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National Heritage Areas - within AppLCC Boundary: Prepared by Paul Leonard, AppLCC staff.

Native American Tribes within the AppLCC boundary: An Access Database prepared in 2011.

Vitality Index - Information Sheet: Introductory fact sheet on the Vitality Index developed by NEMAC (National Environmental Monitoring and Assessment Center) associated with NC State University in Asheville, NC.

SAMAB Cooperative Agreement: Interagency Cooperative Agreement for the Establishment and Operation of the Southern Appalachian Man and the Biosphere Cooperative. The Biosphere Reserve is an UNESCO Program initiated in the 1970s.

Email Announcement from SDM Course Leader: 2014-01-08 email from Christy Coghlan on upcoming SDM workshop - Call for Proposals.

SDM Workshop Case Study Proposal, Instructions and Template: USFWS/USGS Structured Decision Making Workshops (ALC 3159) Case Study Proposal, Instructions and Template,

NCTC SDM Course Announcement Jun 2014: Structured Decision-Making (SDM) Course Announcement Jun 2014 ALC 3159, National Conservation Training Center (NCTC).

Draft Materials: This space is used for collaboratively working on draft materials such as agendas, handouts, etc.

Restoration biologist Jess Jones receives Rachel Carson Award: Jess Jones, a restoration biologist in the College of Natural Resources and Environment, co-director of Virginia Tech’s Freshwater Mollusk Conservation Center, and an integral part of the Appalachian LCC, received the Rachel Carson Award for Scientific Excellence from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

Service Provides More Than $47 Million in Grants to States, Territories for Sensitive, Imperiled Species: Sensitive and imperiled species across the nation will benefit from $47,877,598 in grants through the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s State Wildlife Grants (SWG) program. The funds are apportioned annually to all states, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, the U.S. Virgin Islands, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands and American Samoa. Apportionments are determined by a formula based on land area and population. States and their partners provide a non-federal funds match for projects that help species of greatest conservation need and their habitats.

Progress toward reducing oil and gas air emissions in Ohio: New rules will help reduce air pollution that harms public health and contributes to climate change.

Meeting Notes for SC Call on March 6, 2014: Notes that summarized the major discussions and action items from the call.

IPCC Working Group II Report Released: The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) issued a report today that says the effects of climate change are already occurring on all continents and across the oceans. The world, in many cases, is ill-prepared for risks from a changing climate. The report also concludes that there are opportunities to respond to such risks, though the risks will be difficult to manage with high levels of warming.

Mapping Climate Change in the Oceans: NOAA Research and NOAA Fisheries collaborate on new method to assess fish vulnerability to climate change

Interior Releases First National Interactive Map of Onshore Wind Turbines: USGS Scientific Tool to Aid Landscape-Level Planning, Responsible Renewable Energy Development, Support Climate Action Plan

Wood Thrush Meeting: Two day meeting coordinated by the Appalachian Mountains Joint Venture, Smithsonian, USFWS, Audubon and other partners to provide researchers the opportunity to share information, identify knowledge gaps, and discover ways to utilize Wood Thrush as a focal species in full-life-cycle conservation.