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Eastern Forest Environmental Threat Assessment Center by Web Editor, last updated: Jun 11, 2013 11:10 AM: The Eastern Forest Environmental Threat Assessment Center is an interdisciplinary resource that is actively developing new technology and tools to anticipate and respond to emerging eastern forest threats.

Abandoned Mineland Acid Mine Drainage (AML AMD) Inventory by Web Editor, last updated: Jun 11, 2013 11:10 AM: An inventory of land and water impacted by past mining (primarily coal mining) is maintained by the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement to provide information needed to implement the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977. The inventory contains information on the location, type, and extent of abandoned mined lands, as well as information on the cost associated with the reclamation of those problems.

Climate Science Center Research Funding Opportunity for FY 14 by Department of the Interior, last updated: Jun 10, 2013 12:42 PM: The U.S. Department of the Interior Northeast, South Central, and Southwest Climate Science Centers (CSCs) are seeking proposals for FY 2014. Proposals are invited for projects that support CSC science priorities.

Wetland restorations offer environmental, economic benefits by Michelle Banks, USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service, last updated: Jun 05, 2013 04:21 PM: Scientists with USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service recognize the environmental and economic benefits regional wetlands provide and the importance of preserving wetland resources.

A Crowning Achievement by The Nature Conservancy, last updated: Jun 05, 2013 04:15 PM: The Nature Conservancy plants 34,000 native red spruce trees to help bring back West Virginia’s mountaintop forests

Science Needs Your Dead Cicadas by The Atlantic Cities, last updated: Jun 05, 2013 03:59 PM: The department of biology at North Carolina State University is looking for crooked cicadas: cicadas with one wing slightly shorter than the other, or with a wing containing an odd number of veins, or maybe a little leg segment that's not quite the right length.

Open Source Web Mapping Tools by Web Editor, last updated: May 31, 2013 01:46 PM: A roundup of modular open source options for creating visualizations and decision support tools using GIS data inside the AppLCC portal.

Documentation on Open Source GIS Tools and the AppLCC Portal by Web Editor, last updated: May 31, 2013 01:45 PM

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Tribal Wildlife Grants Program Awards Native American Tribes in 14 States for Conservation Work by U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, last updated: May 28, 2013 03:19 PM: The Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians in North Carolina is one of 23 Native Tribes to receive Tribal Wildlife Grants awards. The awards are funding a wide range of conservation projects throughout the nation on tribal lands.

Spring 2012 Earliest on Record by U.S. Geological Survey, last updated: May 28, 2013 03:14 PM: March 2012 set records for warm temperatures that promoted early leafing and flowering across large areas of the United States.

Celebrating 1 Million Feet of Conservation Fence in West Virginia by U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, last updated: May 28, 2013 03:11 PM: The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and Trout Unlimited, working in partnership with the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service and Farm Service Agency, West Virginia Conservation Agency, Canaan Valley NWR, numerous non-governmental organizations and many landowners, have installed over 1 million feet of conservation fence throughout the state of West Virginia.

Restoration Effort Moving Forward with Land Acquisitions as Part of $21 Million Palmerton Zinc Natural Resource Damages Settlement by USFWS, last updated: May 28, 2013 02:57 PM: State and federal environmental officials announced today that two land purchases have been made to benefit the wildlife, people and landscape of the Kittatinny Ridge.

Rob Baldwin PPT Presentation pdf by Web Editor, last updated: May 28, 2013 02:45 PM: Dr. Rob Baldwin's Landscape-scale Conservation Planning Presentation

Front Row Seats to Climate Change by U.S. Geological Survey, last updated: May 28, 2013 12:23 PM: Increasingly erratic rainfall patterns can lead to declines in southeastern frog and salamander populations, but protecting ponds can improve their plight.

2013 April Steering Committee Meeting & Workshop by Matthew Cimitile, last updated: May 21, 2013 12:29 PM

West Virginia Ecological Services Plan by USFWS, last updated: May 21, 2013 12:23 PM: With the mission of the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service in mind the Service’s West Virginia Field Office (WVFO), Elkins, West Virginia, has developed a multi-year comprehensive strategic priority plan for West Virginia to be utilized in conjunction with the Service’s Washington and Region 5 offices’ guiding parameters articulated under the Vision, Conservation Principles and Priorities below. The WVFO has incorporated these parameters into our strategic priority plan, weaving our activities not only into these national and regional parameters but also into the Strategic Habitat Conservation (SHC) framework.

Virginia Ecological Services Plan by Virginia Ecological Services, last updated: May 21, 2013 12:23 PM: The 2010-2014 Strategic Plan's purpose is to work as one group, crossing and blurring program boundaries, to determine statewide resource priorities and a strategic approach to addressing these priorities in our daily actions, resulting in a more focused effort on specific Service priorities that will offer the largest conservation benefit.