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Adaptive Management Program Poster, Susan Wainscott

Susan Wainscott

Adaptive Management is the use of evidence-based data and best scientific knowledge to improve management and programmatic actions and to reduce the uncertainty inherent in those actions. This approach is the core of the Clark County Multiple Species Habitat Conservation Plan (MSHCP), which also includes a strong emphasis on transparency in decision making to increase the accountability of the program.

The MSHCP supports an incidental take permit from the United States Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS). When reviewing the MSHCP and issuing the incidental take permit, the USFWS required certain tasks be completed on a regular or ongoing basis. The …