BY PROJECT

BASIS. BUT WITH THE NEW TECHNOLOGIES AND TOOLS WE HAVE AVAILABLE -- LIKE THE NATIONAL GEOSPATIAL

DATABASE

AND OTHER TOOLS -- WE CAN ACTUALLY THINK MORE HOLISTICALLY ABOUT LANDSCAPES. WHAT AREAS

ARE TOO SPECIAL TO

DEVELOP, WHAT AREAS HAVE HIGH DEVELOPMENT POTENTIAL AND HOW CAN WE DECONFLICT THOSE

SO THAT PEOPLE

GO INTO THESE LANDSCAPES UNDERSTANDING HOW THEY CAN DEVELOP AND HOW THEY CAN MITIGATE,

AND WE CAN

MARRY THE TWO TOGETHER. IF WE WORK TOGETHER, IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE EITHER CONSERVATION

OR DEVELOPMENT,

WE CAN HAVE BOTH.

WHAT THIS MITIGATION STRATEGY DOES IS IT SAYS TO THOSE WHO ARE INTERESTED IN DEVELOPING,

WE WANT YOU

TO LOOK NOT AT A PROJECT BY PROJECT BASIS, BUT AT A WHOLE LANDSCAPE. IF YOU'RE GOING

TO DEVELOP IN ONE

AREA AND IT HAS IMPACT, WHICH DEVELOPMENT GENERALLY DOES, HERE'S THE AREA OF HIGHEST

POTENTIAL WHERE

WE'D LIKE YOU TO PUT YOUR MITIGATION DOLLARS. THERE'S A LOT OF ENTHUSIASM ABOUT IT WITH

INDUSTRY BECAUSE

THEY HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE CLARITY AND A DE-CONFLICTED PATH FORWARD.

AND WHAT IT DOES IS IT KEEPS THE DEVELOPER MOVING FORWARD

ON THEIR PROJECT AND IT KEEPS THOSE THAT WANT CONSERVATION MOVING FORWARD ON THE PRIORITIES

THAT ARE

IMPORTANT TO THEM. AND THE TWO WORKING TOGETHER MEANS THAT THEY'RE NOT DUKING IT OUT IN COURT;

THEY'RE

ACTUALLY WORKING TOGETHER FOR A GREAT OUTCOME.

WE HAVE SOME GREAT EXAMPLES. THE STATES THROUGHOUT THE WEST CAME UP WITH SOMETHING CALLED CHAT

-- THE CRITICAL HABITAT ASSESSMENT TOOL. THAT IS USING GEOSPATIAL DATABASE INFORMATION TO

UNDERSTAND THE

HABITATS IN WESTERN STATES. IT'S A GREAT EXAMPLE OF HOW STATES ARE TAKING THIS CONCEPT FORWARD.

WE DID IT ALSO IN OFFSHORE WIND AS WE DID THE FIRST EVER COMPETITIVE LEASE SALE EVER

FOR OFFSHORE WIND.

DECONFLICTED BY KNOWING WHERE THE FISHING PLACES WERE, WHERE THE BOATS NEEDED TO TRANSIT,

WHERE WE

NEEDED TO BE FROM A SAFETY STANDPOINT, FROM A VISUAL STANDPOINT AND AGAIN FROM A TRIBAL

STANDPOINT. SO

THOSE ARE A HANDFUL OF EXAMPLES ON A STATE LEVEL AND A FEDERAL LEVEL WHERE THIS IS ALREADY

BEING PUT INTO

EFFECT.

WE NEED TO USE THE TOOLS AVAILABLE TO US TO THINK OF OUR LANDSCAPES IN A WAY THAT SETS

THEM UP FOR THE

LONG-TERM FUTURE. WE ARE SEEING THE IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE. WE ARE SEEING THE IMPACTS

OF INVASIVE

SPECIES. OUR LANDS ARE BEING CHALLENGED. AND YET WE KNOW THAT OUR ECONOMY ALSO RUNS ON

DEVELOPMENT.

THIS GIVES US THE OPPORTUNITY TO ACHIEVE SOME OF THE OBJECTIVES THAT WE NEED TO IN A CHANGING

CLIMATE.

IN A TIME WHEN WE'VE GOT MORE PEOPLE THAT NEED PLACES TO BREATHE. BUT ALSO, IT HELPS

DRIVE ECONOMIC

ACTIVITY THAT IS SO IMPORTANT TO OUR COUNTRY.