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Nova Scotia Nature Trust NSNT
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by
Rosanne Hessmiller
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May 31, 2024 02:40 PM
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filed under:
Canada,
Migratory Bird,
NGO,
Forests,
Education and Outreach,
Endangered Species,
Landscape Conservation,
Birds,
Coastal ecosystems
We protect Nova Scotia’s outstanding natural legacy through land conservation.
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Pragmatic population viability targets in a rapidly changing world
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by
Matthew Cimitile
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published
Sep 14, 2012
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filed under:
Conservation,
Scientific Publications,
Endangered Species
To ensure both long-term persistence and evolutionary potential, the required number of individuals in a population often greatly exceeds the targets proposed by conservation management. We critically review minimum population size requirements for species based on empirical and theoretical estimates made over the past few decades. This literature collectively shows that thousands (not hundreds) of individuals are required for a population to have an acceptable probability of riding-out environmental fluctuation and catastrophic events, and ensuring the continuation of evolutionary processes. The evidence is clear, yet conservation policy does not appear to reflect these findings, with pragmatic concerns on feasibility over-riding biological risk assessment. As such, we argue that conservation biology faces a dilemma akin to those working on the physical basis of climate change, where scientific recommendations on carbon emission reductions are compromised by policy makers. There is no obvious resolution other than a more explicit acceptance of the trade-offs implied when population viability requirements are ignored. We rec- ommend that conservation planners include demographic and genetic thresholds in their assessments, and recognise implicit triage where these are not met.
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Project Bog Turtle
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by
Web Editor
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published
Apr 21, 2020
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last modified
Apr 28, 2022 08:45 PM
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filed under:
Bog Turtle,
Working Lands for Wildlife,
NGO,
WLFW,
Endangered Species
Project Bog Turtle, established in 1995, is a conservation initiative of the North Carolina Herpetological Society. Tom Thorp (Three Lakes Nature Center and Aquarium, Richmond, VA) is currently the chair and is assisted by Ann B. Somers (UNC-Greensboro, Greensboro, NC). The original project was originated in the late 1970s by Dennis Herman as a continuation of a bog turtle distribution survey, initiated by Robert T. Zappalorti (Herpetological Associates, Inc.), in southwestern North Carolina and expanded to include other southern states to locate new sites and populations of bog turtles. Most of the work, however, was conducted in North Carolina. The project involved population density studies in several sites and a captive propagation and head-start program at the Atlanta Zoological Park (now Zoo Atlanta). It was evident, as the project progressed, that additional personnel and assistance from various state, federal, and private agencies would be needed.
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Richter, Stephen
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by
Admin
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published
Oct 02, 2012
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last modified
Jul 17, 2014 08:59 PM
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filed under:
Wetlands,
Funding,
Land Use,
Forests,
Conservation,
Endangered Species
Population genetics; land-use; amphibian evolutionary ecology; conservation; wetland ecology; management
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Salamanders - The Hidden Jewels of Appalachia
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by
Joe Milmoe
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published
Oct 01, 2012
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last modified
Mar 04, 2022 03:41 PM
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filed under:
Climate Impacts,
Climate Change,
Energy,
Education and Outreach,
Video,
Endangered Species
If you want to hit paydirt the Appalachian region is the world’s salamander El Dorado—home to over 70 salamander species. The Appalachian region of the eastern United States is the world's epicenter for salamander biodiversity.
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Saving the South’s Tiniest and Rarest Turtles
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by
Rhishja Cota
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published
Oct 25, 2022
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last modified
Oct 25, 2022 04:43 PM
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filed under:
Turtle,
Reptile,
Bogs,
Farmers,
Bog Turtle,
Habitat Management,
Wildlife Conservation,
Endangered Species,
Freshwater Turtles,
Landowners,
Private Lands
In the North Carolina mountains, biologists work to give North America’s bog turtles a fighting chance.
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Schuette, Scott
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published
Oct 02, 2012
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last modified
Jan 22, 2016 02:27 PM
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filed under:
Environmental change,
Botany,
Bryology,
Climate Adaptation,
Biodiversity loss,
Habitat heterogeneity,
Endangered Species,
Appalachian mountains,
Conservation priority,
Biodiversity,
Conservation,
Conservation value,
Climate Change
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Slow and Steady: Bog Turtles at Home on Private Lands
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Rhishja Cota
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published
Oct 25, 2022
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last modified
Oct 25, 2022 04:52 PM
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filed under:
Reptile,
USFWS,
Farmers,
Bog Turtle,
Habitat Management,
New Jersey Audubon,
Watersheds,
Grazing,
Delaware Watershed Conservation Fund,
NRCS,
Endangered Species,
News,
Freshwater Turtles,
Landowners,
Private Lands
As a result of the Delaware Watershed Conservation Fund, agricultural landowners in New Jersey are changing management practices on their land to support the bog turtle, a species listed as threatened in the northern part of its range under the federal Endangered Species Act.
The beauty is, farmers aren’t just changing their practices because it’s good for the turtle; they are changing their practices because it’s good for business.
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South Carolina Department of Natural Resources
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by
Carol Sanders-Reed
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published
Jul 18, 2014
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last modified
May 28, 2022 12:38 AM
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filed under:
State,
Endangered Species
The mission of the Land, Water, and Conservation Division of the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources is to provide scientific and reliable information to policy and decision makers and to the public in order to understand, sustain, and protect the State's natural resources for the benefit of all generations.
The mission of the Geological Survey is to provide reliable, unbiased scientific information to public and private decision-makers involved with land-use planning, environment, and economic development.
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Stoleson, Scott
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by
Web Editor
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published
Feb 20, 2012
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last modified
Mar 17, 2016 03:14 PM
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filed under:
Extinction risk,
Federal,
Fracking,
Research,
Conservation,
Salamanders,
Avian abundance,
silviculture,
Riparian systems,
Herbivorous insects,
Species richness,
Range shift,
Natural variability,
Forest Management,
Restoration,
Fire effects,
Habitat quality,
Fragmentation,
Biodiversity,
Pennsylvania,
Beetle,
Songbird migration,
Behavior,
Invasive species,
Bird monitoring,
Habitat,
Natural gas,
Nests,
Long distance migration,
Threatened species,
Endangered Species,
National Forests,
Appalachian forest,
Community assembly ,
Birds
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