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Appalachian LCC part of Premiere Climate Education and Literacy Training Program by Matthew Cimitile, last updated: Aug 26, 2015 02:55 PM: The inaugural Educator Climate and Conservation Colloquium (or EC3) brought together 50 teachers and school decision makers from across the nation to receive training on campus sustainability and wildlife conservation issues to better serve schools and communities.

Global Vulnerability of Forests to Climate Change-Related Tree Mortality is Widely Underestimated by U.S. Geological Survey, last updated: Aug 26, 2015 02:54 PM: Forests worldwide are vulnerable to growing risks of drought- and heat-induced tree mortality and forest die-off because of a rapidly warming Earth, according to just-published research in the scientific journal Ecosphere. The paper is an invited “ESA Centennial Paper” to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Ecological Society of America.

Climate Change Web Conference Series Image by Web Editor, last updated: Aug 25, 2015 09:49 AM: Climate Change Web Conference Series Image

USFWS_DECISION_MAKING.JPG by Web Editor, last updated: Aug 25, 2015 09:49 AM

Data Needs Assessment Project Update by Matthew Cimitile, last updated: Aug 25, 2015 09:47 AM: Rob Baldwin of Clemson University gives an overview on data needs assessment and an update on the Data Needs Assessment Project being conducted by his lab at Clemson University.

Appalachian LCC and Eastern Brook Trout Joint Venture Project Overviews by Matthew Cimitile, last updated: Aug 25, 2015 09:47 AM: In this video, Jason Coombs of the University of Massachusetts gives a brief overview of three current projects taking place with the Appalachian LCC and the Eastern Brook Trout Joint Venture. These include web-based tools and viewers such as the Riparian Restoration Prioritization to Promote Climate Change Resilience tool that will be posted on the Appalachian LCC Web Portal when completed. Coombs also provided an update on the Eastern Brook Trout habitat patch layer.

Theme: Planning and Foundational Tools – Broad Information and Content Management Systems to Support Planning and Decision-Making by Web Editor, last updated: Aug 25, 2015 09:46 AM: Theme: Planning and Foundational Tools – Broad Information and Content Management Systems to Support Planning and Decision-Making

Theme: Planning and Foundational Tools to Aid in Landscape-level Partner Products and Regional Initiatives by Web Editor, last updated: Aug 25, 2015 09:46 AM: Theme: Planning and Foundational Tools to Aid in Landscape-level [Partner Products and Regional Initiatives]

Ensuring Climate Resilient Aquatic Communities by Matthew Cimitile, last updated: Aug 25, 2015 09:38 AM: Partners of the Appalachian LCC presented the “Riparian Restoration Climate Change Resilience Tool” to the aquatic management and research community at the Annual Eastern Brook Trout Joint Venture (EBTJV) meeting in early September.

AppLCC Conservation Framework by Web Editor, last updated: Aug 25, 2015 09:37 AM

Strategic Habitat Conservation Framework SHC by Tracy Clark, last updated: Aug 24, 2015 12:21 PM

AppLCC Winter Newsletter 2015 by Matthew Cimitile, last updated: Aug 24, 2015 09:47 AM: In this edition we describe how Steering Committee members and invited experts began developing a process for articulating the Appalachian LCC’s priority resources, highlight all the new deliverables from our funding research projects, and more.

AppLCC Winter Newsletter 2013 by Web Editor, last updated: Aug 24, 2015 09:47 AM: Our Winter Newsletter details recently funded projects, launch of our new community web portal, activities in support of regional partnerships, and more.

AppLCC Spring Newsletter 2013 by Rosanne Hessmiller, last updated: Aug 24, 2015 09:47 AM: The Spring Newsletter details the decisions and collaborative efforts that took place at the Appalachian LCC Steering Committee Meeting & Workshop, the review and revision of the Science Needs Portfolio, the assembling of vital datasets to help conservation planning efforts, and more.

AppLCC Winter Newsletter 2014 by APPLCC, last updated: Aug 24, 2015 09:47 AM: The Winter 2014 Newsletter highlights how the Appalachian LCC and its partners are addressing landscape issues and bringing together a community to find sustainable solutions.

AppLCC Spring 2014 Newsletter by Tracy Clark, last updated: Aug 24, 2015 09:47 AM: The Spring 2014 Newsletter highlights how the Appalachian LCC and its partners are addressing landscape issues and bringing together a community to find sustainable solutions.

Conservation in Transition: Leading Change in the 21st Century by USFWS, last updated: Aug 24, 2015 08:35 AM: In the following pages, we present a future vision that is mindful of the past. We examine the forces and trends that even now are shaping 21st century conservation in ways very different from that of the previous century. We continue with a broad analysis of the implications to the future Service and the growing realization that the change before us is, in many respects, change without precedent. We conclude with an assessment of the transformational change that will be needed by the Service — change already underway — to go beyond the successes of our past to new vistas of opportunity that lie ahead.

Strategic Habitat Conservation Handbook by USFWS, last updated: Aug 24, 2015 08:35 AM: A Guide to Implementing the Technical Elements of Strategic Habitat Conservation. Although the urgency is real, building capacity for SHC will be an organizational evolution, not an overnight change. Institutionalizing the SHC framework is a marathon and this document is intended to chart the course and set a purposeful and competitive pace.

Strategic Habitat Conservation - Final Report of the National Ecological Assessment Team by USFWS; USGS, last updated: Aug 24, 2015 08:35 AM: \We envision the FWS working collaboratively with partners to develop and implement a landscape approach to habitat conservation, leading to what we term strategic habitat conservation. Success will depend on how quickly and effectively our organizational approach evolves, including steps to better communicate with and work alongside our partners.