Landscape Partnership Resources Library
Excel Workbook: Weighting Aquatic Integrity Models
Aquatic System Intactness (a.k.a. stressor) and Resiliency Metrics used in the index of ecological integrity portion of the Landscape Change, Assessment and Design (LCAD) model.
Excel Workbook: Summary Statistics for Macrogroups
Aquatic ecological macrogroups used in the Connecticut River Landscape Conservation Design project. Summary statistics for each group, and a weighting multiplier affecting conservation priorities.
Document: Notes from June 19, 2014 Aquatics Subteam Meeting
Notes from aquatics subteam meeting and IEI Metric Weighting discussion
Document: Macro-group and IEI Metrics Weighting Plans, June 12, 2014
Team leaders discussion on Macro-group and IEI Metrics Weighting Plans
Document: Notes from July 22, 2014
Aquatics meeting notes/summary
AppLCC Spring 2014 Newsletter
The Spring 2014 Newsletter highlights how the Appalachian LCC and its partners are addressing landscape issues and bringing together a community to find sustainable solutions.
Document: Notes from 08-28-2014 Core Team Meeting
Summary, notes, and discussion from the August 28 Core Team Meeting in Hadley, MA.
Document: Threats Ranking Framework
Threats-ranking framework from the NE Lexicon: the document that the NE states are using to try to make State Wildlife Action Plans more comparable
Assessing Future Impacts of Energy Extraction in the Appalachian LCC
4th Quarter 2013 Progress report
Presentation: Core Area Prioritization and Network Design
UMass presentation on Core Area Prioritization and Network Design
Document: Process and Decisions for Design on the Connecticut River Pilot Project
This document includes the key decisions made through August 2014 on the Connecticut River Pilot Landscape Conservation Design Project. Where available, details such as the meeting at which we reached consensus, options considered, and associated documents are included.
Excel sheet: IUCN and Wildlife TRACS threats categories
For aiding in species weighting decisions.
Document: Connecticut River Watershed Species Weighting Matrix
The following matrix is being used by the Terrestrial and Wetland Subteam in applying the weighting criteria that the Subteam previously discussed and identified for use in assigning weights to Representative Species in the context of informing the process of how to identify core areas based on combining species landscape capability models into an optimized selection index. The matrix entries in this document are DRAFT and need Terrestrial and Wetland Subteam input to assign final entries and decide on final weights. (Note 8.5”x14” page size for printing the matrix) (Revised slightly 8/27/14 to add habitat acreage for several species)
Document: Notes from August 18 Terrestrial Team Meeting
Please read if you were unable to make this call.
Document: CT River Watershed Species weighting matrix
Draft matrix for weighting species, to be discussed during meeting on 8/19/2014.
Conservation in Transition: Leading Change in the 21st Century
In the following pages, we present a future vision that is mindful of the past. We examine the forces and trends that even now are shaping 21st century conservation in ways very different from that of the previous century. We continue with a broad analysis of the implications to the future Service and the growing realization that the change before us is, in many respects, change without precedent. We conclude with an assessment of the transformational change that will be needed by the Service — change already underway — to go beyond the successes of our past to new vistas of opportunity that lie ahead.
Conservation in Transition: Leading Change in the 21st Century
In the following pages, we present a future vision that is mindful of the past. We examine the forces and trends that even now are shaping 21st century conservation in ways very different from that of the previous century. We continue with a broad analysis of the implications to the future Service and the growing realization that the change before us is, in many respects, change without precedent. We conclude with an assessment of the transformational change that will be needed by the Service — change already underway — to go beyond the successes of our past to new vistas of opportunity that lie ahead.
Strategic Habitat Conservation Handbook
A Guide to Implementing the Technical Elements of Strategic Habitat Conservation. Although the urgency is real, building capacity for SHC will be an organizational evolution, not an overnight change. Institutionalizing the SHC framework is a marathon and this document is intended to chart the course and set a purposeful and competitive pace.
Strategic Habitat Conservation Handbook
A Guide to Implementing the Technical Elements of Strategic Habitat Conservation. Although the urgency is real, building capacity for SHC will be an organizational evolution, not an overnight change. Institutionalizing the SHC framework is a marathon and this document is intended to chart the course and set a purposeful and competitive pace.
Strategic Habitat Conservation - Final Report of the National Ecological Assessment Team
\We envision the FWS working collaboratively with partners to develop and implement a landscape approach to habitat conservation, leading to what we term strategic habitat conservation. Success will depend on how quickly and effectively our organizational approach evolves, including steps to better communicate with and work alongside our partners.
