Landscape Partnership Resources Library
AppLCC 5-Year Work Plan - Goal 3
Goal 3 focuses on broad Engagement of which Communications is an element. "Goal 3: Create an on-going facilitated process to promote engagement and dialogue across the Appalachian LCC region"
(9) Climate Change
2012 WORD file for Review by COP
(8) Human Dimensions
2012 WORD file for review by COP
(7) Working Lands
2012 WORD file for review by COP
(6) Openlands
2012 WORD file for review by COP
(2) Aquatics
2012 WORD file for review by COP
Standard Structure
Developed using all Portfolio Themes -- to create a common Structure to present the Portfolio
(Handout from Dec ISC call) -- "Face Book" of ISC Members
To assist the Work Group in identifying other ISC Members that may will to serve on this Work Group and/or have organizational staff willing to serve.
Appalachian Mountains Joint Venture
The final 2012 Communication Strategy for the Appalachian Mountain Joint Venture.
General Fact Sheet -- LCCs and CSCs
Prepared by the National DOI Offices - a quick reference fact sheet on the relationship between LCCs and CSCs (DOI Climate Science Centers under the National Wildlife and Climate Change Center.)
(ex) of AppLCC Communications Product -- 2010 Fact Sheet
This was the first Fact Sheet produced by the FWS Northeast Region Office under Acting LCC Coordinator, Sherry Morgan. (Coordinator name/contact updated in 2011)
CHJV Aquatics Maps with USFWS Watersheds
Maps demarcating Kentucky, Tennessee, and Virginia regional hydrological influences as well as the Central Hardwood Joint Venture boundary in relation to these influences.
Accessing Steering Committee Work Space
A detailed description on how to access the Steering Committee Work Space on the Appalachian LCC Web Portal to view important materials and documents.
December 14 Agenda
Agenda for the ISC Call on December 14.
Work Plan Work Groups
A list of work groups drawn from the approved Appalachian LCC Work Plan to solicit volunteers from among the Steering Committee members or senior staff member from their organizations to serve on work groups that will work on achieving the goals of the Work Plan.
Central Hardwoods JV and Gulf Coastal Plains and Ozarks LCC Boundary Change Letter
A letter regarding the Central Hardwoods JV proposal to modify boundaries of the Appalachian lCC and the Gulf Coastal Plains and Ozark LCC.
National Geographic Framework for Guiding Conservation on a Landscape Scale
In 2009, a new map of ecologically based conservation regions in which to organize capacity and implement strategic habitat conservation was developed using rapid prototyping and expert elicitation by an interagency team of U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and U.S. Geological Survey scientists and conservation professionals. Incorporating Bird Conservation Regions, Freshwater Ecoregions, and U.S. Geological Survey hydrologic unit codes, the new geographic framework provides a spatial template for building conservation capacity and focusing biological planning and conservation design efforts. The Department of Interior’s Landscape Conservation Cooperatives are being organized in these new conservation regions as multi-stakeholder collaborations for improved conservation science and management.
Boundary Change Map for CHJV and AppLCC
The Central Hardwoods Joint Venture is requesting the entire Central Hardwood Bird Conservation Region be put into the GCPO LCC boundary, which would redefine the Appalachian LCC boundary as seen in this map.
Agenda for October 4th ISC Call
The agenda included a discussion on the Central Hardwoods Joint Venture letter, a decision to approve the Work Plan, and the allocation of the remaining FY12 Funds.
Freshwater Mussels of the Powell River, Virginia and Tennessee: Abundance and Distribution in a Biodiversity Hotspot
Historically, the Powell River had a diverse freshwater mussel fauna of 46 species. Various surveys conducted over the past century have recorded a decline in mussel densities and diversity throughout much of the river, due to historical and on-going anthropogenic impacts. In 2008 and 2009, random timed-search, systematic search, and quadrat sampling of 21 sites were completed to document species richness, relative abundance, density, and size-class structure of resident mussel populations. We recorded 19 species from 18 sites, including 5 endangered species during quadrat sampling efforts. he mussel fauna of the lower Powell River continues to represent one of the most diverse in the United States. Outside of the Powell River, only 2 or 3 populations remain for most of the listed species extant in the river. Given these qualities, the Powell River deserves recognition as a location for focused conservation efforts to protect its diverse mussel assemblage.
