Landscape Partnership Resources Library
Notes from July 22, 2014 Subteam meeting
Notes from July 22, 2014 Subteam meeting (terrestrial/wetlands)
Ecosystem Services and Environmental Threats Scope of Work
The "Assessment and Inventory of Ecosystem Services and Environmental Threats" research project will deliver an inventory of existing ecosystem services assessments, products, and decision-support or visualization tools conducted within the Appalachian LCC boundary. The inventory will document and assess the classification, methodology used, describe priority ecosystem services and how they were identified, and provide economic valuations if available. Research will also involve a regional survey and workshops within our boundary to assemble a list of high priority economic goods and services and non‐monetized values and benefits that are dependent on Appalachia’s natural assets while identifying the associated resource that support these services and benefits (such as intact forests, clean rivers, etc.). Finally a geo‐referenced assessment of the location of key ecosystem services that are linked to specific priority economic products or uses will be developed. This will include assembling datasets and generating visualization-base maps that depict relevant natural assets and identify locations of key products and issues. This information would then be used to produce a spatial interpretation of areas within Appalachia that serve critical social and environmental functions, as well as identify those that are highly vulnerable to losses associated with key ecosystem stressors.
Core Team Members
Current List of Core Team Members with contact information. This list may be updated or modified at any time
Presentation: Fish Occupancy & Stream Temperature
Fish Occupancy & Stream Temperature: Models & metrics for planning and management. NALCC Connecticut River Watershed Pilot Project, Aquatics Subgroup, June 27, 2014.
Subteam Meeting Notes 06-23-2014
Discussed the process for incorporating under-represented species into the landscape design process, value of incorporating indices of projected changes to climate niche suitability into final habitat models for representative species, value of incorporating indices of projected direct anthropogenic landscape change (e.g., urban/suburban expansion) into final habitat models for representative species, criteria for weighting among species in the final selection index for the landscape design.
Revised criteria for prioritizing species (06-27-2014)
Criteria for Prioritizing Habitat for Representative Wildlife Species in Conservation Design for the Connecticut River Watershed. Updated from the 05-30-2014 version.
Aquatic IEI Metric Weights (06-27-2014)
Aquatic System Intactness (aka stressor) and Resiliency Metrics. Used in the index of ecological integrity portion of the Landscape Change, Assessment, and Design (LCAD) model (1 page).
Aquatic Ecological Macrogroups (06-27-2014)
Aquatic ecological macrogroups used in the Connecticut River Landscape Conservation Design project. Summary statistics for each group, and a weighting multiplier affecting conservation priorities (2 pages).
Presentation: Building the Combined Core Area Selection Index and Delineating Core Areas
Designing Sustainable Landscapes in the Northeast: A project of the NALCC and the Northeast Climate Science Center. Landscape Conservation Design, June 2014
Document: Connecticut River Pilot Core Team Meeting Notes 05-30-2014
Connecticut River Pilot: Meeting Notes, May 30, 2014
Notes from Terrestrial/Wetland Breakout Session, May 30, 2014
Connecticut River Watershed Pilot: Notes from Terrestrial/Wetland Breakout Session, May 30, 2014
Terrestrial and Wetland Subteam Meeting Agenda: May 13, 2014
Connecticut River Watershed Pilot, Terrestrial and Wetland Team Agenda: May 13, 2014 Webinar
Document: Potential Criteria for Weighting Ecological Systems (May 13, 2014)
This document summarizes the criteria for weighting ecological systems that emerged from the April core team meeting for the Connecticut River Pilot, and how they were applied to ecological systems of the watershed.
Presentation on Species for Conn. River Pilot by Kevin McGarigal, June 17, 2014
Presentation on Species for Conn. River Pilot by Kevin McGarigal, June 17, 2014
National LCC Brochure
This brochure describes how LCCs are bringing partners together to identify conservation solutions. Building on knowledge and conservation work of existing partnerships, LCCs increase collective science and management capacity to address common conservation priorities. LCCs rely on the expertise and work of Federal, State and Tribal partners and existing conservation partnerships. Working at local, regional, national and even international scales allows partners to work toward sustaining natural and cultural resources for current and future generations.
Document: Potential Criteria for Prioritizing Wildlife Species in Conservation Design (05-30-2014)
Potential Criteria for Prioritizing Wildlife Species in Conservation Design 5-30-14
Document: Connecticut River Watershed Landscape Conservation Design Pilot: Suggestions for Setting Population Objectives (05-30-2014)
Connecticut River Watershed Landscape Conservation Design Pilot: Suggestions for Setting Population Objectives 5-30-14
Presentation: Updates on Ecological Integrity and Selecting Tiered Core Areas Based on Species
DSL Presentation for 5-30-14 Core Team Meeting by Kevin McGarigal, UMass with updates on ecological integrity and description of landscape capability
