Rhode Island
Conservation Stewardship Collaborative
The CSC is especially interested in supporting the implementation of approaches to stewardship and monitoring that have potential for replication and expansion by other organizations. Examples of priority activities for the CSC to support with funding include, but are not limited to, projects that:
- Develop cost effective approaches to monitor for ecosystem pests, pathogens, and invasive species, and respond to the presence of pest organisms in a rapid and effective manner.
- Create stewardship practices that ensure the long term viability of rare, threatened, or endangered plants, animals, and natural communities.
- Create stewardship practices that ensure the long term viability of ecosystem services.
- Train, coordinate, and facilitate local stewards in the best methods of conservation land monitoring and stewardship.
- Develop and disseminate information on best practices of conservation stewardship.
- Develop, disseminate, receive, and store data on ecological information required for effective conservation stewardship.
- Develop and implement policies and practices that increase the long-term legal security of conservation areas.
- Develop measures and protocols that can be used to assess conservation progress and guide adaptive management of protected areas.
- Develop and disseminate reports and information on the status and trends of flora, fauna and ecosystems, opportunities for habitat restoration, and strategies and activities to mitigate threats to conservation areas.
- Provide training and technical support for the development of signage, trails, and interpretive materials to enhance public access and educational opportunities on conservation lands that are appropriate for and able to support such activities.
- Monitor state legislation, policies, and actions to prevent activities that would threaten conservation areas.