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Hybirdization by Rosanne Hessmiller, last updated: Jan 27, 2018 05:22 PM: Whats a bird to do?

Hybirdization by Rosanne Hessmiller, last updated: Jan 27, 2018 05:22 PM: Whats a bird to do?

Golden-winged Warbler Message Board by Rosanne Hessmiller, last updated: Jan 27, 2018 05:22 PM

Conservation Planning Atlas by Web Editor, last updated: Jan 27, 2018 05:19 PM: The Appalachian LCC Conservation Planning Atlas (CPA) is a platform for data discovery, sharing and collaboration for stakeholders throughout the Appalachian LCC region. With the CPA you can search for spatial datasets, visualize LCC-supported projects, and learn more about conservation science and design in the region.

Conservation Planning & GIS by Rosanne Hessmiller, last updated: Jan 27, 2018 05:19 PM: A major role of the LCC is to think about and facilitate conservation planning at a larger spatial and temporal scale. Although there is a plethora of successful conservation agencies doing work on multiple scales throughout Appalachia, these efforts are often limited in scope. In order to accomplish the vision of landscape-scale conservation planning, the LCC has developed this integrated platform -- a planning tool -- for broad dissemination of key conservation literature, analytical products and information, and other resources to help guide land managers with on-the-ground conservation action throughout the region. In this section of the portal you will find a framework that supports a systematic conservation planning effort, ranging from setting conservation targets to ultimately measuring conservation success. The web page navigation is presented as a series to allow the reader to progress in an intuitive and strategic planning manner. In addition, products such as a web-enabled map viewer or predictive modeling results and decision support tools that the user select key input variables can be dynamically executed.

Appalachian Naturescape Conservation Design by Web Editor, last updated: Jan 27, 2018 05:19 PM: Well-connected landscapes are necessary to sustain many of the natural and cultural resources important to the Appalachian region today and into the future. If these large connected areas are to endure and be resilient to impending environmental changes, it will require a collaborative effort involving many organizations and reaching across jurisdictional and political boundaries. The outcome of the Appalachian LCC Conservation Planning process and modeling is a dynamic ‘Conservation Blueprint’ or 'Landscape Conservation Design' called NatureScape. This is a dynamic or living design envisioned as an ongoing consultation with the conservation community - continuously incorporating new information and datasets as well as engaging subject-matter experts and committed stakeholders. Phase I and II of this effort are described below. NatureScape Map

Energy by Web Editor, last updated: Jan 27, 2018 05:19 PM: The Appalachians are a landscape rich in globally-significant biological diversity, ecosystem services that provide clean drinking water and outdoor recreation to countless human communities, and energy resources that meet national and regional demands for coal, oil, and natural gas. For centuries, the Appalachians have been a hotspot for America's energy needs. Large expanses of forests provided early settlers with a ready supply of wood fuel. As the nation industrialized, the region became the center for coal, oil, and recently natural gas extraction. Though essential for society, the extraction of these energy resources has altered the Appalachian landscape, impacting biodiversity and natural places that make the Appalachians unique. Energy has and still is one of the leading drivers of landscape change in the region.

Ecosystems Benefits and Risks by Web Editor, last updated: Jan 27, 2018 05:19 PM: Ecosystem services are the benefits people receive from nature. These are abundant in the Appalachians, from clean drinking water and sustainably harvested forest products to nature-based tourism. They also include the sense of home that communities find in rural landscapes and the values that Americans place on conserving biodiversity.

Working Lands for Wildlife by Web Editor, last updated: Jan 27, 2018 05:19 PM: Through Working Lands for Wildlife (WLFW), NRCS works with partners and private landowners to focus voluntary conservation on working landscapes. NRCS provides technical and financial assistance to agricultural producers, helping them plan and implement conservation practices that benefit target species and priority landscapes.

Riverlands Outdoor Heritage Conservation Alliance by Web Editor, last updated: Jan 27, 2018 05:19 PM: The Riverlands Outdoor Heritage Conservation Alliance (ROHCA) works collaboratively to sustain regional capacity for natural resource use and stewardship to ensure a continued high quality of life in the Riverlands region of western Kentucky and Tennessee.

Upper Tennessee River Imperiled Species by Web Editor, last updated: Jan 27, 2018 05:19 PM: The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, with assistance and guidance from the U.S. Geological Survey, states, and other partners, has developed a cost-effective conservation strategy for 36 imperiled freshwater fish and mussel species in the 22,360 square-mile Upper Tennessee River Basin.

Resources by Rosanne Hessmiller, last updated: Jan 27, 2018 01:38 PM: Area for sharing files, videos, spreadsheets etc.

Landscape Planning by Rosanne Hessmiller, last updated: Jan 27, 2018 11:40 AM

Workspace by Rosanne Hessmiller, last updated: Jan 27, 2018 11:37 AM: A place for groups or siscussions