Integrated assessments Integrated Indicators An integrated system??? Robin O’Malley

1. Integrated assessments Integrated Indicators An integrated system??? Robin O’Malley Sustainable Water Resources Roundtable November 15, 2007

2. How does the State of the Nation’s Ecosystems relate to: • Integrated ecosystem assessments • Integrated indicators

3. Risk Analysis Characterization of susceptibility to perturbation Characterization of resilience to perturbation “Five Step Process for Integrated Ecosystem Assessment” (NOAA) Scoping Identify goals of EBM and threats to achieving goals Develop ecosystem indicators and targets Data Acquisition Monitoring of Ecosystem Indicators Assessment of ecosystem status relative to EBM goals Management Actions

4. Integrated Indicators???? NOAA (various) NCCR GOOS/IOOS EPA ROE SRR- FW SRR- Forests SRR-Rangelands USFS Indicators Heinz Center States EPA Nat Wadeable Streams USGS NAWQA NOAA CZM indicators PART, GPRA All with a piece of the water pie….

5. The State of the Nation’s Ecosystems Reporting Framework Farmlands System Dimensions Extent Landscape Pattern Six Ecosystem Chapters ~17 indicators per chapter Coasts & Oceans Chemical & Physical Nutrients, C, O Contaminants Physical Conditions Forests Biological Components Plants & Animals Communities Productivity Fresh Waters Grasslands & Shrublands Human Uses Food, Fiber, Water Recreation & Other Services Urban & Suburban Areas 13 “Core National Indicators” broad, cross-ecosystem

6. The State of the Nation’s Ecosystems Reporting Framework Farmlands System Dimensions Extent Landscape Pattern Six Ecosystem Chapters ~17 indicators per chapter Coasts & Oceans Chemical & Physical Nutrients, C, O Contaminants Physical Conditions Forests Biological Components Plants & Animals Communities Productivity Fresh Waters Grasslands & Shrublands Human Uses Food, Fiber, Water Recreation & Other Services Urban & Suburban Areas 13 “Core National Indicators” broad, cross-ecosystem

7. Strategy: Broad dialog with a focused endpoint All users All scales All purposes All providers Broad Consistent Compatible Combinable Commensurable Endpoint

8. What are your target audiences? What are your goals? Who are your partners? What data do you rely on?

9. Reasonable Questions? Why are your indicators different from mine (all others…)? Is it possible to meet your needs using X (indicator, data source, analytical method)? If not, what would it take to convert (i.e., translate, develop new capacity)? What are the benefits of improved consistency across (states, regions, programs)?

10. Opportunity Knocks: • National system of indicators • Incentives • Seize the moment

11. Thank you….

13. April 2004 Summit Recommendations • All users represented • Not federal-only • Strategy, not micro-management • Slowly and partially at first • Don’t neglect size of pie • High level support • Incentives • Big money is in existing programs

14. The State of the Nation’s Ecosystems Reporting Framework Farmlands System Dimensions Extent Landscape Pattern Six Ecosystem Chapters ~17 indicators per chapter Coasts & Oceans Chemical & Physical Nutrients, C, O Contaminants Physical Conditions Forests Business, government, NGO, academia Biological Components Plants & Animals Communities Productivity Fresh Waters Grasslands & Shrublands Human Uses Food, Fiber, Water Recreation & Other Services Urban & Suburban Areas 13 “Core National Indicators” broad, cross-ecosystem