET |
Partially complete
|
11 |
Sub-action |
9.1 |
Create a new partnership between state and federal agencies, equipment manufacturers and retailers to collect manufacturers’ rebates as funding for wildlife habitat and enhanced outdoor recreation |
Incomplete
|
11 |
Sub-action |
9.2 |
Expand the allowable uses of State Wildlife Grants and new grant programs to include communication and education projects and programs |
Incomplete
|
11 |
Action |
9. |
Recommend funding arrangements that pool federal, state, and private funds. |
Incomplete
|
11 |
Action |
10. |
Develop a model state ballot initiative to increase funding for wildlife. |
Incomplete
|
11 |
Action |
7. |
Identify, in cooperation with state agencies, options for improving Federal Excise Taxes (FET). |
Partially complete
|
11 |
Initiative |
Initiative 3 |
Improving Wildlife Habitat Conservation |
BLANK |
13 |
Sub-action |
11.2 |
Populate a standardized, web-based, one-stop-shop to disseminate population data |
Incomplete
|
15 |
Sub-action |
12.5 |
Provide incentives to maintain the continuity of large landscapes |
Incomplete
|
15 |
Sub-action |
12.3 |
Review CRP rental rates on a more frequent basis |
Partially complete
|
15 |
Sub-action |
11.1 |
Create measurable goals and outcomes for implementation of Executive Order 13443 |
Incomplete
|
15 |
Sub-action |
11.3 |
Coordinate wildlife population and habitat modeling protocols |
Incomplete
|
15 |
Sub-action |
11.4 |
Develop, support, and advertise a web-based capability to help identify public lands available for hunting |
Partially complete
|
15 |
Sub-action |
11.5 |
Review current predator control policies at the state level |
Incomplete
|
15 |
Category |
I. |
Develop Baseline Data for Long-Term Goals and Measurable Results |
BLANK |
15 |
Category |
II. |
Create Financial Incentives for Private Lands Conservation and Access |
BLANK |
15 |
Sub-action |
12.2 |
Promote and support added incentives to programs |
Incomplete
|
15 |
Sub-action |
12.1 |
Increase rental payments to CRP enrollees who donate or sell hunting access easements on their CRP lands |
Incomplete
|
15 |
Action |
11. |
Expand existing wildlife and habitat databases |
Incomplete
|
15 |
Action |
12. |
Recommend updates to the timing and amount of Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) payment rates |
Complete
|
15 |
Sub-action |
12.4 |
Consider new incentives for keeping properties with the best wildlife habitat enrolled in the CRP program |
Incomplete
|
15 |
Sub-action |
13.3 |
Coordinate a model National Grassland/Shrubland Restoration Act |
Incomplete
|
16 |
Sub-action |
14.2 |
Develop new incentives to maintain continuity of large landscapes |
Partially complete
|
16 |
Action |
13. |
Create a grasslands conservation initiative |
Partially complete
|
16 |
Action |
14. |
Create new options for keeping family-owned private lands intact when inherited |
Partially complete
|
16 |
Sub-action |
14.3 |
Consider exemptions and transferable credits that could be enacted in the years remaining before the inheritance tax expires |
Incomplete
|
16 |
Sub-action |
14.1 |
Create programs that identify lands and important wildlife habitat that are at risk of fragmentation |
Incomplete
|
16 |
Sub-action |
13.1 |
Develop common metrics and priorities for each state |
Partially complete
|
16 |
Sub-action |
13.2 |
Develop a conservation funding source for a grassland conservation initiative |
Partially complete
|
16 |
Category |
III. |
Improve Habitat on Federal Land: Biofuels and Invasive Species |
BLANK |
17 |
Action |
16. |
Recommend improvements for controlling species that have detrimental impacts on hunting and fishing opportunities and targeted species |
Partially complete
|
17 |
Sub-action |
15.3 |
Ensure that mechanisms that will ensure long-term provision of biomass from federal lands are in place |
Partially complete
|
17 |
Sub-action |
15.5 |
Develop a national strategy for wind farm siting that will protect the grassland/shrubland steppe and associated wildlife |
