Documents and Presentations

First Federal Exchange on Ecosystem Services: USEPA and USDA

This first exchange in the series took place on June 29th. Read the summary here, or click on a title below to view the presentation.

• Rick Linthurst, National Program Director Ecosystem Services Research Randy Bruins and Betsy Smith,  Future Midwest Landscapes ESRP

• Marc Russell, Tampa Bay ESRP

• Jana Compton, Nitrogen  ESRP

• Anne Neale, Mapping  ESRP
• John Bolte, Willamette ESRP
• Bryan Hubbell, Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards
• Harris Sherman, Under Secretary for Natural Resources and the Environment (summary of comments above)
• Ann Bartuska, Acting Undersecretary for USDA (summary of comments above)
• Sally Collins, Office of Environmental Markets (summary of comments above)
• Steven Shafer, Agricultural Research Service
• Jan Lewandrowski, Climate Change Program Office
  

Second Federal Exchange on Ecosystem Services: NOAA and DOI

The second exchange in the series took place on September 7th, 2010. A summary is forthcoming. You may click on a title below to view the presentation.

• Paul Sandifer, Senior Science Advisor to the NOAA Administrator. "Why NOAA Sees Ecosystem Services Work as Crucial for its Mission."
• Peyton Robertson,  Director, NOAA Chesapeake Bay Office. "NOAA and the Chesapeake Bay Executive Order : Oyster Restoration and Reef Habitat Services."
• Bob Wood, Supervisory Ecologist, Marine Disease & Restoration Ecology, NOAA. "Ecological research supporting an ecosystem services approach towards Chesapeake Bay Restoration."
• Olivia Ferriter, Acting Director, Office of Policy Analysis, DOI. "Introduction and Overview of Ecosystem Services at DOI."
• Malka Pattison. Program Analyst, Office of Policy Analysis, DOI. "Resource Management."
• Steve Faulkner, Research Ecologist, Leetown, WV Science Center, USGS. "Incorporating Ecosystem Services into Assessments."
• Carl Shapiro, Chief, Office of Science, Decisions, and Resource Management, USGS. "Valuation of Ecosystem Services at DOI."
• Ben Simon, Assistant Director, Office of Policy Analysis, DOI. "Carbon Sequestration."
• Rob Winthrop, Senior Social Scientist, Decision Support, Planning, NEPA, BLM. "Ecosystem Services Valuation Pilot."
• Bill Labiosa, Research Physical Scientist, Western Geographic Science Center, USGS. "Valuation within the Ecosystem Portfolio Model."
• Peter Wiley, Economist, NOAA Coastal Services Center. "Introduction to NOAA's Approaches to Monetary and Non-Monetary Valuations."
• Kellee James, White House Fellow, NOAA. "Market-Based Valuation and NOAA."
• Mary Ruckelshaus, NOAA, Northwest Fisheries Science Center. "The Marine InVEST Approach to Valuing Ecosystem Services."

A draft summary of the USEPA-USDA Inventory of research on ecosystem services. You may also click here to download the full working spreadsheet. We have also begun work on an inventory of DOI and NOAA activities. We hope to get feedback to help to correct, revise, and expand this inventory; if you work in any of these departments and see revisions to be made, please contact us.

•     Primary Contact: Llael Cox

A summary of the National Ecosystem Services Partnership, its vision, mission, objectives, and structure. 

Survey Summary
A summary presentation of survey results and outcomes for the National Ecosystem Services Partnership. 

Interactive Web Forum
At our web forum, you will find many resources including a summary of the results from our survey on the partnership mission, objectives, and structure, draft partnership documents for download, and discussion forums for each of the three working groups covering: (1) partnership function and structure, (2) research and assessment needs, and (3) internal and external communication.