Eco-logical successes : second edition, January 2012

2012PDFResearch PaperHabitat (Ecology)EcosystemsInfrastructureEnvironmental designLandscape architecturePublic landConservationAquatic lifeRiversAlabama;United StatesJohn A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center (U.S.)John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center (U.S.)United States. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Planning, Environment, and RealtyAGR-IMPACTS-EnvironmentAGR-IMPACTS-IMPACTSAGR-PUBLIC AND TRIBAL LANDS-PUBLIC AND TRIBAL LANDSNTL-ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT-Environment ImpactsNTL-PLANNING AND POLICY-Land UseNTL-PLANNING AND POLICY-PLANNING AND POLICYVolpe National Transportation Systems Center, Technical Reference Center;Federal Highway AdministrationIn 2006, leaders from eight Federal agencies signed the interagency document EcoLogical: An Ecosystem Approach to Developing Infrastructure Projects. Eco-Logical is a document that outlines a shared vision of how to develop infrastructure projects in ways that are more sensitive to terrestrial and aquatic habitats, promoting advanced mitigation and early consideration of critical environmental resources.Since signing the document, the eight agencies have continued to collaborate on efforts to promote the principles embodied in the Eco-Logical document. In January 2011, FHWA published the first Eco-Logical Successes document. The document featured at least one of each signatory agency's strategic environmental programs, projects, and efforts that are either directly related to or share the vision set forth in Eco-Logical and identified potential joint projects and opportunities for collaboration among the agencies. This, the second edition of Eco-Logical Successes, focuses on two agency programs: BLM's Landscape Approach and USFWS's Strategic Habitat Conservation Framework and Landscape Conservation Cooperatives, and provides a more in-depth discussion of these two programs and their linkages to Eco-Logical