Partially complete
|
17 |
Sub-action |
15.4 |
Authorize federal agencies to retain receipts from the sale of woody biomass to provide priority funding toward habitat restoration in areas impacted by harvest |
Incomplete
|
17 |
Sub-action |
15.6 |
Create bond authority to facilitate the use of timber receipts for improved forest health |
Incomplete
|
17 |
Sub-action |
16.4 |
Draft recommendations for addressing the threats identified |
Incomplete
|
17 |
Sub-action |
16.1 |
Assess the extent and severity of habitat loss and degradation resulting from outbreaks of native pests, diseases, or invasive species encroachment |
Partially complete
|
17 |
Sub-action |
15.2 |
Develop investment tax credits that encourage the development of improved technologies for utilizing woody biomass for cellulosic ethanol |
Partially complete
|
17 |
Action |
15. |
Recommend projects, initiatives and new or improved authorities to enhance wildlife habitat on federal lands by promoting biofuel production |
Partially complete
|
17 |
Sub-action |
16.5 |
Target specific conservation education programs for urban landowners and ranchette owners |
Incomplete
|
17 |
Sub-action |
16.3 |
Identify the issues most relevant to hunting access and game species conservation |
Incomplete
|
17 |
Sub-action |
16.2 |
Assess the existing infrastructure and capacity to combat the most prevalent threats |
Partially complete
|
17 |
Sub-action |
15.1 |
Initiate a biofuels initiative to reduce risks of catastrophic wildfire causing habitat loss |
Partially complete
|
17 |
Category |
II. |
Expand Wildlife-Dependent Recreational Opportunities on Federal Land |
BLANK |
19 |
Sub-action |
19.1 |
Establish a Federal Open Trails public land access program with federal, state, private, tribal, conservation organizations, and landowner partners |
Incomplete
|
19 |
Category |
I. |
Reduce Liability for Access to Private Land |
BLANK |
19 |
Initiative |
Initiative 4 |
Expanding Access to Public and Private Lands |
BLANK |
19 |
Action |
19. |
Integrate conservation and hunting opportunities into the next Transportation Bill |
Incomplete
|
19 |
Sub-action |
20.3 |
Establish a map page that will allow users to identify opportunities to hunt on public lands |
Incomplete
|
20 |
Sub-action |
20.1 |
Create uses of advertising profits from websites |
Incomplete
|
20 |
Sub-action |
19.2 |
Create a fund to assess current practices |
Incomplete
|
20 |
Sub-action |
20.2 |
Offer a “vertical” search engine with information regarding structured hunting programs |
Incomplete
|
20 |
Action |
20. |
Establish a one-stop-shop website of information on hunting on federal land |
Partially complete
|
20 |
Sub-action |
21.2 |
Request an interagency data call for a compilation of opportunities to access adjacent public lands through lands they oversee |
Incomplete
|
21 |
Sub-action |
21.1 |
Assess interagency opportunities for improving and enhancing hunting opportunities for the disabled |
Partially complete
|
21 |
Action |
21. |
Recommend improved and enhanced access to public lands where hunting is allowed |
Partially complete
|
21 |
Sub-action |
23.1 |
Explain the North American Model of Wildlife Conservation and the American system of conservation funding |
Complete
|
22 |
Sub-action |
22.4 |
Explore shooting range and hunting opportunity potential assessed as part of the military Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) process |
Incomplete
|
22 |
Sub-action |
22.1 |
Improve connectivity of school groups to the outdoors |
Partially complete
|
22 |
Sub-action |
22.2 |
Develop a model “hunting easement” similar to a conservation easement for use in providing or protecting hunting opportunities |
Incomplete
|
22 |
Sub-action |
22.6 |
Facilitate an effective federal government-wide process to use non-federal funds for acquiring hunting and shooting access to federal lands |
Incomplete
|
22 |
Sub-action |
23.2 |
