Supplemental Materials for Identification of Priority Resources of Concern, Kenai National Wildlife Refuge

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Kenai National Wildlife Refuge (NWR) staff met February 2022 to identify priority ROC which are the species, species groups, and habitats in highest need of conservation attention. Alaska Inventory and Monitoring (I&M) staff facilitated conversations to develop criteria for a species rating system that reflected Refuge interests. Species ratings guided selection of priority ROC. Kenai NWR staff chose 11 criteria to rate species: 1) contribution to Refuge purpose, 2) unique contribution to Refuge purposes among Alaskan Refuges, 3) federal or state conservation status, 4) best science and professional judgment, 5) vulnerability to climate change, 6) scope of stewardship responsibility and endemic species, 7) keystone or ecologically important species, 8) ecological specialists, 9) Refuge management issues and challenges, 10) subsistence or cultural importance, and 11) recreational importance. Staff weighted the criteria and used the weighted average score to rank species. They identified priority ROC based on species rankings, species groups of similar needs, habitats that supported highly ranked species, and special values of the Kenai NWR. The 13 priority ROC for Kenai NWR are: - Freshwater systems (Chinook salmon, coho salmon, sockeye salmon, American beaver, trumpeter swan, arctic char, and moose) - Wetlands/peatlands (American beaver, trumpeter swan, and arctic char) - Alpine ecosystems (wolverine and Dall's sheep) - Boreal forests (brown bear and moose) - Wilderness (Chinook salmon, coho salmon, sockeye salmon, American beaver, trumpeter swan, arctic char, wolverine, Dall's sheep, brown bear, and moose) - Salmon species (Chinook, coho, and sockeye) - American beaver - Trumpeter swan - Arctic char - Wolverine - Dall's sheep - Brown bear - Moose The priority ROCs will be the focus for the next steps in Refuge planning: developing specific, measurable, achievable, results-oriented, time-fixed (SMART) conservation objectives and the IMP.

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21 HTML metadata for S10 Kenai subsistence criterion https://iris.fws.gov/APPS/ServCat/DownloadFile/241565?Reference=154534
8 S02 Kenai Refuge purpose criterion https://iris.fws.gov/APPS/ServCat/DownloadFile/241547?Reference=154534
8 S05 Kenai climate change criterion https://iris.fws.gov/APPS/ServCat/DownloadFile/241554?Reference=154534
8 S01 Kenai ranked resource of concern list https://iris.fws.gov/APPS/ServCat/DownloadFile/241545?Reference=154534
21 HTML metadata for S09 Kenai management issues criterion https://iris.fws.gov/APPS/ServCat/DownloadFile/241563?Reference=154534
21 HTML metadata for S08 Kenai ecological specialist criterion https://iris.fws.gov/APPS/ServCat/DownloadFile/241561?Reference=154534
21 HTML metadata for S05 Kenai climate change criterion https://iris.fws.gov/APPS/ServCat/DownloadFile/241555?Reference=154534
8 S06 Kenai stewardship criterion https://iris.fws.gov/APPS/ServCat/DownloadFile/241556?Reference=154534
8 S03 Kenai unique Refuge purpose criterion https://iris.fws.gov/APPS/ServCat/DownloadFile/241549?Reference=154534
21 HTML metadata for S07 Kenai keystone criterion https://iris.fws.gov/APPS/ServCat/DownloadFile/241559?Reference=154534
21 HTML metadata for S11 Kenai recreation criterion https://iris.fws.gov/APPS/ServCat/DownloadFile/241568?Reference=154534
8 S08 Kenai ecological specialist criterion https://iris.fws.gov/APPS/ServCat/DownloadFile/241560?Reference=154534
8 S10 Kenai subsistence criterion https://iris.fws.gov/APPS/ServCat/DownloadFile/241564?Reference=154534
21 HTML metadata for S03 Kenai unique Refuge purpose criterion https://iris.fws.gov/APPS/ServCat/DownloadFile/241550?Reference=154534
21 HTML metadata for Kenai species list https://iris.fws.gov/APPS/ServCat/DownloadFile/241573?Reference=154534
21 HTML metadata for S02 Kenai Refuge purpose criterion https://iris.fws.gov/APPS/ServCat/DownloadFile/241548?Reference=154534
8 S07 Kenai keystone criterion https://iris.fws.gov/APPS/ServCat/DownloadFile/241558?Reference=154534
8 S12 Kenai priority resource of concern list https://iris.fws.gov/APPS/ServCat/DownloadFile/241569?Reference=154534
8 Kenai resource of concern criteria https://iris.fws.gov/APPS/ServCat/DownloadFile/241574?Reference=154534
21 HTML metadata for S12 Kenai priority resource of concern list https://iris.fws.gov/APPS/ServCat/DownloadFile/241570?Reference=154534
21 HTML metadata for S04 Kenai conservation plans criteria https://iris.fws.gov/APPS/ServCat/DownloadFile/241553?Reference=154534
8 S11 Kenai recreation criterion https://iris.fws.gov/APPS/ServCat/DownloadFile/241567?Reference=154534
21 HTML metadata for S06 Kenai stewardship criterion https://iris.fws.gov/APPS/ServCat/DownloadFile/241557?Reference=154534
8 S09 Kenai management issues criterion https://iris.fws.gov/APPS/ServCat/DownloadFile/241562?Reference=154534
21 HTML metadata for Kenai resource of concern criteria https://iris.fws.gov/APPS/ServCat/DownloadFile/241575?Reference=154534
8 S04 Kenai conservation plans criteria https://iris.fws.gov/APPS/ServCat/DownloadFile/241552?Reference=154534
21 HTML metadata for S01 Kenai ranked resource of concern list https://iris.fws.gov/APPS/ServCat/DownloadFile/241546?Reference=154534
8 Kenai species list https://iris.fws.gov/APPS/ServCat/DownloadFile/241572?Reference=154534

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  • inventory-and-monitoring-plan
  • resources-of-concern
  • roc

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