Landscape Partnership Resources Library
Core Team Meeting Notes 04-29-2016
Notes from April 2016 meeting
2015 Report Card
FY16 End of Year (2015-16) Report Card on the Work of the AppLCC to Advance its Goals and Objectives as Identified in the 2012-2017 5-Year Work Plan.
2015 Annual Report
The 2015 Annual Report details the investment the Appalachian LCC has made over the past years that led to the creation of vital research products, tools, and a landscape conservation design framework to address the most pressing science needs in the region. It also highlights the initial activities ensuring this science becomes integrated into planning and decision making at regional, state, and local levels to ensure key habitats and ecosystems are conserved in large, interconnected areas.
Fact Sheet: Online Resources to Inform Natural Resource Management
Research from the Appalachian Landscape Conservation Cooperative (LCC) and the U.S. Forest Service is integrating society’s value of ecosystems with future risks, to inform natural resource planning and management across the Appalachians and help decision makers, industry and the public adopt policies that protect and invest in these resources.
Connect the Connecticut - Fact Sheet
High-level overview of the landscape conservation design project. May 2016.
Connect the Connecticut Report
Connect the Connecticut Report - report summarizing the process and results of the project. May 2016.
AppLCC LCD Phase II Aquatic Consultation #3
Presentation given May 10-12, 2016 to assign scales and thresholds to selected aquatic assessment metrics.
AppLCC LCD Phase II Aquatic Consultation #2
Presentation on April 19-21, 2016 to select aquatic assessment metrics
Implementing the LCD
Implementing the LCD, Patrick Comins
Model Evaluation Project
1-page pdf
Communications update, April 29, 2016
For Core Team meeting
Draft Connect the Connecticut Report
Current version of Connect the Connecticut report for Core Team review
Nulhegan Road-Stream Crossings
Map of road-stream crossings on the Nulhegan Division
March 17 Consultation Presentation Slides
Presentation slides from Dr. Paul Leonard about Appalachian LCC Conservation Design Phase 1 Research and Products.
Summary of Call Notes and Recommendations
From March 10 Consultation and Presentation.
March 10 Consultation Presentation Slides
Presentation slides from Dr. Paul Leonard about Appalachian LCC Conservation Design Phase 1 Research and Products.
Spring 2016 Newsletter
PDF version of the spring newsletter
Upper Tennessee River Basin Strategy Communications Subteam - March 2016 Call
Notes from the Upper Tennessee River Basin Strategy Communications subteam call on March 7, 2016.
Final Report: Climate Change Vulnerability Assessments in the Appalachian LCC
The Appalachian LCC tasked NatureServe with a two-phase project that explores the understanding of climate change in the Appalachian landscape. The first phase focused on assembling a panel of experts to provide guidance on a) prioritizing species and habitats to assess for vulnerability to climate change; b) selecting approaches to conduct vulnerability assessments, and c) identifying appropriate climate data to use in the assessments. Guided by the recommendations of the Panel, Phase II analyzes the results of 700 existing species assessments, and conducts vulnerability analyses on 41 additional species and 3 habitats. We used the recommendations of the Expert Panel, as well as the existing compilation to guide our recommended list of additional species and habitats to be assessed in Phase II. Criteria included a focus on the Interior Low Plateau and on plants, neither of which were well represented in existing assessments, as well as species of high conservation significance, keystone or species otherwise important to the habitat, and those of high value as indicators of climate change. This report summarizes Phase II of this effort.
Final Report: Climate Change Vulnerability Assessments in the Appalachian LCC
The Appalachian LCC tasked NatureServe with a two-phase project that explores the understanding of climate change in the Appalachian landscape. The first phase focused on assembling a panel of experts to provide guidance on a) prioritizing species and habitats to assess for vulnerability to climate change; b) selecting approaches to conduct vulnerability assessments, and c) identifying appropriate climate data to use in the assessments. Guided by the recommendations of the Panel, Phase II analyzes the results of 700 existing species assessments, and conducts vulnerability analyses on 41 additional species and 3 habitats. We used the recommendations of the Expert Panel, as well as the existing compilation to guide our recommended list of additional species and habitats to be assessed in Phase II. Criteria included a focus on the Interior Low Plateau and on plants, neither of which were well represented in existing assessments, as well as species of high conservation significance, keystone or species otherwise important to the habitat, and those of high value as indicators of climate change. This report summarizes Phase II of this effort.