Communicate a consistent framework that will assess the impacts of project proposals on wildlife populations and hunting opportunities |
Partially complete
|
22 |
Action |
23. |
Recommend and implement a training curriculum for federal employees on the history, ecology, and management of hunting on public land |
Complete
|
22 |
Category |
III. |
Provide Specialized Training for Federal Employees |
BLANK |
22 |
Sub-action |
22.3 |
Expand and develop partnerships among federal agencies to determine accessible federal lands for hunting and recreational shooting |
Incomplete
|
22 |
Sub-action |
22.5 |
Fund or implement programs resulting from the call for proposals improving federal land access |
Partially complete
|
22 |
Action |
25. |
Teach best practices for hunting programs in formal training for federal land Managers |
Partially complete
|
23 |
Sub-action |
23.4 |
Establish more scholarships and stipends from private entities to bring new people, youth, and minorities to outdoor/hunting/wildlife conferences |
Incomplete
|
23 |
Sub-action |
23.3 |
Market strategies to better communicate the availability of existing programs designed to provide educational outreach and technical assistance for private landowners. |
Incomplete
|
23 |
Action |
24. |
Require all federal land management supervisory personnel to complete a state-sanctioned hunter education course, or an equivalent program |
Incomplete
|
23 |
Initiative |
Initiative 5 |
Educating, Recruiting, and Retaining Hunters |
BLANK |
25 |
Action |
26. |
Waive or discount entrance fees for federal hunting lands for veterans and active duty military personnel |
Complete
|
28 |
Sub-action |
26.2 |
Develop a Wounded Warrior Hunting and Fishing Program |
Complete
|
28 |
Sub-action |
26.1 |
Identify opportunities to expand and enhance hunting on DOD bases |
Partially complete
|
28 |
Category |
I. |
Promote Hunting Among Various Demographic Groups |
BLANK |
28 |
Sub-action |
26.3 |
Expand opportunities for disabled veterans to hunt on federal land |
Partially complete
|
28 |
Sub-action |
27.7 |
Include a teacher or a teachers’ council to advise a hunting foundation |
Incomplete
|
29 |
Sub-action |
27.2 |
Use new technology to reach a new generation |
Complete
|
29 |
Sub-action |
28.1 |
Initiate a mentoring corps and engage former hunters |
Incomplete
|
29 |
Sub-action |
28.2 |
Create a national coalition consisting of NGOs, industry, state, and federal agencies |
Complete
|
29 |
Action |
28. |
Develop and fund a hunting access and conservation program within the Youth Conservation Corps |
Incomplete
|
29 |
Sub-action |
28.3 |
Create a national youth and minorities hunting coalition |
Incomplete
|
29 |
Sub-action |
27.8 |
Create and support an exchange program for federal and state employees to teach once a week or once a month in the local schools |
Incomplete
|
29 |
Sub-action |
27.5 |
Establish a speakers’ bureau for school lectures and activities |
Incomplete
|
29 |
Sub-action |
27.6 |
Develop an image for media use of a young or minority person that enjoys the outdoors |
Partially complete
|
29 |
Sub-action |
27.1 |
Engage Americorps volunteers to be mentors |
Incomplete
|
29 |
Sub-action |
27.3 |
Create electronic games that involve hunting and fishing, plant and animal identification, and promote nature acronyms for texting |
Partially complete
|
29 |
Sub-action |
27.4 |
Promote geocaching for youth and minorities. |
Partially complete
|
29 |
Category |
I. |
Legislation Regarding Sporting Conservation Council |
BLANK |
3 |
Sub-action |
1.4 |
Identify opportunities to promote cooperating agency status for state agencies |
Incomplete
|
3 |
Action |
1. |
Pass legislation authorizing the Sporting Conservation Council |
Incomplete
|
3 |
Sub-action |
1.3 |
Consider an exemption for information provided by landowners about species of concern under the Freedom of Information Act |
Incomplete
|
3 |
Sub-action |
1.1 |
Provide a ten-year term for the Council. |
Incomplete
|
3 |
Sub-action |
1.2 |
