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October 31, 2014 Terrestrial/Wetlands Subteam Meeting: Associated documents, notes from afternoon breakout session after monthly Core Team meeting.

October 27, 2014 Terrestrial/Wetlands Subteam Meeting: Goal is to review scaling and weighting of ecosystems for IEI.

Document: Ecosystem Scenarios Summary for Terrestrial Subteam: This document summarizes the recent decisions made to date related to ecosystem core areas and provides additional information to aid in making final decisions on the remaining questions.

Connecticut River Pilot Core Team Meeting 10-31-2014: Agenda, presentations, documents, and notes from the October Core Team Meeting and associated subteam meetings.

Agenda: Connecticut River Pilot Meeting, 09-26-2014: Agenda, Handouts and Presentation for September 26th Core Team Meeting in Hadley, Massachusetts from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.

Document: Notes from 09-26-2014 Core Team Meeting: Annotated notes from Kevin McGarigal's presentation and transcript of discussions by Core Team.

Goal 4: Steering Committee Function and Leadership of Work Plan Report Card: FY2014 Annual Steering Committee Meeting 5-Year Work Plan (“Report Card” updated August 2014).

Goal 3: Engagement & Dialogue of Work Plan Report Card: FY2014 Annual Steering Committee Meeting 5-Year Work Plan (“Report Card” updated August 2014).

Goal 2: Landscape-level Planning of Work Plan Report Card: FY2014 Annual Steering Committee Meeting of 5-Year Work Plan (“Report Card” updated August 2014).

Goal 1: Data and Toolsets of Work Plan Report Card: FY2014 Annual Steering Committee Meeting 5-Year Work Plan ( “Report Card” updated August 2014).

Faustini, John: John Faustini is a hydrologist and geomorphologist with expertise in groundwater and watershed hydrology, contaminant transport, sediment transport, surface water monitoring, stream habitat characterization. He has research interests in anthropogenic and climate change impacts on stream and riverine habitat and fluvial processes.

Document: Signing up for Databasin and the CT River Pilot Group: Instructions for gaining access to the private group for CT River Pilot team members to review GIS results.

Managing Urban Forests in a Changing Climate: Register now to learn how you can help your urban forest and your community prepare for the effects of climate change at The Morton Arboretum Urban Tree Conference, “Managing Urban Forests in a Changing Climate,” November 18 and 19, 2014, in Lisle, Illinois.

Listening for the Rain: Listening for the Rain starts a pluricultural conversation in which some Indigenous people who live in the central United States of America discuss their observations and understandings of, as well as responses to, climate change and variability.

Climate Change Vulnerability Research Update: This presentation from Lesley Sneddon of NatureServe provides an update to the Steering Committee on a Appalachian LCC funded research project. Research is compiling climate change vulnerability assessments and other relevant information on vulnerable species and habitats, discerning the various methodologies and criteria used in these assessments, and using a team of expert peer reviewers to recommend the most efficient, effective, and appropriate methods for adoption by the Appalachian LCC for conservation and adaptation planning. The recommended method will then be deployed, resulting in vulnerability assessments for a suite of key species/habitats selected in consultation with partners of the Appalachian LCC.

Aquatic Ecological Flows Research Update: This presentation from Dr. Todd Walter of Cornell University provides an update to the Steering Committee on the Appalachian LCC funded research project. The Aquatic Ecological Flows project is providing a report assessing availability of hydrologic and ecological flow model(s) suitable for the region, a georeference assessment of available ecological data to inform the ecological flow model(s), the application of the model(s) to anticipate how altered flow regimes will affect critical conditions, and a report that forecasts changes in hydrology and associated predicted biological responses in relation to different water resource development scenarios for critical watersheds.