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Species assessments by the Virginia Division of Natural Heritage by Virginia Division of Natural Heritage, last updated: Dec 18, 2015 12:02 PM: This spreadsheet contains the full results of climate change vulnerability assessments conducted in 2010 in Virgiinia.

Protecting southern Appalachian wildlife in an era of climate change by Lesley Sneddon, last updated: Dec 18, 2015 12:02 PM: These materials are the results of a project conducted by the Open Space Institute in 2011. They include a project review presentation describing methodology, and species assessment results. The full assessment area, referred to as Research Region, includes most of the Cumberland - Southern Appalachian and portions of the Central Appalachian subregions. A second smaller assessment area, referred to as Research Subregion, is confined to southeastern Tennessee, northeastern Alabama, and northwestern Georgia. Species assessment results are provided in the NatureServe Climate Change Vulnerability Index (CCVI) tool as four separate spreadsheets: terrestrial species in Research Region, terrestrial species in Research Subregion, aquatic species in Research Region, and aquatic species in Research Subregion.

Identifying Species in Pennsylvania Potentially Vulnerable to Climate Change by M. Furedi, last updated: Dec 18, 2015 12:01 PM: This report provides the methods and results of 85 species vulnerability assessments in Pennsylvania.

Additional information for terrestrial species of the Cumberland - Southern Appalachian subregion by Lesley Sneddon, last updated: Dec 18, 2015 11:54 AM: This spreadsheet provides hyperlinks to additional information from NatureServe Explorer.

Additional information on aquatic and subterranean (cave) species of the Cumberland - Southern Appalachian subregion by Lesley Sneddon, last updated: Dec 18, 2015 11:54 AM: This spreadsheet provides hyperlinks to additional information from NatureServe Explorer.

Vulnerability Assessment Foundational Data by Subregion by Rosanne Hessmiller, last updated: Dec 18, 2015 01:50 AM

Full CCVI results supplement to Adapting Conservation to a Changing Climate: An Update to the Illinois Wildlife Action Plan by Lesley Sneddon, last updated: Dec 17, 2015 12:19 PM: This pdf is a supplement to the report, Adapting Conservation to a Changing Climate: An Update to the Illinois Wildlife Action Plan. It contains the full results for species assessed for vulnerability to climate change using NatureServe's Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment (CCVI) tool.

Adapting conservation to a changing climate: an update to the Illinois Wildlife Action Plan by Jeff Walk, Sarah Hagen, and Aaron Lange, last updated: Dec 17, 2015 12:15 PM: Full report of methods and results of climate change vulnerability assessments of 162 species in greatest conservation need.

Assessing the Potential Effects of Climate Change on Species in the Cumberland Piedmont Network of the National Park Service by Web Editor, last updated: Dec 17, 2015 12:12 PM: In this study, we evaluate the climate change vulnerability of a subset of key species found in the Cumberland Piedmont Network (CUPN) of the National Park Service (NPS), an ecologically important and diverse region. We developed a list of species of conservation concern (globally and sub-nationally) within each of the fourteen NPS units in the CUPN. Next, we employed NatureServe’s Climate Change Vulnerability Index (CCVI) in order to determine which of those species may be most vulnerable to climate change, based on each species’ 1) direct exposure to climate change, 2) indirect exposure to climate change, 3) sensitivity, and 4) documented/ modeled response to climate change. CCVI results showed a range of vulnerability scores among taxonomic groups, including high vulnerability for mollusks and low vulnerability for migrant songbirds. Furthermore, we found that species of conservation concern were not necessarily those most vulnerable to climate change.

South-Central Interior Small Stream and Riparian Habitat by Lesley Sneddon, last updated: Dec 17, 2015 11:55 AM: This habitat was assessed in both the Cumberland - Southern Appalachian subregion and the Interior Low Plateau subregion. Results are in the first two tabs of the spreadsheet. A description of the habitat, and a list of associated species, is included in the description tab. The remaining tabs describe the individual factors and their definitions. These results are in the review stage. Please send comments to lesley_sneddon@natureserve.org.

Habitat Vulnerability Assessments by Lesley Sneddon, last updated: Dec 17, 2015 11:37 AM: This folder contains the results of climate change vulnerability assessments of three habitats characteristic of the Appalachian LCC region.

Wendi Weber by USFWS, last updated: Dec 17, 2015 11:28 AM: Photo of FWS Northeast Regional Director.

FWS Northeast Regional Director Comments on National Academy of Sciences Review of LCCs by Wendi Weber, last updated: Dec 17, 2015 11:27 AM: On December 3, the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) released their Review of the Landscape Conservation Cooperatives (LCCs) conducted at the request of Congress.

An ecosystem services research framework by Caroline Dougherty, last updated: Dec 17, 2015 09:23 AM

Invasive species and forest pathogens by Caroline Dougherty, last updated: Dec 16, 2015 01:58 PM

Energy development by Caroline Dougherty, last updated: Dec 16, 2015 01:57 PM

Drivers of landscape change in the Appalachians: Risks by Caroline Dougherty, last updated: Dec 16, 2015 08:54 AM: Drivers of landscape change in the Appalachians: Risks

2015 National Academy of Sciences Review of LCCs by Matthew Cimitile, last updated: Dec 07, 2015 10:23 AM: 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.