Trout Unlimited, Inc.

This Project Will Co Create With BLM Staff a Science Based Framework and Decision Support Tools to Help Access and Strategixe the Agency S Aquatic Resotration Opportunities a Variety of Datasets, Tools, and Methodshasemerged Over the Past Decadetohelp Land Managersassess Various Aspects of Riparian Habitatincluding Degradationfrom Land Usepractices, Impactsfrom Climate Changeand,importantly, the Potential for Restorationto Mitigate Theeffects of Theseimpacts Often Absent From These Robust Tools and Rich Information Sourcesis a Frameworkforintegrating,synthesizing, and Groundingdata Andmodel Outputsinday to Daylandmanagement Decisions Ourproposed Projectfills This Need by Usinga Co Production Approach to Match Specific Management Decisionneedsof BLM Staffwiththe Most Useful Data and Information Resources, Delivered Through a Clearassessment Framework and Decision Support Tools the Goal Is to Develop a Decision Making Frameworkthat Complementsand Leveragesexisting Expertise of BLM Field Officestotarget Restoration Efforts Where They Will Have the Greatest Impact the Potential Benefits of a Co Produced Decision Support Frameworkextend Beyond Those That Arise Fromrestoring and Repairing Riparian Ecosystems,to Includestrongerrelationships With Other Programs, Partners, and Communities in Coordination With BLM Staff, the Proposed Work Will Evolve in a State by Year Approach,beginning With Meetings and Workshops to Assess Field Office Needs, Then Progressing Through Integration and Synthesis of Landscape Level Analyses Using Existing Tools as Focal Watersheds Are Identified, We Will Conduct Finer Scale Analysis With High Resolution Datain Coordination With BLM Staff as an Example, Included Here Is a Field Based Assessment of Aquatic Organism Passage on Idaho BLM Lands as Theseanalyses Are Completed Results Will Be Combined in a Decision Support Tool, With Delivery and Outcomecharacteristicsdeveloped, Formatted,and Tested in Iterative Interactions Withfield Office Staffin Each State Where Our Work Expands the Tool Will Provide Landscape Level Filters for Combining Model Outputsin Addition to the Underlying Datasets Rather Than a One Size Fits All Solution, Thepage 2RESULTING Framework and Decision Support Tools Will Likely Look Somewhat Different in Each State Given the Differences in Landscapes Riverscapes, Management Priorities, and Ecosystem Threats Through a Co Production Approach, BLM National and State Staff, Partners, and Communities Will Benefitin Myriad Ways From the Process of Building the Framework and Toolsin Addition Tothe Implementation of These Products to Support Aquatic Habitat Restoration Efforts