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Map of Federally Listed Species within the UTRB in North Carolina: Map of Listed and candidate aquatic species in the Upper Tennessee hydrologic sub-unit of North Carolina.

Map of Federally Listed Species within the UTRB in Tennessee: Map of Listed and candidate aquatic species in the Upper Tennessee hydrologic sub-unit of Tennessee.

Map of Federally Listed Aquatic Species in Virginia Portion of UTRB: Map depicting listed and candidate aquatic species in the Upper Tennessee hydrologic sub-unit of Virginia.

Biodiversity Hotspots and the UTRB: Map depicting biodiversity hotspots in the eastern United States along with the boundary of the Upper Tennessee River Basin and USFWS National Wildlife Refuge locations.

NASA, NOAA Analyses Reveal Record-Shattering Global Warm Temperatures in 2015: Earth’s 2015 surface temperatures were the warmest since modern record keeping began in 1880, according to independent analyses by NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).

Evaluating the Ecological Performance of Compensatory Mitigation: The Association of State Wetland Managers (ASWM) is pleased to invite you to attend the next webinar in our popular Improving Wetland Restoration Success webinar series on “Evaluating the Ecological Performance of Compensatory Mitigation.”

Biodiversity Critical to Maintaining Healthy Ecosystems: Researchers have found clear evidence that biological communities rich in species are substantially healthier and more productive than those depleted of species.

New Climate Change Vulnerability Assessments for 41 Species: This spreadsheet functions as a tool to determine climate change vulnerability of species. Information is entered in the calculator, and results are stored in the results tab. Explanations of climate change measures and species-specific attributes that contribute to adaptive capacity are in subsequent tabs. The documentation tab provides justification for ratings of each individual factor, with a complete list of references also provided in a separate tab. Also available for download below is the county distribution for 41 of the species evaluated.

Pine, Bill: Fish biologist with experience in quantitative methods, adaptive management, and experimental design.

January 2012 Expert Panel Meeting, NatureServe Home Office: Expert Panel discussing a decision tree to aid in selecting vulnerability assessment methods. Panel members (from left to right): Kim Hall, The Nature Conservancy, Great Lakes; Robert Cooper, University of Georgia; Bruce Young, NatureServe; Jean Brennan, Appalachian LCC; Kyle Barrett, Clemson University; Healy Hamilton, Marine Conservation Institute (now of NatureServe); not shown: John O'Leary, Massachusetts Department of Fish and Wildlife; Hector Galbraith, National Wildlife Federation; Patricia Butler, Michigan Technical University, Northern Institute of Applied Climate Science; Lesley Sneddon, NatureServe