13:01:13 From Headquarters Office : Ok, thank you Susan-Marie! 13:01:48 From Will Best to All panelists : Will Best, Dept of Commerce, Getting back to MHC 13:01:48 From Bill Holman to All panelists : Bill Holman, NC State Director, the Conservation Fund 13:01:50 From Leda Cunningham to All panelists : Leda Cunningham, The Pew Charitable Trusts, summer camp for kids-hopefully! 13:01:51 From Jonathan Murray to All panelists : Jonathan Murray, NC Forest Service 13:01:53 From Pete Benjamin to All panelists : Pete Benjamin - USFWS - Already looking forward to Spring. 13:01:53 From Susan-Marie Stedman to All panelists : SUsan-Marie Stedman, NOAA, getting vaccinated 13:01:56 From Rachel Bisesi to All panelists : Name, organization, something you are looking forward to! 13:01:56 From Hilary Morris to All panelists : Hilary Morris, Southeast Conservation Adaptation Strategy, getting the COVID vaccine and seeing family and friends again :) 13:01:58 From Melanie Gange to All panelists : Melanie Gange, NOAA Fisheries. I'm looking forward to hugging friends! 13:01:59 From Dewitt Hardee to All panelists : Dewitt Hardee, NCDA&CS Farmland Preservation Director 13:01:59 From Brandon Puckett to All panelists : Brandon Puckett--NCNERR, normalcy or something close to it? 13:02:00 From Katie Warnell to All panelists : Katie Warnell, Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions at Duke University, traveling again! 13:02:01 From Will Summer to All panelists : Will Summer, NC Land and Water Fund, eating inside a restaurant 13:02:01 From Chris Darnell to All panelists : Chris Darnell USFWS, kid going to college 13:02:03 From Misty Buchanan to All panelists : Misty Buchanan, NC Natural Heritage Program. Looking forward to meeting with co-workers in person 13:02:05 From Bill Holman to All panelists : Looking forward to visiting friends in person in 2021! 13:02:19 From Brian Boutin to All panelists : Brian Boutin, The Nature Conservancy, international travel 13:02:19 From Rhonda Murray to All panelists : Rhonda Murray, MCAS Cherry Point, In person meetings 13:02:23 From Leda Cunningham to All panelists : Not sure if I'm doing something wrong-I can't see everyone's chats and I'm not sure if my video is on 13:02:23 From Bob Emory to All panelists : Bob Emory - Being able to meet face to face. 13:02:25 From Hilary Morris to All panelists : FYI, participants cannot see any of the other responses 13:02:27 From Twyla Cheatwood to All panelists : Twyla Cheatwood with NOAA Fisheries; I am looking forward to seeing extended families 13:02:29 From Lydia Olander to All panelists : Lydia Olander, Nicholas Institute, Duke University. Spending time with out of town family 13:02:29 From Misty Buchanan to All panelists : Question: Are our video feeds turned off? I can see you but you're not receiving video from us, correct? 13:02:29 From Joe Austin to All panelists : Joe Austin NCDA ADFP Adding more easement acres to SE NC area 13:02:31 From Ethan Massey to All panelists : Ethan Massey, Ducks Unlimited, Inc., Looking forward to in person meeting resuming! 13:02:33 From Hilary Morris to All panelists : they're just going to panelists only 13:02:34 From Twyla Cheatwood to All panelists : family 13:02:35 From Dewitt Hardee to All panelists : Getting out the COVID cloud 13:02:43 From Brandon Puckett to All panelists : are we supposed to be able to see chat from others? 13:02:50 From Susan-Marie Stedman to All panelists : I also can't see others chats 13:03:08 From Hilary Morris to All panelists : gotcha thanks 13:03:09 From Susan-Marie Stedman : Got it 13:03:10 From Brandon Puckett : got it. thanks! 13:03:18 From Leda Cunningham : Aha, thanks! 13:03:20 From Rhonda Murray : Rhonda Murray, MCAS Cherry Point, In person meetings 13:03:24 From Hilary Morris : Hilary Morris, Southeast Conservation Adaptation Strategy, getting the COVID vaccine and seeing family and friends again :) 13:03:34 From Pete Benjamin to All panelists : I can't find the three dots. 13:03:35 From Billy Van Pelt : Billy Van Pelt, Senior Director of External Relations at American Farmland Trust is here. 13:03:44 From Carmen Lombardo to All panelists : carmen Lombardo usmc... 13:03:59 From Will Summer : Will Summer, NC Land and Water Fund, Eat inside a restaurant 13:04:34 From Leda Cunningham : Leda Cunningham, an Officer with The Pew Charitable Trusts, summer camp for kids-hopefully! 13:04:46 From Rachel Bisesi : Hi Pete, look for the down arrow by the "To:" button in the Chat Box, and select "All panelists and attendees" 13:05:22 From Steve Bevington to All panelists : Steve Bevington NCLWF looking forward to our new name rolling of the toungue. 13:05:42 From Pete Benjamin to All panelists : Got it. Thanks, 13:05:46 From Steve Bevington to All panelists : *off 13:06:19 From Headquarters Office : Steve Bevington--working on it! 13:07:30 From Craig Watson to All panelists : Craig Watson, Atlantic Coast Joint Venture, USFWS, traveling and birding! And the vaccine. 