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Video Presentation: Interactive Conservation Planning & Design: This video presentation from Paul Leonard of the Appalachian LCC and Clemson University walks through the development of a regional conservation plan for the Cooperative using an interactive and iterative spatial prioritization framework. Using available data and modeling approaches, researchers from Clemson University developed a suite of conservation planning models that include site selection, ecological threat assessments, and broad ranging habitat and ecological connectivity analyses. The research team worked closely with steering committee-organized technical teams from each major region in our LCC to help guide the iterative feedback loops which informed the conservation design. The research team is now working on the second phase of this conservation planning and design modeling that will integrate aquatic and cultural resource components into the design work.

Appalachian LCC Conservation Planning Specialist Earns PhD: Paul Leonard received a PhD in Wildlife and Fisheries Biology from Clemson University for his dissertation focused on habitat connectivity, mapping gene flow, and using supercomputing to speedup conservation planning.

Steering Committee Advances Landscape Conservation Planning and Design in the Appalachians: At the 2015 Appalachian LCC Steering Committee meeting, resource managers and wildlife administrators from throughout the region formally designated priority ecosystems and associated resources to focus the LCC’s landscape conservation efforts.

Tennessee River Basin Network Workshop and Awards Celebration: The Tennessee Valley Authority and the Tennessee Aquarium sponsored a first-of-its-kind meeting that gathered regional conservation partners to celebrate successes conserving aquatic biodiversity in the Tennessee River Basin and to facilitate discussions among partners for greater cooperation and strategic effectiveness.

LCC Names New Executive Committee Members: We have tallied all the votes for the election of our next slate of officers who will serve as the Appalachian LCC Chair, Vice Chair, and Executive Committee Officers beginning in April 2016.

Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries Convenes Meeting with 3 LCCs: For the first time outside of Alaska, staff from multiple LCCs overlapping the same state met with a state agency to solicit feedback and share updates on their cooperatives’ products and tools.

Managing for Species Adaptive Capacity: A new paper authored by researchers at federal agencies, regional partnerships, and universities, including Appalachian LCC Coordinator and Senior Scientist Dr. Jean Brennan, proposes a new conceptual paradigm for adaptive capacity.

Introduction to Data Basin: Slides presented by Renee Farnsworth on the North Atlantic LCC's Conservation Planning Atlas on Data Basin on September 10, 2015

Landscope Chesapeake Overview: Slides presented by Renee Farnsworth on Landscape Chesapeake on September 10, 2015

Excercise - Using NALCC Conservation Planning Atlas on Data Basin: Excercise - Using NALCC Conservation Planning Atlas on Data Basin used for hands-on training at the CBFO partners meeting on September 10, 2015

Fact Sheet - Science Products from the North Atlantic LCC: Fact Sheet providing examples of Science Products from the North Atlantic LCC with links

Fact Sheet - The North Atlantic LCC in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed: Fact Sheet providing examples of products and partnerships associated with the North Atlantic LCC in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed with links

Presentation - Overview of North Atlantic LCC Approach, Partnership & Products & Some Coastal Stuff: Presentation by Andrew Milliken at CBFO on September 10, 2015 - Overview of North Atlantic LCC Approach, Partnership & Products & Some Coastal Stuff

Presentation - Aquatic, Terrestrial and Landscape Conservation Design Tools and Products of the North Atlantic LCC: Aquatic, Terrestrial and Landscape Conservation Design Tools and Products of the North Atlantic LCC -- presentation by Science Coordinator Scott Schwenk at Chesapeake bay Field Office, September 10, 2015

Chesapeake Bay: Work Space for Chesapeake Bay partners to exchange information on LCC and related tools and resources

Agenda North Atlantic LCC Meeting with USFWS Chesapeake Bay Area Staff: Agenda for North Atlantic LCC Meeting with USFWS Chesapeake Bay Area Staff on September 10, 2015 at the Chesapeake bay Field Office

Decision Support & Web Map Viewers: Existing tools and map viewers which aid in the exploration of funded and reference data.

Discussion Forum: Forum for discussing broad topics in the GIS & Planning process.