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Observations of Climate Change in the AppLCC
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Observations and likely outcomes from changing climate for AppLCC natural resources.
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AppLCC Development and Operations Planning
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Salamanders - The Hidden Jewels of Appalachia
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If you want to hit paydirt the Appalachian region is the world’s salamander El Dorado—home to over 70 salamander species. The Appalachian region of the eastern United States is the world's epicenter for salamander biodiversity.
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A Review of Climate-Change Adaptation Strategies for Wildlife Management and Biodiversity Conservation
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We reviewed the literature and climate- change adaptation plans that have been developed in United States, Canada, England, Mexico, and South Africa and finding 16 general adaptation strategies that relate directly to the conservation of biological diversity. These strategies can be grouped into four broad categories: land and water protection and management; direct species management; monitoring and planning; and law and policy. Tools for implementing these strategies are similar or identical to those already in use by conservationists worldwide (land and water conservation, ecological restoration, agrienvironment schemes, species translocation, captive propagation, monitoring, natural resource planning, and legislation/regulation). Although the review indicates natural resource managers already have many tools that can be used to address climate-change effects, managers will likely need to apply these tools in novel and innovative ways to meet the unprecedented challenges posed by climate change.
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Demonstration of the Habitat Climate Change Vulnerability Index (HCCVI)
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The earth’s rapidly changing climate requires substantial adjustments to existing strategies for conserving natural systems. Managers need a better understanding of factors that contribute to the vulnerability of ecosystems and plant communities in order to formulate new adaptation strategies. The Climate Change Vulnerability Index for Ecosystems and Habitats documents series of indicators of vulnerability to climate change.
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Events
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Scientists Locate Natural “Strongholds” that Could Protect Nature in the Face of Climate Change
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A new study by The Nature Conservancy has identified a series of landscapes across the American Northeast and southeastern Canada that are predicted to withstand the growing impacts of climate change and help ensure nature’s survival.
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Appalachian LCC Funds Four Landscape-level Projects
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The Appalachian Landscape Conservation Cooperative (LCC) is investing in conservation projects across the Appalachian region that will support the sustainable management of resources and develop tools and information for conservation delivery.
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News & Events
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US Fish and WIldlife Service NCTC Climate Change - Climate Change Resources
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The NCTC Climate Change Resource Library provides selected citations to peer-reviewed journal articles, documents, books, theses, presentations, and Websites on the effect of climate change on North American fish, wildlife and habitats.
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NCTC Adds Sessions for Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment Course
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The National Conservation Training Center is scheduling several additional sessions of the new three-day Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment course to help resource managers assess species and habitat vulnerability to climate change.
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Wildlife Conservation Society Conservation Challenges - Climate Change
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Climate change is arguably the pre-eminent challenge facing the conservation of wildlife and wild places. The WCS North America Program is addressing this challenge to ensure the long-term success of our conservation efforts. Warming has already begun to affect wildlife by shifting species’ ranges, altering the timing of seasonal events, decreasing snowpacks and streamflows, increasing lake and stream water temperatures, and melting glaciers and sea ice. As North America and the rest of the planet continue to warm, the conservation of diminishing water sources will likely become a major focus for local communities and public land managers. Other anticipated changes include the expansion of severe wildfires, increased drought frequency and severity, increased plant and wildlife disease outbreaks and insect infestations, and the degradation of vulnerable habitats, all with major implications for wildlife. There is a growing need for conservation actions now to help offset inevitable changes in landscapes and wildlife populations.
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US Fish and WIldlife Service Climate Change Update
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Climate Change Update is distributed to U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service employees and partners by the Office of External Affairs to provide information and news related to the Service's strategic response to accelerating climate change.
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