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FWS Northeast Regional Director Comments on National Academy of Sciences Review of LCCs: On December 3, the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) released their Review of the Landscape Conservation Cooperatives (LCCs) conducted at the request of Congress.

Drivers of landscape change in the Appalachians: Risks: Drivers of landscape change in the Appalachians: Risks

2015 National Academy of Sciences Review of LCCs: The Appalachian LCC is collecting information for Steering Committee members and other interested parties to review information and materials related to the newly released National Academy of Sciences report, A Review of the Landscape Conservation Cooperatives.

Conservation Planning Map: Map showing regional cores, linkages, and other elements from the conservation design research.

National Academy of Sciences Releases Its Review of the Landscape Conservation Cooperatives: The National Academy of Sciences (NAS) today released its Review of the Landscape Conservation Cooperatives, which concludes that a landscape approach is needed to meet the nation’s conservation challenges and that the Landscape Conservation Cooperatives (LCCs) provide a framework for addressing that need.

Core Team Meeting Notes, 10-01-2015: Notes/summary from October 2015 Core Team Meeting

Video Update: Climate Change Vulnerability Research: This presentation from Lesley Sneddon of NatureServe provides an update to the Steering Committee on this Appalachian LCC funded research project. Research is compiling climate change vulnerability assessments and other relevant information on vulnerable species and habitats, discerning the various methodologies and criteria used in these assessments, and using a team of expert peer reviewers to recommend the most efficient, effective, and appropriate methods for adoption by the Appalachian LCC for conservation and adaptation planning. The recommended method will then be deployed, resulting in vulnerability assessments for a suite of key species/habitats selected in consultation with partners of the Appalachian LCC.

Instructions – Central Appalachian Spreadsheet: This spreadsheet is a subset of a larger data set that contains a compilation of climate change vulnerability scores for over 700 species in the Appalachian LCC.