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RFA 2 - Development of a stream classification system compatible throughout the Appalachian LCC as a platform to study ecological flow issues - Word Doc
In order to support development of instream flow standards, a classification system for Appalachian aquatic ecosystems is needed. A regional river classification system would allow states and other water resource managers to supplement their own limited data for flow-ecology relationships with information from other areas. Several stream habitat classification efforts have been developed (or are under development) in areas partially overlapping the Appalachian LCC, but these are somewhat different from each other, do not cover the entire Appalachian LCC geographic area, and may or may not meet the needs of resource managers in the Appalachians.
RFA 1 - Inventory and review of ecological flow models and monitoring networks with applicability to Appalachian watersheds - Word Doc
Flow models offer a methodology to predict instream flow using a variety of parameters, and are the best tool available to assist resource managers in making scientifically defensible recommendations and setting sound water resource policy.
RFA - Guidance On What is an LLC Level Activity - Word Doc
Please consider the follow points as guidance in evaluating the adequacy of each potential activity or research investigation as you identify and build the Portfolio elements.
Thematic‐Area (1) Pre‐Existing Tools, Portals, Datasets, Resources
Thematic‐Area (1) Pre‐Existing Tools, Portals, Datasets, Resources
Science Seminar Series - Patch Metrics, Wild Brook Trout, and the Chesapeake Bay
The wild brook trout resource in the Chesapeake Bay has been significantly reduced over the last 150 years and faces ongoing and future threats from climate change, land use changes, invasive species and loss of genetic integrity (Hudy et al. 2008). Monitoring both short and long term trends on individual brook trout (Salvelinus fontinalis) populations and the resource as a whole are important needs of managers. Past assessments on the 1,443 subwatersheds in the Chesapeake Bay found that 226 had healthy brook trout (intact); 542 had reduced populations and 290 were extirpated (Hudy et al. 2008). However, the subwatershed scale assessment was not fine scale enough to efficiently monitor trends on the ground of interest to many mangers. Standard population estimates using mark-recapture and depletion removal estimates are also not viable for large scale monitoring because of expense, inability to detect trend (i.e. large coefficient in variation), and problems expanding the sample to the entire population. However, fine scale occupancy data (at the catchment level) exist for the majority of the brook trout resource in the Chesapeake Bay. Currently (not counting New York, not completed yet), there are 3,003 catchments containing allopatric brook trout populations; 1,716 catchments containing sympatric populations (with brown or rainbow trout); and 1,966 catchments containing only exotic trout species. We used this fine scale catchment data to identify unique patches of brook trout. We define a "patch" as a group of contiguous catchments occupied by wild brook trout. Patches are not connected physically (separated by a dam, unoccupied warm water habitat, downstream invasive species, etc) and are generally assumed to be genetically isolated. In the Chesapeake Bay there are 868 patches of brook trout habitat with an average patch size of 2,800 ha.
US Fish and Wildlife Service - Science Seminar Series - The National Wildlife Refuge System's Inventory and Monitoring Initiative in the Northeast Region - May 10 - National LCC Event
The National Wildlife Refuge System's Inventory and Monitoring Initiative in the Northeast Region - Science Seminar Series
US Fish and Wildlife Service - Science Seminar Series - Radar Analysis of Fall Migration Stopover Sites in Region 5 - April 26 - National LCC Event
Radar Analysis of Fall Migration Stopover Sites in Region 5 - Science Seminar Series
US Fish and Wildlife Service - Science Seminar Series - Simple Drag Force and Energy Calculations for Fish Passage Through a Model A Steeppass - April 12 - National LCC Event
Simple Drag Force and Energy Calculations for Fish Passage Through a Model A Steeppass - Science Seminar Series
US Fish and Wildlife Service - Science Seminar Series - Patch Metrics, Wild Brook Trout, and the Chesapeake Bay - March 8 - National LCC Event
Conservation managers are facing ever-increasing challenges as urban sprawl, land use changes, and climate change accelerate threats to fish and wildlife populations and their habitats. The Science Seminar Series provides employees with learning opportunities to keep pace with changing science relevant to their work. The Science Seminar Series will seek researchers from around the Northeast Region and the country to address topics of interest identified by Northeast Region employees, either by live broadcast or via webinar.
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Science Seminar Series - Patch Metrics, Wild Brook Trout, and the Chesapeake Bay
 
Notes: Applachian LCC ISC May 4th, 2011
Notes from the May 4th, 2011 ISC Meeting
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service - Midwest Region's photostream flickr
 
U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service - Northeast Region's photostream flickr
 
USFWS/Southeast's photostream flickr
 
White-nose syndrome discovered in North Carolina, February, 2011 flickr Photos
 
Bat Blitz 2011 Flikr Photos
 
US Fish and WIldlife Service NCTC Climate Change - Climate Change Resources
The NCTC Climate Change Resource Library provides selected citations to peer-reviewed journal articles, documents, books, theses, presentations, and Websites on the effect of climate change on North American fish, wildlife and habitats.
NCTC Adds Sessions for Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment Course
The National Conservation Training Center is scheduling several additional sessions of the new three-day Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment course to help resource managers assess species and habitat vulnerability to climate change.
Wildlife Conservation Society Conservation Challenges - Climate Change
Climate change is arguably the pre-eminent challenge facing the conservation of wildlife and wild places. The WCS North America Program is addressing this challenge to ensure the long-term success of our conservation efforts. Warming has already begun to affect wildlife by shifting species’ ranges, altering the timing of seasonal events, decreasing snowpacks and streamflows, increasing lake and stream water temperatures, and melting glaciers and sea ice. As North America and the rest of the planet continue to warm, the conservation of diminishing water sources will likely become a major focus for local communities and public land managers. Other anticipated changes include the expansion of severe wildfires, increased drought frequency and severity, increased plant and wildlife disease outbreaks and insect infestations, and the degradation of vulnerable habitats, all with major implications for wildlife. There is a growing need for conservation actions now to help offset inevitable changes in landscapes and wildlife populations.