Hannah Safford from the Office of Science and Technology Policy presented her recent ecosystem services and coastal green infrastructure work. Sarah Ryker also led a discussion on the new White House memorandum on incorporating ecosystem services into federal decision making.

Kelly Burks-Copes of the U.S. Army Research and Development Center (ERDC) gave a presentation on ERDC’s efforts to address the post-Hurricane Sandy recovery efforts using ecosystem goods and services quantification and the Natural and Green/Gray Infrastructure (NGGI) Workgroup’s efforts to compile and deliver a set of ecosystem goods and services quantitative metrics that will support the use of NGGI to promote coastal resilience. 

Authors Lydia Olander, Jimmy Kagan, and Robert J. Johnston presented an overview of Best Practices for Integrating Ecosystem Services into Federal Decision Making a companion paper to the Federal Resource Management and Ecosystem Services Guidebook. This paper provides recommendations for best practices specific to ecosystem services assessments.

Guidebook core team members Lydia Olander and Sally Collins presented an overview of the Federal Resource Management and Ecosystem Services Guidebook.