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John Tirpak PPT Presentation pdf: This webinar discusses the background and challenges to Conservation Planning Atlases (CPA), potential solutions, specifics of a CPA, and current progress and next steps.

Ken Elowe PPT presentation pdf: Dr. Kennith Elowe's Conservation Framework Presentation

Bill Uihlein PPT presentation pdf: Bill Uihlein's Role of Landscape Conservation Cooperatives in Sustaining Natural and Cultural Resources presentation

Rob Baldwin PPT Presentation pdf: Dr. Rob Baldwin's Landscape-scale Conservation Planning Presentation

NHA Map: Map depicting all the National Heritage Areas within the Appalachian LCC boundary.

Cultural Landscapes: Landscapes, the visible features of an area like mountains or rivers or skylines, house an abundant of riches and dynamic relationships. They can range from thousands of acres of farm land to an historic seaport, from a Civil War battlefield to the pristine wilderness of some of our most cherished national parks. There are natural landscapes and human-dominated landscapes and cultural landscapes.

Surrogate Species Frequently Asked Questions: A collection of frequently asked questions that touch on landscape-scle conservation planning and the various intricacies around surrogate species.

Peer Review of Technical Guidance on Selecting Species for Landscape Scale Conservation: In 2012, the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (Service) committed to using Strategic Habitat Conservation (SHC) as an approach to address the challenges of the 21st century. As part of implementing that commitment, the Service distributed a version of the draft Technical Guidance on Selecting Species for Design of Landscape Scale Conservation (Technical Guidance) as a practical step in the biological planning component of the SHC approach. Five external peer reviewers have completed a formal, independent, external scientific peer review of the latest draft Technical Guidance. The panel was tasked specifically to review the scientific information in the Technical Guidance and its practical application to conservation management.

Crosswalk of AppLCC Work Plan with Conservation Planning Frameworks: Crosswalk Presentation of the Appalachian LCC 5-Year Work Plan aligned with other Nationally Recognized Conservation Planning Frameworks. The tasks outlined in the 5-Year Work Plan align with both the FWS Strategic Habitat Conservation framework and the Northeast Regional Conservation framework.

Achieving Our Conservation Vision Using Strategic Habitat Conservation: The challenges facing conservation requires us to think about and do conservation differently. Unless we adopt a strategic approach to conservation, species and the habitats on which they depend will continue to be lost, regardless of the hard work and good intentions of dedicated professionals. Recognizing this fact, the Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) leadership adopted Strategic Habitat Conservation – a landscape-scale, collaboratively oriented framework –a decade ago.

Strategic Habitat Conservation Documents: Documents related to the Strategic Habitat Conservation Framework.

Appalachian LCC part of Premiere Climate Education and Literacy Training Program: The inaugural Educator Climate and Conservation Colloquium (or EC3) brought together 50 teachers and school decision makers from across the nation to receive training on campus sustainability and wildlife conservation issues to better serve schools and communities.

Global Vulnerability of Forests to Climate Change-Related Tree Mortality is Widely Underestimated: Forests worldwide are vulnerable to growing risks of drought- and heat-induced tree mortality and forest die-off because of a rapidly warming Earth, according to just-published research in the scientific journal Ecosphere. The paper is an invited “ESA Centennial Paper” to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Ecological Society of America.