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Scott Smith: Maryland Department of Natural Resources
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Wildlife Ecologist Scott Smith talks about the vital importance of the Appalachians for the survival of salamanders, how the LCCs can facilitate issues between jurisdictions, and help different agencies prioritize conservation efforts.
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Todd Jones-Farrand: Central Hardwoods Joint Venture
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Science Coordinator Todd Jones-Farrand highlights how Joint Ventures and LCCs can work together in a complimentary fashion and how both partnerships share a collaborative nature that will benefit landscape-scale conservation.
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Kimberly Terrell: Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute
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Kimberly Terrell describes her work studying the biological constraints of salamanders to adjust to climate change and how the regional nature of the LCC can ensure efficiencies for conservation efforts as well as bring managers and researchers together to work towards common conservation goals.
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Cindy Schulz: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service - Virginia
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Cindy Schulz highlights the value of bringing together many federal, state, and NGO groups to establish relationships and how acquiring access and knowledge of GIS and other information-sharing tools can greatly benefit conservation work being done around the region.
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Jim Schaberl: Shenandoah National Park
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Jim Schaberl talks about specific research projects taking place in Shenandoah, what he hopes the LCC can accomplish, and why the National Park service is involved in this endeavor
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Thomas Minney: The Nature Conservancy
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Thomas Minney discusses the potential of the Appalachian LCC, how this organization can address large-scale issues like climate change, and the need to achieve common conservation goals.
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Nels Johnson: The Nature Conservancy - Pennsylvania
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Nels Johnson discusses how LCCs are important vehicles for increasing efficiencies in conservation, and through collective capacity how LCCs can address environmental challenges that are beyond the ability of any one organization.
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Hugh Irwin: The Wilderness Society
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Hugh Irwin, Landscape Conservation Planner at the Wilderness Society, talks on how the Appalachian LCC can begin to fill in research gaps and develop common research needs across the region to preserve natural resources.
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Mark Hudy: U.S. Geological Survey
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Mark Hudy, Senior Science Advisor in Fisheries for the U.S. Geological Survey, highlights the importance of connecting scientific efforts across the region and what the Appalachian LCC can achieve by bringing together various organizations and expertise
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Mark Ford: Virginia Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit
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Mark Ford, Unit Leader of the Virginia Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, discusses his research on threatened, rare, and endangered species, how the LCC can link up various expertise around the region, and the types of science needs the Cooperative can address that will result in on-the-ground conservation.
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