Consider amending the Federal Advisory Committee Act to allow non-governmental, nonconsensus advice to federal land managers |
Complete
|
3 |
Sub-action |
29.11 |
Provide funding incentives to states that have effective programs in hunter recruitment and retention |
Incomplete
|
30 |
Sub-action |
29.9 |
Achieve overall gains in career conservationists. |
Incomplete
|
30 |
Sub-action |
29.12 |
Administer grants to state agencies for programs directed at generating youth and minorities involvement in hunting |
Incomplete
|
30 |
Sub-action |
29.2 |
Focus on recruitment and retention of hunters and shooters |
Complete
|
30 |
Sub-action |
29.3 |
Seek other funds beside the Pittman-Robertson funds |
Complete
|
30 |
Sub-action |
29.13 |
Report periodically on progress toward increasing recruitment and retention |
Partially complete
|
30 |
Sub-action |
29.6 |
Provide family programs and teaching camps on a variety of outdoor and adventure activities |
Incomplete
|
30 |
Action |
29. |
Commission a Presidential Hunting and Shooting Sports Partnership Council |
Complete
|
30 |
Sub-action |
29.8 |
Develop ideas and mechanisms for capturing the imagination and interest of young and minority people and demographics |
Incomplete
|
30 |
Category |
II. |
Promote Hunting Through Public-Private Partnerships |
BLANK |
30 |
Sub-action |
29.10 |
Promote the ten-year Recreational Hunting and Wildlife Conservation Plan and measure progress |
Partially complete
|
30 |
Sub-action |
29.7 |
Engage energy companies on opportunities for youth and minorities hunts on company properties |
Incomplete
|
30 |
Sub-action |
29.5 |
Place curricula on the role of hunting in conservation and wildlife management |
Incomplete
|
30 |
Sub-action |
29.1 |
Imitate the structure of the Recreational Boating and Fishing Foundation |
Complete
|
30 |
Sub-action |
29.4 |
Promote hunting to young and minority people, the disadvantaged and handicapped through structured hunting, shooting mentoring, and education programs |
Partially complete
|
30 |
Sub-action |
31.1 |
Develop a requirement for relevant federal agencies to ensure that federal staff are hired, trained, and rewarded in a manner that promotes hunting and fishing |
Incomplete
|
31 |
Sub-action |
30.1 |
Clarify how commercial crews can seek permission to film on public land |
Complete
|
31 |
Sub-action |
31.3 |
Charge the Sporting Conservation Council with issuing annual recommendations for implementing Executive Order 13443 and this action plan |
Complete
|
31 |
Sub-action |
30.2 |
Involve the public in reviewing filming proposals |
Incomplete
|
31 |
Sub-action |
30.3 |
Ensure that the media continues to have the ability to inform the public about public lands |
Complete
|
31 |
Action |
31. |
Amend Executive Order 13443 to require specific performance, reporting, and updates to the Action Plan |
Partially complete
|
31 |
Action |
30. |
Issue new regulations to promote responsible filming and photography on public land |
Complete
|
31 |
Sub-action |
31.2 |
Incorporate opportunities for hunting and recreational shooting into public land management, planning, and decision-making |
Incomplete
|
31 |
Initiative |
Initiative 6 |
Coordinating Federal, State, Tribal, and International Action |
BLANK |
33 |
Sub-action |
32.5 |
Collect and update formal coordination agreements that should be established or updated |
Incomplete
|
34 |
Sub-action |
32.6 |
Produce a detailed proposal for a Public Land Law Review Commission |
Incomplete
|
34 |
Category |
I. |
Assess Existing Lines of Coordination |
BLANK |
34 |
Sub-action |
33.1 |
Identify a population control issue |
Partially complete
|
34 |
Sub-action |
32.3 |
Identify conflicting authorities and craft potential statutory and regulatory language to clarify and/or reconcile these conflicts |
Incomplete
|
34 |
Sub-action |
33.2 |
Agencies will work with states to assess the possibility of utilizing qualified volunteers to assist in culling operations |
Partially complete
|
34 |
Category |
II. |
