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Working Lands for Wildlife
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Through Working Lands for Wildlife (WLFW), NRCS works with partners and private landowners to focus voluntary conservation on working landscapes. NRCS provides technical and financial assistance to agricultural producers, helping them plan and implement conservation practices that benefit target species and priority landscapes. Since 2012, NRCS has restored and protected 6.7 million acres of much-needed habitat for a variety of wildlife. These efforts have led to the rebound and recovery of many species, demonstrating the WLFW conservation model works.
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CCVA Fact Sheet Meadows
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CCVA Fact Sheet: Meadows and Marshlands
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Meadows are open grasslands where grass and other non-woody plants are the primary vegetation. With no tree
coverage, meadows are typically open, sunny areas that attract flora and fauna that require both ample space and
sunlight. These conditions allow for the growth of many wildflowers and are typically important ecosystems for
pollinating insects. Marshlands are like meadows in that they typically have no tree coverage and host primarily
grasses and woody plants. However, a defining characteristic of marshlands is their wetland features.
Predicted climate change will largely impact changes in temperature and moisture availability in meadows and
marshlands systems, likely having a cascading effect on a species habitat and increasing stress to many of these
species. The Appalachian LCC funded NatureServe to conduct vulnerability assessments on a suite of plants,
animals, and habitats within the Appalachians. These assessments can be used as an early warning system to alert
resource managers about changing conditions.
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CCVA Fact Sheet: Forest and Woodlands
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Forest/Woodland habitats describe large areas primarily dominated by trees, with moderate ground
coverage, such as grasses and shrubs. Density, tree height, and land use may all vary, though woodland is
typically used to describe lower density forests. A forest may have an open canopy, but a woodland must
have an open canopy with enough sunlight to reach the ground and limited shade.
Predicted climate change will largely impact changes in temperature and moisture availability in forest/
woodlands systems, likely having a cascading effect on a species habitat and increasing stress to many
of these species. The Appalachian LCC funded NatureServe to conduct vulnerability assessments on a
suite of plants, animals, and habitats within the Appalachians. These assessments can be used as an early
warning system to alert resource managers about changing conditions.
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CCVA Fact Sheet: Open Woodlands
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Open Woodlands
Used generally to describe low density forests, open woodland ecosystems contain widely spaced trees
whose crowns do not touch, causing for an open canopy, insignificant midstory canopy layer, sparse
understory and where groundcover is the most obvious feature of the landscape dominated by diverse
flora (grasses, forbes, sedges). Open Woodlands provide habitat for a diverse mix of wildlife species,
several of which are of conservation concern, such as Red Headed Woodpecker, Prairie Warbler,
Kentucky Warbler, Northern Bobwhite and Eastern Red Bat.
Predicted climate change will largely impact changes in temperature and moisture availability in open
woodlands systems, likely having a cascading effect on a species habitat and increasing stress to many
of these species. The Appalachian LCC funded NatureServe to conduct vulnerability assessments on a
suite of plants, animals, and habitats within the Appalachians. These assessments can be used as an early
warning system to alert resource managers about changing conditions.
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About
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The WLFW workspaces were created within this portal to provide user-friendly sharing of program and technical information between federal and state agencies, private non-government organizations, and landowners. Open sharing of information is often subverted by agency or partner access limitations related to use of commercial software, government sharepoint sites, etc. These workspaces will be both public and private, depending on the sensitivity of the information stored and as determined by the original source of that information. Draft documents and sensitive data (such as the locations of federally listed species) can be categorized as private and accessible only to named individuals. However, most information will be posted publicly to facilitate our intent for wide distribution of educational materials, technical content, videos and podcasts, and online training related to implementation of Working Lands for Wildlife.
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Landscapes & Wildlife
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Golden-Winged Warbler Website
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Landowner Information
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Landowners are our most important partners! Working Lands for Wildlife seeks to develop voluntary partnerships with landowners to create improvements across landscapes that benefit farm and local economies. These partnerships "keep working lands working" – while sustaining fish and wildlife.
In addition, Working Lands for Wildlife regularly hosts workshops that include landowners.
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Learning & Tech Transfer
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