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National LCC Brochure: This brochure describes how LCCs are bringing partners together to identify conservation solutions. Building on knowledge and conservation work of existing partnerships, LCCs increase collective science and management capacity to address common conservation priorities. LCCs rely on the expertise and work of Federal, State and Tribal partners and existing conservation partnerships. Working at local, regional, national and even international scales allows partners to work toward sustaining natural and cultural resources for current and future generations.

National Map: Use The National Map Viewer to inspect, and download our most current topographic base map data and products for free. Managed by the USGS National Geospatial Program (NGP), The National Map Viewer provides access to all eight primary data themes of The National Map to include US Topo and historical topographic map products. The viewer platform is extended upon the National Geospatial Intelligence Agency's (NGA) Palanterra x3 Viewer.

Data Basin: Data Basin is a science-based mapping and analysis platform that supports learning, research, and sustainable environmental stewardship. What you can do here; explore and organize data & information, create custom visualizations, drawings, & analyses, use collaborative tools in groups, publish datasets, maps, & galleries, develop decision-support and custom tools.

Coal Development Probability: This map depicts the future probability of development for Coal throughout the Appalachian LCC.

Shale Gas Development Probability: This map depicts the probability of future gas shale development for the Appalachian LCC geography.

First Stewards 2014 Symposium: Our major goals for this symposium are threefold: Promote and discuss how our Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK) becomes a stronger part of the climate change conversation; Explore how we as indigenous peoples can unite to have a stronger voice since our communities will disproportionately feel the impacts of climate change; and Plan how our youth can be promoted to take the lead on this conversation in the future.

Scientists Locate Natural “Strongholds” across Southeast US that Could Protect Nature in the Face of Climate Change: A new study by The Nature Conservancy has identified a series of natural “strongholds” across the Southeastern United States that are predicted to withstand the growing impacts of climate change and help ensure nature’s survival.

Innovative Regional Conservation Partnership Program to Bring Resources to Private Lands in Critical Conservation Areas: U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack launched the Regional Conservation Partnership Program (RCPP), a public-private partnership designed to focus conservation efforts on the most critical watersheds and landscapes.

Climate.gov wins two Webby Awards and a People’s Voice Award!: NOAA Climate.gov was selected by the International Academy of the Digital Arts & Sciences to receive two Webby Awards in the "Government" and "Green" categories. They also garnered a People's Voice Award in the "Green" category (placing second overall in the "Government" category).

Loeb, Susan: I am a Research Ecologist with the US Forest Service, Southern Research Station. My expertise lies in the area of conservation and management of bats in the eastern U.S. and development of the North American Bat Monitoring Program.