Defenders' Experts
Colorado Conservation and Transportation Planning Workshop
LAKEWOOD, COLORADO
August 15 - 16, 2006
Hosted by the FHWA Project Development and Environmental Review Office, the FHWA Colorado Division, Colorado DOT, Pikes Peak Area Council of Governments, NatureServe, and Defenders of Wildlife
Download materials from the workshop in Lakewood, Colorado.
Presentations (PDF Format)
Day 1
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Introduction
Trisha White, Defenders of Wildlife
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Overview Colorado Workshop
Don Cote, FHWA Environmental Technical Services Team
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Approaches to Biodiversity Conservation Planning
Pat Comer, NatureServe
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Overview of MPO-State Transportation Planning Process
George Gerstle (CDOT) & Craig Casper (PPACG)
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2035 Plan Update
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Colorado Natural Heritage Program - Conservation Data
Services
Melissa A. Landon, Colorado Natural Heritage Program
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Colorado's Comprehensive Wildlife and Conservation
Strategy
Tom Nesler, Colorado Division of Wildlife
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Eco-Logical
Don Cote, FHWA Environmental Technical Services Team
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Green Infrastructure - A Strategic Approach for Planning
and Conserving Colorado’s Natural and Working Lands
Connie Young-Dubovsky (USFWS)
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2035 Regional and Statewide Environmental Planning
Tom Norton (CDOT) and David Nicol (FHWA), Jennifer Finch (CDOT)
Day 2
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An Introduction to Day 2
Shara Howie, NatureServe
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Integrating Conservation and Transportation Planning
Through Decision Support Software Or The Missing Link
Between Geodatabase & STEP UP
Patrick J. Crist, NatureServe
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Environmental Streamlining - STEP UP
Suzette Thiemann (NFRMPO)
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Tools and Approaches with CDOT Environmental Geodatabase
and Data Initiative
Roland Wostl (CDOT) and Kimberly Majerus, FHWA
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CDOT Environmental Data Initiative
Roland Wostl (CDOT)
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Conservation Planning - Overview and Example
Michelle Fink
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Colorado Shortgrass Prairie Initiative
George Gerstle & The Nature Conservancy
Additional Resources
- Flip Chart Notes
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Handout: Other Tools
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Transportation Planning Process
-- Flowchart
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VIDEO:
Green Infrastructure in the Planning Process
Erik Myers and Mark Benedict of the Conservation Fund call for more strategic conservation methods, and suggest linking landscapes to maximize benefits to humans and nature.
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FHWA: Planning and Environment Linkages
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GAO
Study: Transportation Planning -- State and Metropolitan
Planning Agencies Report Using Varied Methods to Consider
Ecosystem Conservation
Of the 36 transportation planning agencies that GAO contacted, 31 considered ecosystem conservation in transportation planning, using a variety of methods.
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Colorado Front Range Green Infrastructure Workshop
Janurary 9-11, 2007
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