Enact Improvements |
BLANK |
34 |
Action |
32. |
Produce and act on a rigorous assessment of existing authorities related to hunting and game conservation |
Incomplete
|
34 |
Sub-action |
32.1 |
Convene an expert panel of natural resource management and legal professionals |
Incomplete
|
34 |
Action |
33. |
Expand and enhance cross-boundary efforts to use hunting as a wildlife management tool |
Partially complete
|
34 |
Sub-action |
32.4 |
Develop a user-friendly compendium of relevant authorities that will be shared with federal employees and non-federal partners |
Incomplete
|
34 |
Sub-action |
32.2 |
Identify relevant authorities and craft a user-friendly compendium for use by relevant federal employees |
Incomplete
|
34 |
Sub-action |
34.3 |
Establish a formal, routine coordination and communication among federal, state, and tribal wildlife managers |
Partially complete
|
35 |
Sub-action |
34.7 |
Distribute drafts of model legislation that ensures wildlife species remain the jurisdiction and responsibility of states, provinces, and federal wildlife management agencies |
Incomplete
|
35 |
Sub-action |
34.1 |
Improve the ability of states to match federal funds with a model state law creating new dedicated state funds |
Incomplete
|
35 |
Sub-action |
34.6 |
Promote federal legislation that clearly enhances the state fish and wildlife agencies’ role, their right and jurisdiction to manage wildlife |
Partially complete
|
35 |
Sub-action |
34.5 |
Develop best management practices for hunting and wildlife conservation consistent across both state and federal agencies |
Incomplete
|
35 |
Sub-action |
34.4 |
Clarify and simplify state and federal regulations on hunting |
Partially complete
|
35 |
Sub-action |
34.2 |
Complete an objective report on liability and other legal impediments to supervised participation in youth and minorities hunting |
Partially complete
|
35 |
Action |
35. |
Convene an International Congress on Wildlife Conservation among heads of state and their representatives |
Incomplete
|
35 |
Sub-action |
33.3 |
Authorize the use of contraceptives only upon a joint conclusion that none of the above alternatives are available and/or adequate |
Partially complete
|
35 |
Action |
34. |
Recommend improvements and enhancements to state-federal coordination on wildlife conservation and hunting opportunities |
Partially complete
|
35 |
Initiative |
Initiative 7 |
Understanding Climate Change and Wildlife Effects |
BLANK |
37 |
Category |
I. |
Establish Lines of Communication |
BLANK |
38 |
Action |
36. |
Establish an advisory relationship among federal land management agencies, state agencies and conservation organizations on climate change |
Incomplete
|
38 |
Sub-action |
36.3 |
Work with private sector partners to determine whether a market would exist for the proposed insurance pool |
Partially complete
|
38 |
Sub-action |
36.6 |
Incorporate carbon exchange rates in creating incentives for landowners to conserve habitats |
Partially complete
|
38 |
Sub-action |
36.1 |
Assess the potential of forests and wetlands on federal lands to sequester carbon biologically |
Partially complete
|
38 |
Sub-action |
36.4 |
Develop mechanisms that would enable receipts from private sector insurance payments to be retained for improving or expanding wildlife species habitat |
Incomplete
|
38 |
Sub-action |
36.2 |
Identify the programs and/or authorities necessary to create an insurance pool against carbon loss during sequestration contracts |
Incomplete
|
38 |
Sub-action |
36.5 |
Direct revenue from future climate change initiatives such as “cap and trade” to wildlife, habitat, and conservation education |
Partially complete
|
38 |
Sub-action |
38.3 |
Use expanded research partnerships with natural resource agencies to assist in the design, construction, and implementation of adaptation strategies |
Incomplete
|
39 |
Category |
II. |
Improve Data and Policy |
BLANK |
39 |
Sub-action |
38.5 |
