Class2008Aug29

Class Assignments and Agenda for Week 2, 2008 Aug 29
Class meets from 9:10 - 11:55A in 3214 Jordan Hall on the NCSU Campus. You are free to bring food and drink to this classroom.

By the end of this session you should be able to ...
 * The major objectives for this session are to ...**
 * describe fee-simple ownership and easements as tools for land protection, and compare and contrast them
 * articulate the basics of the FOS framework - 5 steps
 * apply the conceptualization process


 * Things to do before our meeting**

Item 1: Reading and thinking, due Thurs 28 Aug 13.00.


 * Part A: Readings
 * Salafsky, N., R. Marguluis, K.H. Redford, J.G. Robinson. 2002. Improving the practice of conservation: A conceptual framework and research agenda for conservation science. Conservation Biology 16(6): 1469-1479. ( Readings filename Salafsky-etal2002_ImprovingConservationPractice.pdf )
 * Tear, TH., P. Kareiva, PL Angermeier, P Comer, B Czech, R Kautz, L Landon, D Mehlman, K Murphy, M Rucklehaus, JM Scott, & G Wilhere. 2005. How much is enough? The recurrent problem of settling on measurable objectives in conservation. BioScience 55(10): 835-849. ( Readings filename Tear-etal2005_HowMuchIsEnough.pdf )
 * Conservation Measures Partners. 2007. Open Standards for Conservation, Version 2.0, Oct 2007. URL=http://conservationmeasures.org/CMP/Site_Docs/CMP_Open_Standards_Version_2.0.pdf (Also available in class readings as file ConservationMeasuresPartnership2007_OpenStandardsForConservation.pdf ) ... **Read through page 12, and skim rest of document**
 * Review TLC Strategic Directions (readings file TLC2007_StrategicDirections.pdf)
 * Review report from TLC Conservation Strategies Committee ( readings file TLC2008_ConservationStrategies.pdf )


 * Part B: Go back to your Day 1 exercise response. Attempt the process of conceptualizing your proposed property. Try to put it in the diagrammatic form used in the Open Standards document (Figures 3 & 4).  Scan your diagram and email it to Hess.  If you don't have access to a scanner, snap a photo and email that, or [|fax it to my attention], or bring it by my office and I will scan it.


 * **NOTE:** Diagrams received have been uploaded to readings as file Day2.zip

Item 2: Review grading criteria on syllabus and be prepared with any changes you'd like to discuss.


 * Agenda for class session**

9.10 **Preliminaries** - Note taker - Time keeper

9.15 **Best Places to Live Committee ** - status report and further activities

9.30 **Conservation Tools: Fee-Simple Purchase and Conservation Easements** - Brice and Masten will fill us in on some of the methods TLC and other land trusts use to protect land. - Pros and cons of each method to be discussed - More detailed discussions of each will occur through examples later in today's class and the semester - Handouts
 * Flowchart to help determine best option for a property: http://www.tlc-nc.org/landowner/flowchart.htm
 * Conservation options for landowners: http://www.tlc-nc.org/landowner/options.shtml#CO
 * Benefits of options to landowner and TLC: http://www.tlc-nc.org/landowner/table.shtml

10.00 **Open Standards Model** - Walk through the Open Standard model's five steps - what are they and how do they link together? - This is intended as an overview, with all of us to develop a more detailed understanding as we walk through an example and work on other properties.

10.20 **Pseudo-Break** - During this time, we'll discuss any issues with the grading scheme

10.30 **Temple Flat Rock** as an example(60 min) - Thinking about TLCs mission, values, goals, how might we conceptualize (//sensu// Open Standards) a TLC property? - Brice / Masten to give some background information on the property, with a focus on conservation goals and objectives, and some discussion of the tools used to conserve the site. - Work as a group to try and develop some conceptual constructs for the site, again focusing on the conceptualization step of the Open Standards approach. We'll also examine the context of and threats to the property and conservation goals. - Handouts
 * article about site restoration - file 2005 07 fire restoration.pdf in  TempleFlatRock.zip in readings
 * undated news release announcing donation - file news release donation TFR 32 acres.pdf in TempleFlatRock.zip in readings

11.30 **Next Steps** (Hess, 25 min)

- The assignment for the next class will be built around looking at some TLC documents, including the recently-approved Conservation Strategies Committee recommendations and detailed information about the Temple Flat Rock site, to conceptualize (//sensu// Open Standards) TLC's Temple Flat Rock site. - Preparation work for next week's class, which is a visit to the site.

11.55 **Adjourn**

ACTION ITEMS
- Read all materials about Temple Flat Rock (see file TempleFlatRock.pdf in readings) and develop a list of questions that we'd like answered about Temple Flat Rock, or additional material we need to collect about the site to put us in a better position to develop a conservation measurements model for the easement site. We need to post these questions on the Temple Flat Rock page **by noon Wed 3 Sep** so they can be transmitted to TLC.

- Work in small teams to think about your vision for the desired state of Temple Flat Rock. See details on the assignments for our 5 Sep meeting