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State Wildlife Action Plans (SWAPs): An Agenda for Conservation Success in Every State: In order to receive funds through the Wildlife Conservation and Restoration Program and the State Wildlife Grants Program, Congress charged each state and territory with developing a wildlife action plan. These proactive plans, known technically as “comprehensive wildlife conservation strategies,” assess the health of each state’s wildlife and habitats, identify the problems they face, and outline the actions that are needed to conserve them over the long term. All 50 States and five U.S. territories developed a State Wildlife Action Plan (SWAP) in 2005. State Wildlife Action Plans outline the steps that are needed to conserve wildlife and habitat before they become too rare or costly to restore. Taken as a whole, they present a national action agenda for preventing wildlife from becoming endangered.

Appalachian Mountains Joint Venture 3 Year Operational Plan: To accomplish our collective objectives, Appalachian Mountains Joint Venture (AMJV) Staff and each of the individual partners must identify and deliver their respective contribution(s) to each priority relevant to their geography, available resources, existing local partnerships, etc. Therefore, AMJV Staff and the Executive Committee have developed a DRAFT of our partnership’s 3-year Operational Plan designed to achieve our longer-term conservation goals for each priority topic stated below.

Report on Phone Interviews Conducted with Conservation Experts in AppLCC Region: Following are thematic, qualitative summaries from 33 interviews of Steering Committee and subject matter experts that were conducted by Group Solutions on behalf of the Appalachian Landscape Conservation Cooperative. These interviews were conducted to establish a baseline understanding of issues, challenges, and priorities in advance of for the July planning workshop in Blacksburg, VA.

103 Report Appendices: Two tables summarizing information from 15 State Wildlife Action Plans (SWAPs) within the Appalachian LCC, prepared by Bruce Taggert, USGS (2010).

2011 State of the Birds Report: 2011 State of the Birds Report. Note importance of Grassland Bird Conservation.

Video Presentation by Deputy Secr. David Hayes: The following was a video recording presented at the National LCC meeting in Lafayette LA week of Nov 13th-16th, providing thoughts and guidance to the development of the LCC Network.