Include state, university, and tribal partnerships in determining effects of climate change on at risk wildlife |
Complete
|
39 |
Sub-action |
38.6 |
Develop monitoring programs by federal biological research and management agencies for incorporating climate change effects on at risk game species, populations, and habitat |
Partially complete
|
39 |
Sub-action |
38.1 |
Ensure that CCSP and other available data are made available for inclusion into the various agency management planning and decision-making processes |
Incomplete
|
39 |
Sub-action |
38.2 |
Develop models and forecasts that will relate climate-related changes to biological responses of at risk game species, populations, and habitats |
Partially complete
|
39 |
Action |
38. |
Refine CCSP data to describe climate effects on wildlife populations and habitats |
Partially complete
|
39 |
Sub-action |
38.4 |
Analyze species requirements and habitat dependencies in relation to projections for climate change effects and impacts |
Partially complete
|
39 |
Initiative |
Initiative 8 |
Conserving Wildlife and Developing Oil and Gas on Public Land |
BLANK |
41 |
Category |
II. |
Improve Collaboration on Project Design |
BLANK |
43 |
Sub-action |
41.4 |
Require consideration of state/tribal established fish and wildlife habitat/population goals and objectives in formal planning processes |
Incomplete
|
43 |
Sub-action |
41.2 |
Direct existing planning policy to reinforce the desirability of having all interested state and tribal governments involved in plan development |
Incomplete
|
43 |
Category |
I. |
Develop and Use Landscape-Level Assessments of Wildlife |
BLANK |
43 |
Action |
41. |
Establish specific game and wildlife population and habitat goals and objectives for oil and gas development projects |
Incomplete
|
43 |
Sub-action |
40.2 |
Use the USGS Healthy Lands Initiative geospatial framework to assess the health of habitats and their resources and monitor changes in landscapes |
Partially complete
|
43 |
Sub-action |
40.3 |
Use the USGS estimates of the oil and gas resources of all onshore federal lands to identify areas of imminent conflict |
Partially complete
|
43 |
Sub-action |
40.1 |
Include statewide mapping efforts to identify areas of high importance to wildlife habitat in pre-lease planning |
Complete
|
43 |
Sub-action |
39.2 |
Consider other landscape-scale initiatives in new project areas |
Complete
|
43 |
Sub-action |
41.3 |
Conduct pre-development assessments prioritized by energy potential |
Partially complete
|
43 |
Action |
40. |
Publish standards and protocols for on-site and off-site considerations for oil and gas development and impacts for wildlife |
Partially complete
|
43 |
Sub-action |
39.1 |
Seek full funding for the Healthy Lands Initiative |
Complete
|
43 |
Sub-action |
41.1 |
Issue a joint Secretarial Order to form a team whose goal is to assess landscape-level assessment units on all federal, state, and local units |
Incomplete
|
43 |
Action |
44. |
Authorize a program to formalize the BLM Pilot Oil and Gas Offices that were established by the Energy Policy Act, 2005 |
Incomplete
|
44 |
Sub-action |
43.2 |
Establish and fund an energy liaison position among the BLM, USDA Forest Service, and AFWA |
Complete
|
44 |
Category |
III. |
Formalize Wildlife Expertise in Leasing |
BLANK |
44 |
Sub-action |
42.1 |
Establish agreement between states and federal agencies to share uniform mapping information on wildlife migration corridors |
Complete
|
44 |
Sub-action |
41.5 |
Require annual coordination and map sharing between state and federal agencies |
Partially complete
|
44 |
Action |
42. |
Produce a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) between federal agencies and western governors |
Complete
|
44 |
Action |
46. |
Reissue policy guidance contained in IM 2004-110 Change 1 |
Complete
|
44 |
Sub-action |
42.2 |
Seek opportunities to work with land trusts and NGOs for conserving wildlife corridors |
Complete
|
44 |
Sub-action |
43.3 |
