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Data Access by Web Editor, last updated: Sep 06, 2013 04:46 PM: A dynamic index of data available on the Appalachian LCC Cloud

Workshop Approach for Developing Climate Change Adaptation Strategies and Actions for Natural Resource Management Agencies in the United States by Web Editor, last updated: Aug 28, 2013 11:12 AM: Workshop Approach for Developing Climate Change Adaptation Strategies and Actions for Natural Resource Management Agencies in the United States Image

RFA 6 - Understanding Land Use and Climate Change in the Appalachian Landscape - Word Doc by Web Editor, last updated: Aug 27, 2013 09:54 AM: The APLCC intends to understand and address major environmental and human-related vulnerabilities of species as it relates to climate change stressors and develop adaptation strategies in response to climate change. This project will identify species and habitats vulnerable to climate change impacts, and describe vulnerabilities in sufficient detail to inform conservation partners who can then plan adaptive management responses, and compile a tabular, geo-referenced database for the Appalachian LCC website with a list of species/communities by taxonomic group/province identified as most vulnerable using the methodology determined to be of highest quality and best suited to the need of the Appalachians.

Rising to the Urgent Challenge Strategic Plan for Responding to Accelerating Climate Change by Web Editor, last updated: Aug 27, 2013 09:29 AM: The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service climate change strategy, titled “Rising to the Urgent Challenge: Strategic Plan for Responding to Accelerating Climate Change,” establishes a basic framework within which the Service will work as part of the larger conservation community to help ensure the sustainability of fish, wildlife, plants and habitats in the face of accelerating climate change. The plan is implemented through a dynamic action plan that details specific steps the Service will take during the next five years to implement the Strategic Plan.

Annual Funding Opportunity USGS Climate Science Centers by USGS, last updated: Aug 26, 2013 10:12 AM: Fiscal Year 2013 and 2014

Responding to Climate Change on National Forests: A Guidebook for Developing Adaptation Options by Web Editor, last updated: Aug 26, 2013 10:12 AM: From the USDA Forest Service, comes a recently published guidebook for climate change adaptation in national forests. It provides a state-of-science summary of principles of adaptation, methods for vulnerability assessment, and tools and processes to facilitate the development of adaptation strategies and tactics. Distributed to all 176 national forest units, the guidebook is being used throughout the Forest Service and by other agencies to integrate climate change in sustainable resource management.

A System for Assessing Vulnerability of Species (SAVS) to Climate Change pdf by Web Editor, last updated: Aug 26, 2013 10:11 AM: Sustained conservation of species requires integration of future climate change effects, but few tools exist to assist managers. The System for Assessing Vulnerability of Species (SAVS) identifies the relative vulnerability or resilience of vertebrate species to climate change.

EBTJV Summer Newsletter 2013 by Matthew Cimitile, last updated: Aug 23, 2013 11:06 AM: Newsletter for Summer 2013

EBTJV Newsletter Image by Matthew Cimitile, last updated: Aug 23, 2013 11:01 AM: Image for the EBTJV Newsletter

Collision Course? Researchers Tag Golden Eagles with Satellite Telemetry Devices, Track Migration To Assess Risks of Wind Energy Development in Pennsylvania by Web Editor, last updated: Aug 22, 2013 10:54 AM: Twice yearly, above the Appalachian Mountains in central and western Pennsylvania, a rarely witnessed winged migration takes place. Hundreds of eastern golden eagles – majestic raptors with wingspans that can exceed seven feet -- traverse the state to their winter and summer territories, passing above the mountain ridges through what preliminary research shows to be an unchanging 30-60 mile wide corridor of air space. The eagles’ flight path overlaps with land areas that hold significant potential for wind power development in Pennsylvania, setting these majestic birds on a potential collision course with fast-moving turbine blades. In the hope of avoiding such a scenario, a team of researchers at the National Aviary and Powdermill Avian Research Center, the biological research station of the Carnegie Museum of Natural History, has come together to track and map the birds’ movements.

RFA 3 - Forecast future spatial footprint of energy production across the Appalachian LCC region - Word Doc by Web Editor, last updated: Aug 22, 2013 10:47 AM: Without a predictive visualization of energy development, the Appalachian LCC cannot make informed decisions on landscape conservation priorities. This project will provide an overview of principal stressors created by energy development, by sector and cumulatively across the Appalachian LCC. The products to be developed will include forecasting model(s), and Geographic Information System (GIS) products to provide a projection of the energy development footprint across the Appalachians LCC by individual sector and cumulative footprint. Deliverables will inform resource management decisions by providing a foundational reference for predicting potential future development as a spatial footprint that can be overlaid with Appalachian LCC targets and priorities.

Chiapas/Appalachian/Pacific Alliance by Matthew Cimitile, last updated: Aug 21, 2013 09:39 AM: Many of the bird species that breed in the AMJV spend the fall and winter months in Mexico and Central and South America. Our partnership is committed to work with international partners to design and implement efficient and effective conservation projects for priority species on their migratory pathways and wintering areas.

Central Appalachians Framework Image by Matthew Cimitile, last updated: Aug 15, 2013 12:19 PM: For Newsletter

Oak Fire & Woodlands Newsletter Image by Matthew Cimitile, last updated: Aug 15, 2013 11:15 AM: Image for Newsletter

Conservation Cooridor Digest by Matthew Cimitile, last updated: Aug 15, 2013 10:56 AM: Newsletter Image

AppLCC Boundary by Matthew Cimitile, last updated: Jul 29, 2013 12:12 PM: The extent of the Appalachian LCC area.