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Project Troff document Cerulean Warbler Forest Management Project
by Matthew Cimitile — published Apr 02, 2013 — last modified Sep 15, 2014 11:03 AM — filed under: , , , ,
The Cerulean Warbler project was initiated to allow the scientific and management communities to test forestry methods and use experimental harvesting of timber to enhance Cerulean Warbler habitat.
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Project Chiapas/Appalachian/Pacific Alliance
by Matthew Cimitile — published May 10, 2013 — last modified Aug 21, 2013 09:39 AM — filed under: ,
Many of the bird species that breed in the AMJV spend the fall and winter months in Mexico and Central and South America. Our partnership is committed to work with international partners to design and implement efficient and effective conservation projects for priority species on their migratory pathways and wintering areas.
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Project Forestlands Best Management Practices for Golden-winged Warblers
by Matthew Cimitile — published Apr 02, 2013 — last modified Aug 22, 2014 10:14 AM — filed under: , , , , ,
Combing through habitat literature and conducting two years of surveys for the presence of Golden-winged Warblers at forest stands, the AMJV and partners developed best management practices for providing breeding habitat for Golden-winged Warblers through timber harvesting.
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Project Restoring Coal-Mined Lands to Create Habitat for Imperiled Birds
by Matthew Cimitile — published Jul 02, 2013 — last modified Aug 27, 2014 01:38 PM — filed under: ,
AMJV and the Appalachian Regional Reforestation Initiative are partnering up to re-establish habitat on previously mined land to create greater breeding grounds for declining bird species in the Appalachian Region. Using ARRI’s Forestry Reclamation Approach, this collaboration is replanting trees on disturbed sites in heavily populated bird areas to restore the function and form of habitats that existed prior to mining.
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Image Little Tennessee River
by Matthew Cimitile — last modified Aug 20, 2012 02:23 PM
A tributary of the Tennessee River located in the Blue Ridge Mountains.
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Image Mountain Lake_02
by Matthew Cimitile — last modified Aug 20, 2012 02:27 PM
Image of Mountain Lake in Fall, near Newport, Virginia.
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Image JPEG image AppLCC Boundary
by Matthew Cimitile — published Jul 29, 2013 — filed under:
The extent of the Appalachian LCC area.
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File A Review of Climate-Change Adaptation Strategies for Wildlife Management and Biodiversity Conservation
by Matthew Cimitile — last modified Sep 14, 2012 08:21 AM — filed under: , , ,
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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File D source code Pragmatic population viability targets in a rapidly changing world
by Matthew Cimitile — published Sep 14, 2012 — filed under: , ,
To ensure both long-term persistence and evolutionary potential, the required number of individuals in a population often greatly exceeds the targets proposed by conservation management. We critically review minimum population size requirements for species based on empirical and theoretical estimates made over the past few decades. This literature collectively shows that thousands (not hundreds) of individuals are required for a population to have an acceptable probability of riding-out environmental fluctuation and catastrophic events, and ensuring the continuation of evolutionary processes. The evidence is clear, yet conservation policy does not appear to reflect these findings, with pragmatic concerns on feasibility over-riding biological risk assessment. As such, we argue that conservation biology faces a dilemma akin to those working on the physical basis of climate change, where scientific recommendations on carbon emission reductions are compromised by policy makers. There is no obvious resolution other than a more explicit acceptance of the trade-offs implied when population viability requirements are ignored. We rec- ommend that conservation planners include demographic and genetic thresholds in their assessments, and recognise implicit triage where these are not met.
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File Stakeholder participation for environmental management: A literature review
by Matthew Cimitile — published Sep 14, 2012 — filed under: , ,
The complex and dynamic nature of environmental problems requires flexible and trans- parent decision-making that embraces a diversity of knowledges and values. For this rea- son, stakeholder participation in environmental decision-making has been increasingly sought and embedded into national and international policy. Although many benefits have been claimed for participation, disillusionment has grown amongst practitioners and stakeholders who have felt let down when these claims are not realised. This review first traces the development of participatory approaches in different disciplinary and geograph- ical contexts, and reviews typologies that can be used to categorise and select participatory methods. It then reviews evidence for normative and pragmatic benefits of participation, and evaluates limitations and drawbacks. Although few of the claims that are made have been tested, there is evidence that stakeholder participation can enhance the quality of environmental decisions by considering more comprehensive information inputs.
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