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AppLCC LCD Phase II Aquatic Consultation #3: Presentation given May 10-12, 2016 to assign scales and thresholds to selected aquatic assessment metrics.

AppLCC LCD Phase II Aquatic Consultation #2: Presentation on April 19-21, 2016 to select aquatic assessment metrics

Understanding Ecosystem Services from a Geosciences Perspective: Assessment of ecosystem services—the benefits society receives from ecosystems—can be improved by including broader spatial and temporal scales of geosciences perspectives.

Southern Appalachian Forest Water Yield Down since 1970s: Climate change and forest disturbances are threatening the ability of forested mountain watersheds to provide the clean, reliable, and abundant fresh water necessary to support aquatic ecosystems and a growing human population.

Algal Blooms, Corrosion Inhibitors and Constructed Water Features: At National Parks

Explore Natural Communities: Mobile Experience: A joint project of NatureServe and the National Park Service, National Capital Region. With NPS support, NatureServe formed a team including 4 college- level interns to create a mobile experience for the Explore Natural Communities website. With a mobile device (cell phone, tablet, iPad, etc.) and an internet connection, all users can access a map of the park and track their location along trails, query the map for information about nearby natural communities, use pictures of plants and animals that help form the natural communities to learn to recognize them in the field, enjoy prebuilt hikes, listen to podcasts, and watch videos all focused on the natural history and natural communities of Rock Creek Park. Check it out on your mobile device at: http://explorenaturalcommunities.org/parks-places/rock-creek-park/ mobile-map.

Agenda and Presentations from the Spotlight on National Park Resources in the National Capital Region: To celebrate the National Park Service Centennial through talks and posters that highlight accomplishments in resources management and stewardship. The 2016 Spotlight featured contributions from every park in the region.

Spotlight on National Park Resources in the National Capital Region: To celebrate the National Park Service Centennial through talks and posters that highlight accomplishments in resources management and stewardship. The 2016 Spotlight featured contributions from every park in the region.

SARP Announces FY 2016 Aquatic Habitat Restoration Project Awards: The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) has approved National Fish Habitat Partnership (NFHP) projects to receive USFWS-NFHP FY 2016 funding.

"Ecosystem Benefits and Risks" Research and Website Support Natural Resource Management across the Appalachians: The Appalachian Landscape Conservation Cooperative (LCC) and the U.S. Forest Service are releasing products from the first phase of an ongoing study assessing benefits of and risks to the region's "ecosystem services" -- natural assets valued by people such as clean drinking water, outdoor recreation, forest products, and biological conservation.

Connecting the Connecticut: Partners create science-based blueprint for conserving New England’s largest river system: It started two years ago as an experiment in combining big data with a big conservation vision for the 11,250 square-mile Connecticut River watershed.

Accuracy Assessment of Vegetation Maps in NCR Parks: A joint project of NatureServe and the National Park Service, National Capital Region. NatureServe has completed an Accuracy Assessment of the mapping of plant communities in 11 parks in the National Capital Region. An Accuracy Assessment tells park managers the level of confidence they can have that a Plant Community is correctly mapped. The plant communities were classified in 2008 and mapped by Natureserve through a partnership with the National Capital Region, NPS Vegetation Inventory Program, and the Virginia, Maryland and West Virginia Natural Heritage Programs. The maps were completed in 2012. NCR plant communities are classified at the Association level of the United States National Vegetation Classification, which is the NPS standard. Additionally, each park with a surrounding 0.5-mile buffer was mapped according to the Ecological Systems classification. This effort resulted in mapped locations of 112 Associations and 24 Ecological Systems across 11 NCR parks. These products provide resource managers with a robust classification of their plant communities within the regional landscape, and maps which will help them understand the distribution of plant communities within their parks. Workshops will be held at parks to demonstrate uses of the classification, field keys, and maps of plant communities.