Putting It All Together
Priority Recommendations
1. Expand Tools for Biological and Social Integration
The Plan Committee will support and encourage the NSST, HDPET, Harvest Management Working Group (HMWG) and Joint Venture science and planning staff to build on existing tools (e.g., Krainyk et al. 2019) and apply them at local, regional and international scales to ensure biological and social integration and to allow examination of trade-offs of management alternatives associated with incorporation of different sets of fundamental objectives. Efforts should be made to extend these tools to incorporate landscape-specific risks to waterfowl productive capacities, contributions to waterfowl population growth, and relative costs of conservation delivery.
2. Develop Planning Tools for Multiple Benefits
The Plan Committee will support, encourage and engage the NSST, HDPET, HMWG or other relevant advisory groups to explore approaches and develop planning tools that can be applied at local, regional/Joint Venture and international scales to incorporate a greater suite of benefits that include econometrics and support Joint Ventures in refining their conservation plans. In part, funding for such work may be available from entities (and prospective partners) who seek multiple benefits and outcomes and may be willing to collaborate to achieve desired tools and outcomes. These tools should be extended to map products, including as replacement for the current priority area map used to inform allocation decisions (Appendix I).
