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Coastal Resiliency
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by
Web Editor
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published
Jul 10, 2020
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filed under:
Climate Change,
Climate Impacts,
Hurricane Sandy,
Coastal Resiliency,
Disaster Relief
Coastal resilience is an increasingly important topic as impacts from climate change such as accelerated sea level rise and enhanced storm intensity gain prominence. The Disaster Relief Appropriations Act of 2013, which was motivated by Hurricane Sandy related damage, supported many projects throughout the affected region, including the projects found in the following pages.
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Resources
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Conservation Cooridor Digest
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by
Matthew Cimitile
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published
Aug 15, 2013
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last modified
Nov 17, 2019 04:59 PM
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filed under:
Climate Change
Monthly information on management, science, and climate change from Conservation Cooridor, an organization that provides up-to-date findings from science that will inform applied conservation. Conservation Cooridor also highlights new innovations in applied conservation, with the goal of guiding the direction of applied science toward management needs.
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News & Announcements
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WLFW Newsletters
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Conservation Corridor Newsletters
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Conservation in a Changing Climate - Website
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by
Web Editor
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published
Mar 23, 2012
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last modified
Sep 28, 2012 04:24 PM
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filed under:
Website,
Climate Change
The success of future conservation efforts will depend upon our abilities to understand and predict ecosystem changes and take action to help species adjust to a changing climate.
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Resources
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General Resources Holdings
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Cumberland - Southern Appalachian Climate Change Vulnerability Species Assessments
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by
Web Editor
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published
Oct 21, 2015
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last modified
Jun 02, 2025 01:11 PM
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filed under:
West Virginia,
Climate,
Aquatic,
Climate Change,
Fish,
NGO,
Virginia,
Kentucky,
GeoNode,
Tennessee,
Mussels,
Alabama,
Caves,
Albedo
These results are a compilation of climate change vulnerability assessments in the southeastern portion of the LCC, covering the area from southern West Virginia, south to Alabama, west to eastern Kentucky and Tennessee. Hyperlinks to additional information are separated into two additional spreadsheets, one for aquatic and subterranean, and another for terrestrial species.
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Projects
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Assessing Vulnerability of Species and Habitats to Large-scale Impacts
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Vulnerability Assessment Foundational Data by Subregion
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Enhancing the Climate Resilience of America’s Natural Resources
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COUNCIL ON CLIMATE PREPAREDNESS AND RESILIENCE
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published
Oct 09, 2014
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filed under:
Report,
Climate Change,
Federal,
Science and Research Products,
Climate Adaptation
The President's Climate and Natural Resources Priority Agenda is the result of an interagency process to inventory and assess current policies, programs, and regulations related to climate change adaptation. The Agenda builds upon the robust climate change adaptation work already accomplished by Federal agencies and identifies significant actions moving forward. It specifically mentions how Federal agencies working to address ecosystem management issues through LCCs and other multi-stakeholder bodies will work with partners to select flagship geographic regions for which they will identify priority areas for conservation, restoration, or other investments to build resilience in vulnerable regions, enhance carbon storage capacity, and support management needs. Within 24 months, these agencies and their partners will have identified and mapped the initial list of priority areas within each of the selected geographic landscapes or regions.
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Resources
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Evaluating Effect of Climate Change on River Flows in the Clinch River Basin
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by
Matthew Cimitile
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published
Aug 21, 2013
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last modified
Jun 02, 2025 01:11 PM
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filed under:
Models,
Climate Change,
Aquatic,
Projects,
Rivers
A new project by the U.S. Geological Survey is evaluating the potential cascading effects to river flows and quality aquatic habitat due to changes in climate within an ecologically important area of the Appalachian LCC. A greater understanding of likely flow changes within the Virginia portion of the Clinch River Basin will allow managers to better respond to alterations and degradation of physical habitat. Information and results from this study will also provide managers with methods to be applied throughout the Appalachian LCC region. (Photo by Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries)
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Research
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Fact Sheet: Riparian Restoration Decision Support Tool
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by
Matthew Cimitile
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published
Mar 17, 2014
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last modified
Jun 02, 2025 01:11 PM
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filed under:
Aquatic,
Climate Change,
Our Work,
Research,
Streams,
Resilience,
Rivers,
Fact Sheet
An innovative web-based tool - funded by the Appalachian Landscape Conservation Cooperative (LCC) and developed by researchers from the U.S. Forest Service and
the University of Massachusetts - is allowing managers to rapidly identify high-priority riparian targets for restoration to make more resilient in preparation for changes in future climate. The Riparian Restoration Prioritization to Promote Climate Change Resilience (RPCCR) tool identifies vulnerable stream and riverbanks that lack tree cover and shade in coldwater stream habitats. By locating the best spots to plant trees in riparian zones, resource managers can provide shade that limits the amount of solar radiation heating the water and reduces the impacts from climate change. This well-established management strategy will benefit high-elevation, cold-water aquatic communities.
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Tools & Resources
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Riparian Restoration Decision Support Tool
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FHWA Sustainable Transport and Climate Change Newsletter
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by
Matthew Cimitile
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published
Mar 17, 2014
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last modified
Nov 17, 2019 04:59 PM
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filed under:
Climate Change
Prepared by the Office of Planning, Environment and Realty Federal Highway Administration.
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News & Events
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Conservation Newsletters
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U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration Office of Planning, Environment and Realty Newsletter
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Fire and a Changing Climate - Fueling Collaboration
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by
Admin
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published
Dec 30, 2020
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last modified
Apr 18, 2024 01:27 PM
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filed under:
Prescribed Burning,
Training,
Climate Impacts,
WLFW,
Fire,
Climate Change,
Collaboration,
Webinar,
Climate Resilience,
Forestry,
Forest Management,
Preparedness,
Forest Service,
Online Training,
Fire Mapping,
Wildland Fire,
News,
Video
Webinar from the Fueling Collaboration Series. Jenifer Bunty (Consortium of Appalachian Fire Managers & Scientists/Clemson University) moderates a panel of fire professionals and climate change specialists. They discuss how to incorporate climate change predictions/models into forest and fire management and give updates on the latest fire science and climate change research.
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Training
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Online Training Programs and Materials
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Global Warming May Cause Higher Loss of Biodiversity Than Previously Thought
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by
Web Editor
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published
Mar 30, 2012
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filed under:
Website,
Climate Change
If global warming continues as expected, it is estimated that almost a third of all flora and fauna species worldwide could become extinct. Scientists from the Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre (Biodiversität und Klima Forschungszentrum, BiK-F) and the SENCKENBERG Gesellschaft für Naturkunde discovered that the proportion of actual biodiversity loss should quite clearly be revised upwards: by 2080, more than 80 % of genetic diversity within species may disappear in certain groups of organisms, according to researchers in the title story of the journal Nature Climate Change. The study is the first world-wide to quantify the loss of biological diversity on the basis of genetic diversity.
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Resources
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General Resources Holdings