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Hydrologic Units within the Tennessee River Basin
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Unit name and total area (square miles) for 2, 4, 6, and 8 digit hydrologic units within the Tennessee River System.
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Reports & Documents
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Webinars and Presentations
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Presentations regarding the conservation activities by partners in the Tennessee River Basin.
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News & Information
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Using a structured decision making process for strategic conservation of imperiled aquatic species in the Upper Tennessee River Basin
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Development of strategic conservation of imperiled species faces several large challenges, including uncertainty in species response to management actions, budgetary constraints that limit options, and issues with scaling expected conservation benefits from local to landscape levels and from single to multiple species. We used a structured decision making process and a multi-scale approach to identify a cost-effective conservation strategy for the imperiled aquatic species in the Upper Tennessee River Basin (UTRB), which face a variety of threats. The UTRB, which encompasses a landscape of 22,360 square miles primarily in Virginia, North Carolina, and Tennessee, harbors one of the most globally diverse assemblages of freshwater fishes and mussels occurring at temperate latitudes. In developing the strategy, we sought to identify which management actions to emphasize to best achieve recovery of imperiled aquatic species, given costs and uncertainty in management effectiveness. The strategy was developed for conservation implementation over a 20-year period, with periodic review and revision. In this presentation, we describe the ecological significance of the UTRB, the planning process, and the resulting strategy. A strategic emphasis on population management emerged as the optimal approach for achieving conservation of imperiled aquatic species in the UTRB, which aligns well with the goals of existing plans for conserving and recovering imperiled fishes and mussels in the UTRB. The structured planning process and resulting conservation strategy dovetail with the landscape approach to conservation embodied in the USFWS’s strategic habitat conservation approach and network of Landscape Conservation Cooperatives.
The recorded webinar is also available for viewing at the following link: http://www.fws.gov/northeast/science/seminars/July2015.html.
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Webinars and Presentations
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UTRB Imperiled Aquatic Species Conservation Strategy Presentaion - Schulz 2015
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Powerpoint presentation of an overiew of the Imperiled Aquatic Species Strategy for the Upper Tennessee River Basin presented by Cindy Schulz on January 30, 2015.
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Webinars and Presentations
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Communications
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This is the folder area for the communications workgroup to upload draft products, meeting notes, and other outreach materials.
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Team and Partner Workspace
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Upper Tennessee River Basin Strategy Communications Subteam - March 2016 Call
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Notes from the Upper Tennessee River Basin Strategy Communications subteam call on March 7, 2016.
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Team and Partner Workspace
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Communications
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Maps and Graphics
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Maps in draft format for use in reports and presentations.
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Team and Partner Workspace
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Reports and Reference Materials
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This folder includes reports (published, unpublished,and draft format) as well as data spreadsheets relevant to conservation within the Upper Tennessee River Basin.
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Team and Partner Workspace
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Literature Cited
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Literature cited list for the Imperiled Aquatic Species Conservation Strategy for the Upper Tennessee River Basin and associated references.
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Team and Partner Workspace
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Training
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Tennessee River Basin Partnership Training resources
