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Sc a ling Up #22 Promote large landscape conservation to support healthy ecosystems and cultural resources. #31 Accelerate the spread of ideas, encourage innovation, and inspire peer-to-peer collaboration across the Service.

Co nfe re nc e a t a Gla nc e Attendee Affiliation Basic facts 6% • 2 days 11% 5% • 661 registered 43% participants 33% • 269 presentations • 34 posters Federal employees NGO representatives • 23 plenary speakers State, local or tribal • 74 concurrent Academic institutions sessions Commercial or consultant Landowners or organization (1%) Philanthropic institutions (1%)

L a ndsc a pe Co nse rva tio n Co o pe ra tive s “The vision of the LCC Network is landscapes capable of sustaining natural and cultural resources for current and future generations.” lccnetwork.org/about

Autho rs Tony Hiss Brenda Barrett Brent Mitchell —with — Christina Marts NPS Stewardship Institute at Elle O’Casey Marsh Billings Rockefeller National Park

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T o pic s Complexities upon Climate Change Complexities Managing, Measuring, Ecological Services Media Cultural Heritage Sustaining Large Landscape Work Metropolitan Areas Next Generation Intercultural Connections

Ma tte rs o f Sc a le • Scale is not just geographic, but also – temporal, – sectoral, – demographic

“E pic Co lla b o ra tio n” • Cross-cutting • Integration – Transportation • Diversity – Energy – Gender – Agriculture – Youth – Recreation – Cultural – Economic Dev. – Indigenous – Public Health – Environmental Justice

Midwe st Co nse rva tio n Bio ma ss Allia nc e Photo: Paul Charland

Ob sta c le s to Co lla b o ra tio n Systemic Cultural / HR • Organizational • Beliefs mandates • Narrow value • Funding/project propositions cycles • Workforce • Competition • Skill sets • Balancing regulation with cooperation

E pic Sc ie nc e a nd Pla nning Developing persuasive success stories, and following up with rigorous evaluation, may be one of the greatest task priorities that emerged from the conference.

Skills Re q ue ste d • Advocacy and political mobilization • Decision support tools • Story-telling and web communications • Social marketing and outreach • Financing strategies for ecosystem restoration • Facilitating participatory, collaborative processes • Maintaining collaborations and momentum • Climate adaptation • Evaluation

A Wo rd o n Me e ting Pro c e ss “You must present, or be absent” 1/3 1/3 1/3 Exposition Exploration Expansion

Cultura l Shifts T o wa rds Cha ng e = + + + geography hierarchy silos command/control = + + + alignment/ positive relationships/ engagement/ discovery deviant trust collaboration

Ce le b ra ting Suc c e sse s “Landscape-level conservation—the term is still relatively new—is a different way of making sense of the world and of assessing and nurturing its health beyond the laudable, but limited, 20 th - century practice of designating reserves and cleaning up pollution.” — Tony Hiss

T he Wa y F o rwa rd Large landscape conservation requires a diverse networked professional community, people from many walks of life connected by common necessity. Such a complex web must be built with great intention. It must be convened by a facilitative structure, informed by science, and supported as a natural solution to issues of human, wildlife, cultural and ecological health.

Co ntinuing the Co nve rsa tio n Photo: Leon Bojarczuk, Creative Commons

T ha nk yo u! Senior V.P., Stewardship Partner, NPS Stewardship Institute QLF Atlantic Center for the Environment NPS.gov/StewardshipInstitute brentmitchell@qlf.org Brent_Mitchell@partner.nps.gov