Support an Energy Wildlife policy workshop focused on seeking solutions and promoting joint understanding of process, policies, goals, and objectives |
Incomplete
|
44 |
Action |
45. |
Collaborate with industry and wildlife biologists on updating best management practices as new technologies are developed |
Partially complete
|
44 |
Sub-action |
42.3 |
Create incentives for federal land managers to partner on wildlife corridor conservation with private landowners and industry |
Incomplete
|
44 |
Sub-action |
43.1 |
Discuss specifics involving the AFWA and its Energy and Wildlife Policy Committee to determine needs and opportunities to refine EPACT 2005 |
Incomplete
|
44 |
Sub-action |
42.4 |
Establish and utilize mitigation accounts for funding for wildlife friendly fencing and conservation easements |
Incomplete
|
44 |
Sub-action |
41.6 |
Require annual federal agency consultation with state agencies to review new data prior to new leasing offerings and decisions to avoid or mitigate impacts to wildlife |
Incomplete
|
44 |
Action |
52. |
Recommend new incentives for identifying lease areas and using new technology |
Partially complete
|
45 |
Sub-action |
52.4 |
Develop year-round drilling proposals with industry in exchange for less surface impact through use of best management practices |
Partially complete
|
45 |
Sub-action |
52.5 |
Enhance conservation in key areas using credits off-site |
Partially complete
|
45 |
Sub-action |
52.6 |
Create a Conservation Challenge Fund for every acre disturbed |
Incomplete
|
45 |
Category |
IV. |
Create Incentives to Improve Wildlife Outcomes |
BLANK |
45 |
Action |
47. |
Collaborate on development of pre-project conservation plans for sustaining wildlife in conjunction with landscape-scale assessments on energy development |
Partially complete
|
45 |
Sub-action |
52.7 |
Educate oil and gas company staff on the benefits of wildlife conservation |
Partially complete
|
45 |
Action |
49. |
Develop a national strategy for wind farm siting that coordinates with conservation goals for the grassland-shrubland steppe wildlife community |
Partially complete
|
45 |
Sub-action |
52.2 |
Identify or support incentives for industry to avoid development in migration corridors and crucial habitats |
Partially complete
|
45 |
Sub-action |
52.3 |
Seek partnerships for increased donation of conservation easements and wildlife-friendly fencing |
Partially complete
|
45 |
Sub-action |
52.1 |
Investigate options for federal lease trades and buy-backs |
Partially complete
|
45 |
Action |
48. |
Ensure timely preparation of NEPA analyses |
Partially complete
|
45 |
Sub-action |
53.3 |
Build upon and expand existing monitoring and data storage for adaptive management and development of best management practices |
Incomplete
|
46 |
Sub-action |
53.1 |
Conduct necessary budgetary analysis to consider using federal and state onshore oil and gas revenue to fund monitoring |
Incomplete
|
46 |
Sub-action |
55.2 |
Clarify further implementation of off-site conservation strategies and practices to be accomplished |
Partially complete
|
46 |
Action |
53. |
Publish a standardized, peer-reviewed, monitoring protocol to guide all land management and wildlife agencies and industries in adaptive management |
Incomplete
|
46 |
Category |
V. |
Establish a Monitoring Protocol for Adaptive Management |
BLANK |
46 |
Sub-action |
53.5 |
Apply a monitoring plan based on the protocol to each record of decision |
Incomplete
|
46 |
Sub-action |
53.4 |
Establish panels to review data under OMB’s Data Quality Act guidelines and make recommendations on adaptive management. |
Incomplete
|
46 |
Action |
54. |
Identify opportunities for off-site conservation |
Partially complete
|
46 |
Action |
55. |
Recommend new policy to promote off-site conservation |
Partially complete
|
46 |
Sub-action |
53.2 |
Include information on wildlife corridors and other particular habitat features |
Incomplete
|
46 |
Sub-action |
55.1 |
