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TWRA Partners Workshop: The Appalachian LCC, in partnership with the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency, provided a science delivery workshop to update Tennessee partners on the LCC and their recently developed decision-support products.

AppLCC/Tennessee River Gorge Trust Workshop: The purpose of this workshop is to familiarize participants with the Appalachian LCC and its work and resources available that can aide participants’ efforts to enhance efficiency and effectiveness of their local and regional conservation planning and management efforts.

Central Appalachians FLN Annual Workshop: Mark your calendars for our 2017 workshop and stay tuned for more information about lodging, registration and topics to follow soon.

AppLCC/USFS Landscape Dynamics Assessment Tool Workshop: The Appalachian LCC and the U.S. Forest Service wish to invite you to attend or nominate a representative to attend a 1-day hands-on roll-out of the Landscape Dynamics Assessment Tool.

Final Agenda & Notes (links) - Partners Meeting - 2018-04-19: Greater Appalachian Conservation Partnership Meeting - April 19th at NCTC 10:00-4:00

TN & KY Managers - AppLCC NatureScape Training: Find here information on the upcoming meeting with AppLCC staff and TN & KY Managers. Date: September 26th Time: 9:00am - 2:00pm Location: Land Between the Lakes - Administration Building, 100 Van Morgan Drive, Golden Pond, KY

Voices from the Community: Interviews with scientists and resource managers highlight the conservation challenges facing the Appalachian region as well as how the Appalachian LCC can address these landscape issues and bring together a community to find sustainable solutions.

Climate Academy Online Course: This 8 week online course is designed to cover the fundamentals of climate science, provide an overview of tools and resources for climate adaptation, and increase climate literacy and communication skills. The course is designed to encourage networking among conservation professionals engaged in the management of fish, wildlife, habitat and cultural resources and provides participants an opportunity to interact with experts as they address case studies across multiple habitat types.

Fall/Winter Invasive Plant Training Sessions: Please join the Blue Ridge PRISM to learn how to identify and manage invasive plant species during the fall and winter seasons. Training will consist of classroom and field portions and will emphasize management practices to implement during the fall and winter.

Funded Research and Science Investments: Final Narratives of Funded Research

LCC Lessons Learned WG: Work Group Lead: Jean Brennan (FWS-SA). What’s worked elsewhere that we can learn from in redefining our 2nd generation Landscape Conservation Partnership? Participants: Members of the LCC community (focus on Coordinators-level). SOW to include: • Can capture the context of how partnerships evolve, 22 LCCs • Look at existing organizational development research • Think about conservation partnerships and networks more broadly {see dedicated work space: [PEOPLES] tab, [WORKSHOP] secondary navigation}

ACP Tools Evaluation WG: ACP Work Group 4. Evaluation of existing tools and their value to Partners. Work Group: Ray Albright (NPS-SE) as lead. Participants: Jason Duke(FWS-Region-4) , Perry Wheelock (NPS-NRC), and Danny Lee (USFS-SRS). Focus: i. Evaluate how each tool will fit within agencies’ work ii. How does it apply at the management level?

ACP Project Manager WG: ACP Work Group 3. Plan for project manager. Work Group: Jon Gasset (WMI, service fees apply) lead. Participants: Bridgett Costanzo (NRCS), Paul Johansen (WV DNR). Focus: i. Propose/draft a scope of work for this type of support ii. Seek money and fitting person

ACP Work Group 4. Evaluation of existing tools and their value to Partner Organizations: Work Group: Ray Albright (NPS-SE) lead. Participants: Jason Duke(from Region-4 per Bill Uihlein), Perry Wheelock (NPS-NCR), Danny Lee (USFS-SRS). Focus: i. Evaluate how each tool will fit within agencies’ work ii. How does it apply at the management level?

ACP State of the Appalachians WG: Situational analysis “State of the Appalachians”. Danny Lee (USFS-SRS): Lead. Members: Rick Durbrow (EPA-4), Bill Jenkins (EPA-R3), Cale Godfry (VA DGIF), Cindy Williams (FWS-R4-ACP). Work group focus: i. Where we are, how the investment we’ve done has advanced things ii. Focus on water quality, landscape, etc. iii. Can think about metrics, monitoring