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EPA Southeastern Ecological Framework Project: The Southeastern Ecological Framework Project is a GIS-based analysis to identify ecologically significant areas and connectivity in the southeast region of the U.S.

EISPC Energy Zones Mapping Tool: The Eastern Interconnection States' Planning Council (EISPC) Energy Zones Mapping Tool is a free online tool that enables users to identify potential clean energy resource areas within the Eastern Transmission Interconnection. The tool includes nine types of energy resources to be considered for clean energy generation facilities in the U.S. portion of the Eastern Interconnection. These types are biomass, clean coal technologies with carbon capture and sequestration, geothermal, natural gas, nuclear, solar (photovoltaic and concentrated solar thermal, as well as rooftop photovoltaic solar), storage (pumped-hydro storage and compressed-air energy storage), water (hydroelectric power), and wind (both land-based and offshore). For each of these major categories, the resource data and information have been compiled, reviewed, and assembled into a GIS database. The Mapping Tool provides a way to put environmental data into the hands of energy planners and can be used by agencies or NGOs as a starting point for a dialog about their conservation objectives.

Eastern Forest Environmental Threat Assessment Center: The Eastern Forest Environmental Threat Assessment Center is an interdisciplinary resource that is actively developing new technology and tools to anticipate and respond to emerging eastern forest threats.

Abandoned Mineland Acid Mine Drainage (AML AMD) Inventory: An inventory of land and water impacted by past mining (primarily coal mining) is maintained by the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement to provide information needed to implement the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977. The inventory contains information on the location, type, and extent of abandoned mined lands, as well as information on the cost associated with the reclamation of those problems.

Interior Secretary Offers Vision for Conservation: Secretarial Order underscores LCC role and commitment to landscape-scale planning and design to conserve the Nation's land, water, wildlife and cultural resources in the face of climate change.

EPA Releases Agency Plans for Adapting to a Changing Climate: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today released its draft Climate Change Adaptation Implementation Plans for public review and comment. In support of President Obama’s Climate Action Plan and Executive Order on Preparing the United States for the Impacts of Climate Change announced today, the Implementation Plans provide detailed information about the actions EPA plans to take across the country to help communities adapt to a changing climate.

Executive Order -- Preparing the United States for the Impacts of Climate Change: President Obama signed an executive order that will begin to prepare the Nation for the impacts of climate change by undertaking actions to enhance climate preparedness and resilience.

App LCC TNC Terrestrial Ecoregions: Depicts the Terrestrial Ecoregions produced by TNC; based on USFS subsection map (Keyes et al. 1995)

App LCC Public Lands: Depicts the public lands which fall within the App LCC boundary

App LCC Natural Gas Shale Deposits: Depicts the Shale Plays within the App LCC boundary

App LCC Methane Biomass: Depicts estimate from manure methane (2002) for one year per county.

App LCC Landcover: Depicts the landcover types from NLCD 2006 within the Appalachian LCC

App LCC Forest Biomass: Depicts estimate of forest residual biomass from 2007 per county.

App LCC Ecoregions (EPA level III): Depicts EPA level III ecoregions which are encompassed by LCC

App LCC Coal Fields: Depicts coal fields, coal types, and likely accessibility.