13:07:53 From Shannon Deaton to All panelists : shannon deacon, NC Wildlife Resources Commission, second activities/schedule for my kids 13:08:07 From Sara Ward : Sara Ward, USFWS Ecologist with Raleigh Field Office, visits with family and friends (and hugs) 13:09:13 From Justin Mercer : Justin Mercer, NC Land and Water Fund, not having to help my 7-year-old with school work while trying to attend a virtual meeting. 13:15:34 From Headquarters Office : North River Wetlands Preserve is a 6,000 acre tract in Carteret County. Acquiring it and restoring it began in 2003 and is finishing this year, and involved multiple state and federal funding agencies and more than $8 million. 13:15:36 From Ron Myers to All panelists : Ron Myers, NC Forest Service 13:17:15 From Rachel Bisesi : Hi everyone, as a reminder if you can't see everyone's chat comments, select "All panelists and attendees" beside the "to:" option at the bottom of the chat box. 13:21:02 From Dewitt Hardee : Need both. 13:22:12 From Leda Cunningham : I voted for watershed perspective to focus efforts and am wondering why the county one is more extensive in terms of coverage? 13:23:23 From Hilary Morris : Yeah Pender is the furthest south on the county option, but the HUC8s didn't go that far south 13:23:38 From Hilary Morris : I was just agreeing with Leda 13:24:10 From Rodney Woolard to All panelists : That both are needed 13:24:33 From Amin Davis to All panelists : 12 digit HUC best from a DEQ planning perspective but may not be relevant to this effort 13:25:01 From Dewitt Hardee : Need the counties and then overlay the watershed due to working the partnership funding sometimes based upon county level. 13:25:09 From Bill Crowell to All panelists : While I support the HUC approach, the county level may be more advantageous to local government and NCGA actions 13:26:03 From Headquarters Office : Everyone, please choose 'all panelists and attendee' in the 'to' box for the chat, so everyone can see your comment. 13:26:29 From Billy Van Pelt : American Farmland Trust has national, state and county level data available now. We are working on new county level data that projects out to 2040 and will illustrate future farmland loss caused by climate change, population increases and housing densities. 13:27:32 From Headquarters Office : That's great, Billy! We look forward to seeing it. 13:27:35 From Dewitt Hardee : You can download all the AFT latest information on the threat of farmland conversion at www.ncadfp.org 13:27:38 From Hilary Morris : Would be worthwhile to also look at NC Wildlife Resources Commission Conservation Opportunity Areas 13:29:15 From Headquarters Office : Excellent idea, Hilary. 13:30:07 From Billy Van Pelt : https://farmland.org/project/farms-under-threat/ 13:30:39 From Carmen Lombardo : The 16 counties noted are a subset of 33 counties included within designated eastern nc sentinel landscape. Ensuring collaboration and coordination within the designated landscape will be important at the National level for numerous programs. 13:30:49 From Headquarters Office : All: the AFT information will also be available on the working group web page. 13:35:22 From Brian Boutin : TNC recently completed a Resilient and Connected Network (RCN) which is a proposed conservation network of representative climate-resilient sites designed to sustain biodiversity and ecological functions into the future under a changing climate. The LTA is using these maps to guide conservation efforts of land trusts across the country. An online map can be found here: http://maps.tnc.org/resilientland/ 13:36:21 From Billy Van Pelt : https://farmland.org/american-farmland-trust-shares-transition-recommendations-to-protect-u-s-food-security-and-fight-climate-change/ 13:36:46 From Hilary Morris : Portions of that TNC Resilient Land analysis are already incorporated into the South Atlantic Blueprint, just as an FYI 13:37:46 From Hilary Morris : But the full RCN analysis may identify some other important areas not already captured 13:38:58 From Billy Van Pelt : What’s at stake when we pave over, fragment and otherwise fail to protect North Carolina’s farmland from the disruptions of development? https://farmland.org/fut-north-carolina-pr/ 13:39:35 From Misty Buchanan : Could be added to the analysis: Natural Heritage Program natural areas and Biodiversity and Wildlife Conservation Assessment 13:39:38 From Susan-Marie Stedman : Development trends would be useful for IDing wetlands and forests at risk 13:39:56 From Leda Cunningham : Is there info on community vulnerability re: storms, other climate change impacts that could/should be factored in? 13:39:58 From Melanie Gange : NOAA has previously provided data layers to NFWF's Coastal Resilience Evaluation and Siting Tool. Specifically, NOAA Critical Habitat, EFH, and Habitat Areas of Particular Concern. 