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Connecticut River Pilot - FWS Members Meeting 01-15-2014: Materials associated with this meeting, which was an introduction to the Connecticut River Pilot for FWS employees.

Guidance for Core Team (Draft, 02-2014): Draft Guidance for Connecticut River Watershed Pilot Core Team, last amended February 2014.

List of Representative Species (Draft, 02-2014): Draft List of Representative Species In Connecticut River Watershed. Part of regional Representative Species list developed by the LCC/FWS. Includes subset of species being modeled by UMass Amherst for Designing Sustainable Landscapes project.

Review of Key Concepts and Answers to Some Frequently Asked Questions: Designing Sustainable Landscapes in the Northeast: A project of the NALCC and the Northeast Climate Science Center. Landscape Conservation Design, June 2014. Updated presentation posted 7/28/2014.

Terrestial and Wetlands Subteam Update: Slides for the subteam update at the July Core Team meeting

Core Team Survey Results: Connecticut River Pilot Core Team Survey Results, as of July 25.

Ecosystem Goals, Objectives, and Conservation Design Tradeoffs - Terrestrial / Wetland Team (July 21, 2014): Ecosystem Goals, Objectives, and Conservation Design Tradeoffs (draft document for consideration by the Terrestrial / Wetland team) This document was drafted to assist the terrestrial/wetland subteam in considering conservation design questions related to the number, size, and configuration of "core areas" of conservation priority, and how they relate to the overall goals for the watershed.

May 13, 2014 Subteam Meeting (Terrestrial/Wetland): May 13, 2014 Terrestrial Subteam Meeting for the Connecticut River Pilot

June 17, 2014 Subteam Meeting (Terrestrial/Wetland): Meeting focused on species-based assessment and species models for the Connecticut River Watershed pilot and considerations for future climate and habitat change. Materials include the presentation and webinar with audio by Kevin McGarigal of UMass.

July 22, 2014 Subteam Meeting (Terrestrial/Wetland): July 22, 2014 Subteam Meeting (Terrestrial/Wetland)

Connecticut River Pilot Core Team Meeting 07-25-2014: Folder with agenda, handouts, presentations, notes, and any additional meeting materials.

2015 NOAA Funding Opportunity: NOAA's Climate Program Office (CPO) supports competitive research through four major Programs: Climate Observations and Monitoring (COM); Earth System Science (ESS); Modeling, Analysis, Predictions, and Projections (MAPP); and Climate and Societal Interactions (CSI).

Kentucky partnership with Tennessee, Ohio and West Virginia will restore mussels in 180 miles of the Licking River: Imperiled species will benefit from a total of $5.6 million in grants for 16 projects in 12 states through the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s competitive State Wildlife Grants program. The grants, which focus on large-scale conservation projects yielding measurable results, will be matched by more than $2.9 million in non-federal funds from states and their partners for projects that work to conserve and recover wildlife identified by states as Species of Greatest Conservation Need and their habitats.

Additional Partner HD Activities and Resources: Discover all the great human dimension activities taking place in the Appalachians.