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Climate Change Adaptation Natural Resources Working Group Vulnerable Species & Habitats Team Charter PURPOSE To determine the steps necessary to preserve ecosystem function, reduce the influence of other stressors, and facilitate species and community composition shifts that will result from changing climatic conditions. AUDIENCES The strategies developed by this committee will be useful to state and federal agencies, researchers, and the conservation community. DESIRED OUTCOMES The list of desired outcomes will include, but not be limited to: Determining the highest priority species and habitats to focus conservation efforts on Conducting predictive modeling of species movement – both native and invasive Identifying the highest priority corridors and refuges for species movement and developing conservation plans Connecting conservation efforts with those of contiguous states Clarifying how climate change will interact with other stressors and build resilience to those environmental stressors PROPOSED PROCESS The Wild Resource Conservation Program will convene the team and facilitate the process, which will begin during the first quarter of 2011. Early work will focus on evaluating the outcome of the monitoring team’s work in order to determine which species and habitats are the highest priority. The team will be broken into smaller working groups, each of which will focus on one particular area (i.e. corridors, predictive modeling, etc.). The full team will meet quarterly to review and act on recommendations from the working groups. The ultimate implementers of these recommendations will be the organizations represented on the team. Consequently, the team members will be responsible for delivering and advocating for these recommendations within their organization. POTENTIAL PARTICIPANTS This task group will include the state natural resource agencies (Game Commission, Fish & Boat Commission, DCNR, Dept. of Agriculture), the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, PA Natural Heritage Program, PA Biological Survey, The Nature Conservancy, Western PA Conservancy, Audubon Pennsylvania, and other interested environmental organizations and universities. February 14, 2011