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Layer: Native Fish Conservation Areas (NFCA) (ID:4)

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Name: Native Fish Conservation Areas (NFCA)

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A watershed-scale (10-digit HUC or larger) area where management emphasizes conservation and restoration for long-term persistence of native fishes and other native aquatic species while allowing compatible uses (Williams et al. 2011). The foundational data used to create these conservation areas are the museum specimen data provided by the FoTX Project, which includes specimens held in 42 museums (including our own), collected from the 1850s to present. NFCAs were determined based on spatial prioritization algorithms that utilized Species Distribution Models (http://www.fishesoftexas.org/models/) for 91 freshwater fishes considered species of greatest conservation need, as well as watershed characteristics and presence of habitat conditions necessary to fulfill their life histories. These NFCAs thus represent “native fish strongholds” and are considered priority landscapes for natural resource conservation investments. Each NFCA has its own group of stakeholders (landowners, non-governmental organizations, state and federal agencies, universities, and local governments) who meet to collaboratively prioritize conservation projects to benefit native fish communities. These meetings catalyze collaborative, science-based stewardship of native freshwater fishes and aquatic habitats and encourage and facilitate coordination among stakeholders to achieve landscape-scale conservation within their focal watersheds. All NFCAs have eight common goals that serve as thematic topics to facilitate cooperative planning and identification of specific conservation needs, related conservation strategies, conservation actions, and research and monitoring needs:

•Protect & maintain intact habitats

•Restore altered habitats

•Restore instream & floodplain connectivity

•Mitigate invasive species effects

•Organize & facilitate conservation partnership networks

•Establish conservation demonstration areas

•Conduct research on critical science needs

•Monitor conservation outcomes & perform adaptive management

Description Credit: Native Fish Conservation 2022 https://nativefishconservation.org/network/texas/



Copyright Text: Great Plains Landscape Conservation Cooperative, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department University of Texas at Austin Josh Perkin Tim Birdsong Gary Garrett Ben Labay Dean Hendrickson Arthur Cooper. Funding for development of the statewide Environmental Flow Information Toolkit was provided by a State Wildlife Grant in support of the Texas Conservation Action Plan (TCAP). We appreciate the work of many TPWD staff, subcontractors (Texas Conservation Science, Inc., The Nature Conservancy, and Dr. Ryan McManamay Lab) who contributed to the development of the EFIT. We also value the contributions of end-users and stakeholders who openly shared their needs and perspectives on environmental flow management. Authorship of this project is credited to the following: David Bradsby, Kevin Mayes, Albert El-Hage, Kimberly Horndeski and Johanna Valente.

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Last Edit Date: 1/14/2022 4:03:47 PM

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