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Connectivity for Climate Change in the Southeastern United States
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Climate change is already affecting biodiversity, changing the dates when birds arrive to breed and when flowers bloom in spring, and shifting the ranges of species as they move to cooler places. One problem for wildlife as their ranges shift is that their path is often impeded – their habitats have become fragmented by agriculture and urbanization, presenting barriers to their migration. Because of this, the most common recommended strategy to protect wildlife as climate changes is to connect their habitats, providing them safe passage. There are great challenges to implementing this strategy in the southeastern U.S., however, because most intervening lands between habitat patches are held in private ownership. We will combine data on key wildlife species and their habitats throughout the southeastern U.S. with new computer modeling technologies that allow us to identify key connections that will be robust to regional and global changes in climate and land use.
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Research
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Conservation Adaptation Strategy
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Dr. Bill Uihlein, US Fish and Wildlife Service Southeast Regional Office, Assistant Regional Director, Science Applications.
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Training
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Videos and Webinars
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Theme: Work of the Appalachian LCC
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Conservation Adaptation Strategy
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The Conservation Adaptation Strategy webinar provides a directional overview of Landscape Conservation Cooperatives in the Southeast, underscores the importance of calibrating science – the “For What” factor, and acknowledges critical steps being taken to ensure the emergence of a (Inter)National Network of LCCs.
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Videos and Webinars
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Theme: Work of the Appalachian LCC
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Conservation Design: An online geospatial portal
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Conservation Design: An online geospatial portal
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Resources
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Videos
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Conservation Efforts
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Communication & Outreach
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Videos Around the Basin
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Conservation in a Changing Climate - Website
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The success of future conservation efforts will depend upon our abilities to understand and predict ecosystem changes and take action to help species adjust to a changing climate.
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Resources
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General Resources Holdings
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Conservation in the 21st Century
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Cooperative
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Conservation Management Institute of Virginia Tech
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The Conservation Management Institute is an active partner in the management of natural resources in Virginia, across North America, and around the world. Institute project teams comprised of research faculty, staff, and students engage resource management agencies and organizations to understand their objectives and constraints in order to produce quality solutions through hard work and the application of sound science. Our researchers employ a range of skills, knowledge, and talents with particular strengths in field ecology, geospatial information technology, resource assessment, and logistical support.
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LP Members
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Organizations Search
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Conservation Planning Atlas
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The Appalachian LCC Conservation Planning Atlas (CPA) is a platform for data discovery, sharing and collaboration for stakeholders throughout the Appalachian LCC region. With the CPA you can search for spatial datasets, visualize LCC-supported projects, and learn more about conservation science and design in the region.
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Implementation
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Conservation Planning Atlas
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Dr. John Tirpak, Gulf Coast Plains and Ozark LCC, Science Coordinator
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Videos and Webinars
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Theme: Tools and Approaches – Neighboring LCCs
