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The Planning for Growth and Open Space Conservation Webinar Series: Session #16: Strategic Conservation Planning and Partnerships: This program provides examples of strategic conservation planning by nonprofit groups using a variety of approaches, including partnerships. Resources and publications will be shared by the Land Trust Alliance, The Nature Conservancy, and a case study on Chicago Wilderness.

Service Report: Nation’s Rivers Flow toward Better Habitat, Economies and Public Safety: More than 200 blockages in the nation’s major natural resource “arteries” were removed last year thanks to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s National Fish Passage Program. Working with numerous partners, the program improves fish passage, local economies and public safety by ridding the nation’s rivers of derelict dams that no longer serve a purpose.

A Letter to National Fish, Wildlife, and Plants Climate Adaptation Strategy Management Team: Letter from the Chair of the Appalachian LCC that details how the LCC strongly supports the objectives and strategies found within the National Fish, Wildlife, and Plants Climate Adaptation report.

Forest Service Awards $44.2M to Conserve At-Risk Forests: Forest Service Chief Tom Tidwell announced the award of $44.2 million in grants to permanently protect 16 working forests in 15 states, including a project that will protect 8,000 acres of working forestland in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina and another project to protect 1,100-acres located in Franklin County, PA and containing a stretch of the Appalachian National Scenic Trail.

USDA, Interior and Defense departments partner to benefit agricultural lands, wildlife habitat and military readiness: Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, Interior Secretary Sally Jewell and Defense Acting Deputy Under Secretary for Installations and Environment John Conger announced today a federal, local and private collaboration that will preserve agricultural lands, assist with military readiness and restore and protect wildlife habitat.

TWRA Announces Awarding of Grants for 2013-14 Stream Clean-up Projects: The Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency (TWRA) has announced the awarding of grant dollars to assist cities, schools, community organizations, civic groups, watershed organizations, and conservation groups, etc., with stream clean-up projects for the fiscal year 2013-14.

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Boosts State Endangered Species Conservation Efforts with $32 Million in Grants: The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today announced nearly $32 million in grants to 20 states to help advance their collaborative efforts to conserve America’s rarest species. The cooperative grants will provide vital support to efforts by partnering state wildlife agencies and conservation organizations to improve the health of the land and water that supports these species and scores of communities across the nation.

USDA and DOI Highlight Successes of Protecting Bird Habitat on Private Lands: Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack and Interior Secretary Sally Jewell today announced the release of the State of the Birds 2013 Report on Private Lands. A collaborative effort as part of the U.S. North American Bird Conservation Initiative, involving federal and state wildlife agencies and scientific and conservation organizations, the report shows how private land conservation incentives positively impact bird habitat.

Designing reserves for biodiversity: What is the best way to design a new conservation reserve? There are multiple factors to consider, including species diversity, spatial extent, and future climate changes.

Surrogate Species Framework: This framework provides a way for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and State Fish and Wildlife Agencies to work together in the selection of species to serve as surrogates in landscape conservation design. This framework accomplishes a path forward on several important points: • It establishes a peer-to-peer relationship between the Service and the States • It respects the different authorities and responsibilities of States and the Service • It clarifies the decision-making roles of the States and the Service • It helps define the role of LCCs, not as decision bodies, but rather as forums providing significant additional capacity, information, and tools to assist States and the Service with approaches to landscape-scale conservation in their geographies.