Establish clear authority by statute and have new regulations developed defining science experience based mitigation practices |
Partially complete
|
46 |
Category |
VI. |
Accomplish More Off-Site Conservation |
BLANK |
46 |
Category |
VII. |
Optimize Funding for Federal Land Energy Programs |
BLANK |
47 |
Sub-action |
57.1 |
Collect a percentage of fees from drilling permits and allocate these funds for mitigation, monitoring, and conservation |
Incomplete
|
47 |
Action |
56. |
Recommend optimal allocations of funding for operation, training, and cost recovery |
Incomplete
|
47 |
Action |
58. |
Develop cellulosic energy crops |
Partially complete
|
47 |
Sub-action |
57.3 |
Consider using federal and state on-shore oil and gas revenue to fund monitoring |
Partially complete
|
47 |
Action |
57. |
Assess options for a Wildlife Mitigation/Habitat Enhancement Fund |
Incomplete
|
47 |
Sub-action |
56.2 |
Ensure the maximum use of BLM training |
Partially complete
|
47 |
Sub-action |
56.3 |
Develop proposed cost recovery authorities for the USDA Forest Service and BLM |
Partially complete
|
47 |
Sub-action |
56.1 |
Complete an overall review of the BLM budget |
Partially complete
|
47 |
Sub-action |
57.2 |
Share oil and gas revenues with the states to benefit displaced or affected wildlife |
Incomplete
|
47 |
Initiative |
Initiative 2 |
Increasing Public and Private Funding for Wildlife Conservation |
BLANK |
5 |
Sub-action |
2.1 |
Authorize permanently the conservation tax incentives, enacted for two years in the 2008 Farm Bill |
Partially complete
|
7 |
Action |
2. |
Draft and enact comprehensive tax incentives legislation |
Partially complete
|
7 |
Sub-action |
2.6 |
Establish a more consistent approach to valuing land with tax breaks |
Partially complete
|
7 |
Sub-action |
2.3 |
Classify hunting and fishing leases as working farms |
Incomplete
|
7 |
Sub-action |
2.4 |
Increase the period for donations of access easements |
Incomplete
|
7 |
Sub-action |
2.2 |
Expand AGI deductability for conservation easements |
Incomplete
|
7 |
Sub-action |
2.5 |
Change excise tax reports to quarterly |
Complete
|
7 |
Category |
I. |
Renew, Extend, and Create Tax Incentives for Conservation and Access |
BLANK |
7 |
Category |
II. |
Increase Federal Funding for State Conservation and Access Programs and Initiatives |
BLANK |
8 |
Action |
3. |
Recommend new programs and authorities to promote hunter access. |
Partially complete
|
8 |
Sub-action |
3.2 |
Revive proposal for a 50 percent capital gains exclusion for conservation land sales |
Incomplete
|
8 |
Sub-action |
3.1 |
Create a tax credit for fish and wildlife protections, restoration and enhancement and wildlife dependent recreation |
Incomplete
|
8 |
Sub-action |
3.9 |
Provide funding for the necessary infrastructure for enrollment in state access programs |
Partially complete
|
9 |
Sub-action |
3.3 |
Provide federal funds to state-based programs that open private lands to hunters and anglers |
Partially complete
|
9 |
Sub-action |
3.4 |
Authorize the use of non-federal funding to match federal funding for State Access Programs |
Complete
|
9 |
Action |
4. |
Improve the Federal Land Transfer Facilitation Act (FLTFA). |
Incomplete
|
9 |
Sub-action |
3.10 |
Establish formal arrangements with states and 501(c)3 organizations to fund public relations and marketing programs for hunting and fishing |
Partially complete
|
9 |
Sub-action |
3.7 |
Encourage federal or state governments to purchase easements on lands needed to open wildlife corridors |
Partially complete
|
9 |
Sub-action |
3.5 |
Increase structured hunting programs and recreational shooting opportunities |
Partially complete
|
9 |
Sub-action |
3.6 |
Provide federal technical assistance to states to expand and enhance private land conservation projects on lands enrolled in state access programs |
Incomplete
|
9 |
Sub-action |
3.8 |
Facilitate National Park Service (NPS) purchase of conservation and access easements from willing sellers |
Incomplete
|
9 |