Table of Contents

1 Front Matter; 2 Summary; 3 1 Introduction; 4 2 Scientific and Conservation Merits of Landscape-Scale Conservation and the Landscape Conservation Cooperatives; 5 3 Evaluating the Landscape Conservation Cooperatives Network Strategic Plan; 6 4 An Examination of the Evaluation Process for the Landscape Conservation Cooperatives; 7 5 The Landscape Conservation Cooperatives and Other Similar Federal Programs; 8 6 An Assessment of the Early Accomplishments and Likely Long-Term Outcomes and Impacts of the Landscape Conservation Cooperatives Network; 9 References; 10 Appendix A: Greater Sage-Grouse: A Collaborative Conservation Effort; 11 Appendix B: Mississippi River Basin and Gulf Hypoxia: Collaborations Across Multiple LCCs; 12 Appendix C: Guidance for Landscape Conservation Planning and Designs; 13 Appendix D: Description of Other Federal Programs; 14 Appendix E: Secretarial Order No. 3289; 15 Appendix F: Landscape Conservation Cooperatives 2014 Network Strategic Plan; 16 Appendix G: Goals of Individual LCCs Compared to Goals of the LCC Network Strategic Plan; 17 Appendix H: Committee and Staff Biographies