13:40:06 From Shannon Deaton to All panelists : I second that you need to take a look at the NC wap conservation opportunity areas and threat assessment. both on the ncwrc website 13:40:07 From Katie Warnell : Future development projections and future marsh migration corridors may be useful to include 13:40:12 From Misty Buchanan : NHP natural areas can be downloaded here: https://ncnhde.natureserve.org/content/data-download 13:40:14 From Melanie Gange : We can share those. 13:40:39 From Bill Holman : What about floodplains and projections of sea level rise. Some farm & forest land will become unproductive as it becomes saturated. 13:40:52 From Rachel Bisesi : If anyone would like to speak to clarify any comments etc., please just let me know in the chat box and we can "unmute" you. 13:40:57 From Dewitt Hardee : If you are looking highest use change to development, consider using soils mapping by USDA NRCS 13:40:58 From Todd Miller to All panelists : does Cedar Isl include Piney Island? 13:40:59 From Hilary Morris : I can share the spatial data for NC WRC's COAs, if you reach out to me afterward 13:41:01 From Misty Buchanan : information about Data layers of soil carbon, carbon sequestration, and carbon sequestration potential can be found at: https://nicholasinstitute.duke.edu/sites/default/files/nwl/Natural-and-Working-Lands-Data-and-Methods-Guide.pdf 13:41:05 From Lydia Olander : Building on the TNC resilient lands mapping we have some modeling of potential loss of coastal salt marsh and salt marsh migration 13:41:47 From Billy Van Pelt : Agriculture: Key Player in Combating Climate Change: https://farmland.org/project/farmers-combat-climate-change/ 13:42:24 From Sara Ward : degraded pocosins wetland with restoration potential would be helpful to incorporate. FWS has dated maps that Duke is currently updating. 13:42:36 From Bill Holman : yes 13:43:18 From Billy Van Pelt : AFT’s Carbon Reduction Potential Evaluation (CaRPE) Tool Will Help States Seize Carbon in Agricultural Lands: https://farmland.org/carbon-reduction-potential-evaluation-carpe-tool-will-help-states-seize-carbon-in-agricultural-lands/ 13:43:51 From Hilary Morris : It might be worth considering what areas are falling through the cracks with this overlap approach, which in some ways is identifying the areas where work is already ongoing, where partners are already focusing 13:44:18 From Hilary Morris : if there are ecologically important areas that are being missed, that could be a niche for this group 13:44:34 From Hilary Morris : sure 13:44:37 From Pete Benjamin : I could say a few words about efforts ongoing around National Wildlife Refuges in the area. 13:46:14 From Misty Buchanan : Great point, Hilary! 13:47:17 From Billy Van Pelt : Farms Under Threat: Biodiversity and Agriculture: https://farmland.org/project/biodiversity-and-agriculture/ 13:49:04 From Sara Ward : Priorities identified in the NC Natural and Working Lands Action Plan are mapped and/or being identified spatially (see Misty's comment re. NWL data and methods). That plan was a stakeholder effort/priority actions and emerging spatial priorities (Katie W et al at Duke efforts) would be good to capture. 13:51:24 From Melanie Gange : Can you repeat what data was provided by agricultural interests, and how it was included in this "overlap"? For instance, if they provided areas they wanted to KEEP in agriculture, was that added or subtracted here. I apologize if this was covered and I missed it. 13:55:18 From Billy Van Pelt to All panelists : I would like to offer a few comments, when it is appropriate. 14:02:42 From Hilary Morris to All panelists : Doesn't appear to be an other option in the poll, FYI 14:03:06 From Rodney Woolard to All panelists : Alligator River West and Pungo River are tied 14:03:15 From Leda Cunningham : I chose Croatan b/c I needed to pick one but we could be supportive of others instead or in addition. Would be good to overlay community vulnerability to storms and other climate change impacts too. 14:03:58 From Rhonda Murray : MCAS CP interested in cedar island and Croatan 14:04:32 From Pete Benjamin : I'd recommend adding Mattamuskeet. 