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Species and Habitat Vulnerability Assessments of Appalachian Species and Habitats: Future climate change adaptation and mitigation strategies will be dependent on the best available projections of how the regional climate will change and on estimates of the impacts those changes will have on the region’s natural and cultural resources. Thus understanding the vulnerability of various species and habitats within the Appalachian LCC to climate change is of critical importance.

Phase I: Alternatives for Vulnerability Assessments: Expert Panel Findings: How should the Appalachian LCC acquire information about species and habitat vulnerability to large-scale impacts in the Appalachians? This report summarizes the findings and recommendations of a seven-member Expert Panel that sought to answer this question identified as a major research priority. The Panel addressed three aspects of the question: the selection of species and habitats to assess, approaches to vulnerability assessment, and the availability of downscaled climate data.

Species and Habitat Vulnerability Assessments of Appalachian Species and Habitats: Future climate change adaptation and mitigation strategies will be dependent on the best available projections of how the regional climate will change and the impacts those changes will have on the region’s natural and cultural resources. Understanding the vulnerability of various species and habitats to climate change within the Appalachian LCC is of critical importance for making effective conservation decisions. The AppLCC funded a Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment research project that addresses several factors: 1) how the Cooperative should acquire information about the climate vulnerability of Appalachian species and habitats to develop vulnerability assessments for a suite of key species and habitats to share with partners; 2) compilation of known vulnerability assessments of species and habitats, and 3) new climate change vulnerability assessments of selected species and habitats in the AppLCC region.

Landscape Conservation Design: Find here maps showing the output of the Landscape Conservation Design. Maps have been designed at two scales.

TRGT/AppLCC Meeting Presenations: Find here a PDF of the PPT presentations from the meeting. Notes from facilitated discussions are included.

TRGT/AppLCC Meeting Partcipants: A total of 12 organizations, represented by 20 individuals, participated in the TRGT/AppLCC meeting on April 24th, 2017 in Chattanooga, TN. Find here a list of participants.

Cumberland - Southern Appalachian Climate Change Vulnerability Species Assessments: These results are a compilation of climate change vulnerability assessments in the southeastern portion of the LCC, covering the area from southern West Virginia, south to Alabama, west to eastern Kentucky and Tennessee. Hyperlinks to additional information are separated into two additional spreadsheets, one for aquatic and subterranean, and another for terrestrial species.

Southern Appalachian Climate Change Vulnerability Species Assessments Excel Spreadsheet: Downloadable spreadsheet to accommodate the Cumberland - Southern Appalachian Climate Change Vulnerability Species Assessments.

Cumberland - Southern Appalachian Climate Change Vulnerability Species Assessments: These results are a compilation of climate change vulnerability assessments in the southeastern portion of the LCC, covering the area from southern West Virginia, south to Alabama, west to eastern Kentucky and Tennessee. Hyperlinks to additional information are separated into two additional spreadsheets, one for aquatic and subterranean, and another for terrestrial species.