14:08:23 From Susan-Marie Stedman : NOAA also has a primary interest in protecting communities from flooding and the effects of storms 14:08:59 From Billy Van Pelt to All panelists : Dave, AFT has a national water quality initiative and a full time Director of this Initiative 14:09:46 From Billy Van Pelt : American Farmland Trust has a national water quality initiative and a full time Director of this Initiative 14:10:37 From Rodney Woolard to All panelists : County governments and local soil and water conservation districts are important stakeholders 14:10:41 From Susan-Marie Stedman : Addressing the effects of climate chage will be a primary focus for all the federal agencies in the next 4 years 14:11:16 From Susan-Marie Stedman : could you repeat that? 14:12:40 From Headquarters Office to Hilary Morris and all panelists : Croatan, Cedar Island, Alligator River West, Alligator River East 14:13:01 From Shannon Deaton to All panelists : I would like to add an interest of minimizing impacts of invasives/exotics 14:13:46 From Headquarters Office to Hilary Morris and all panelists : We'll add it--thank you Shannon 14:14:57 From Billy Van Pelt : AFT’s Water Initiative: https://farmland.org/project/water-initiative/ 14:15:44 From Sara Ward : State,federal agencies, universities, and NGOs all collaborated on NC Natural and Working Lands Action Plan. https://deq.nc.gov/energy-climate/climate-change/adaptation-and-resiliency/natural-working-lands in support of EO80 to address NC climate impacts. 14:16:38 From Headquarters Office to Hilary Morris and all panelists : We'll definitely work to get the information from this plan into the selected sites. Thank you Sara. 14:18:50 From Sara Ward : I can speak to refuge priorities if you like (kendall is not on the call) 14:22:53 From Billy Van Pelt : AFT: Planning for an Agricultural Future: A Guide for North Carolina Farmers and Local Governments: https://s30428.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/09/FINAL_NCP4Ag_AFT_1.pdf 14:23:26 From Pete Benjamin : In my opinion, in the vast majority of cases the best outcome from a wildlife habitat perspective is to find ways to help farmers stay productive and profitable, while achieving some of the habitat and water quality benefits we seek. 14:26:40 From Susan-Marie Stedman : NOAA's Coastal County snapshots can be used to identify development trends https://coast.noaa.gov/digitalcoast/tools/snapshots.html 14:27:20 From Billy Van Pelt : AFT Non operator Landowner Survey: North Carolina’s Results: https://s30428.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/09/AFT_NOL_NC_20_web.pdf 14:28:23 From Susan-Marie Stedman : Can't see screen\ 14:30:30 From Leda Cunningham : Yall are doing great! 14:32:09 From Misty Buchanan : If you have un-even sign-ups, I'm willing to work where I'm most needed. 14:32:56 From Hilary Morris : Same! 14:33:18 From Bill Holman : I'm also flexible. I picked Cedar Island because we have an active project there. 14:33:26 From Sara Ward : John Stanton is on via phone and would like to be included in Alligator West 14:33:35 From Billy Van Pelt : AFT can provide data to all project areas. Just let me know. 14:34:05 From Sara Ward : I am also interested in a discussion related to Pungo, but I think it could be combined with Alligator West. 14:34:14 From Pete Benjamin : John Stanton is on the phone, but can't access the poll. He's interested in AR West. Also, I'll volunteer Kendall Smith for Cedar Island. 14:34:33 From Hilary Morris to All panelists : I chose one at random but really don't have special site-specific knowledge to contribute to any particular project team. I'm interested in being involved in any team to provide technical support in using the Blueprint to assist with projects. Perhaps you could put me on 2 teams and my colleague Louise on two teams so that we have someone knowledgeable about the Blueprint on all of them? 14:35:39 From Chris Darnell to Sara Ward and all panelists : I assume you'll assign NWRS folks or others to participate where appropriate prior to the next meeting. Thanks 14:41:36 From Rachel Bisesi : nccoast.org/regional-conservation-partners-working-group/ 14:42:06 From Billy Van Pelt : I can be reached at bvanpelt@farmland.org or at 859-983-8118. 14:42:13 From Billy Van Pelt : https://youtu.be/3xRy9ei9SHs 14:42:35 From Will Best : Thank you 14:42:48 From Sara Ward : can you provide a list of all the participants to this meeting on that site as well? 14:42:54 From Hilary Morris : Thanks for all the pre-work in putting this together, it's a great start! 14:43:00 From Leda Cunningham : Thank you for this! Can we get a copy of the presentation too? 14:43:03 From Susan-Marie Stedman : Will wetland PROTECTION be part of these projects as well as restoration? 14:43:45 From Leda Cunningham : Sorry if I missed this-how are we setting up indiv group meetings? 14:44:08 From Billy Van Pelt : Thank you to everyone! I am looking forward to working with you. 14:44:34 From Leda Cunningham : Over email, got it, thanks! 14:45:18 From Leda Cunningham : Thank you, great meeting! 14:45:23 From Bill Holman : exciting effort! 14:45:28 From Chris Darnell : Thanks to everyone. Excited about the potential. 14:45:32 From Pete Benjamin : Thanks everyone. 14:45:33 From Melanie Gange : Thanks! 14:45:39 From Misty Buchanan to All panelists : Great meeting! Thank you