Landscape Partnership Resources Library
Restoration of Ailing Wetlands
It is widely held that humankind’s destructive tendencies when exploiting natural resources leads to irreparable harm to the environment. Yet, this thinking runs counter to evidence that many ecological systems damaged by severe natural environmental disturbances (e.g., hurricanes) can restore themselves via processes of natural recovery. The emerging field of restoration ecology is capitalizing on the natural restorative tendencies of ecological systems to build a science of repairing the harm inflicted by humans on natural environment. Evidence for this, for example, comes from a new metaanalysis of 124 studies that synthesizes recovery of impacted wetlands worldwide. While it may take up to two human generations to see full recovery, there is promise, given human will, to restore many damaged wetlands worldwide
Structural and Functional Loss in Restored Wetland Ecosystems
Wetlands, which include tropical mangroves and boreal peatlands, are among the most valuable ecosystems in the world because they provide critical ecosystem goods and services, such as carbon storage, biodiversity conservation, fish production, water purification, and erosion control. As global change accelerates the loss of wetlands, attempts are increasing to restore this fragile habitat and its associated functioning. There has been no global evaluation, however, of how effective such restoration efforts have been. Here, we present a meta-analysis of the biological structure (driven mostly by plant communities) and biogeochemical functioning (driven primarily by the storage of carbon in wetland soils) of 621 wetland sites.
Responding to Climate Change on National Forests: A Guidebook for Developing Adaptation Options
From the USDA Forest Service, comes a recently published guidebook for climate change adaptation in national forests. It provides a state-of-science summary of principles of adaptation, methods for vulnerability assessment, and tools and processes to facilitate the development of adaptation strategies and tactics. Distributed to all 176 national forest units, the guidebook is being used throughout the Forest Service and by other agencies to integrate climate change in sustainable resource management.
RFA Conference Call Q & A - March 19, 2011
There were approximately 12 participants on this second informational call. Many had participated in our first call, but new entities included: Downstream Strategies, Ecological Modeling, U. of VA., Penn. State, and Environmental Services.
ISC Notes September 2, 2011
Notes from the ISC meeting conference call September 2, 2011
LCC Operations Meeting Notes - ISC Meeting December 8th, 2011
LCC Operations Meeting Notes - ISC Meeting December 8th, 2011
LCC Administration Meeting Notes - ISC Meeting December 8th, 2011
LCC Administration Meeting Notes - ISC Meeting December 8th, 2011
Executive Summary - ISC Meeting Dec 8, 2011
The meeting at the Inn at Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, VA was well attended by 41 ISC members, representatives, and staff. There were four major topics covered at this gathering regarding operations and administration of the LCC.
US Fish and Wildlife Service - Science Seminar Series 2012
US Fish and Wildlife Service Science Seminar Series 2012 takes place in the Northeast Regional Office, Hadley, MA, on the second or fourth Thursday of each mouth from 12:00 noon - 1:00 p.m. Presentations are also available via broadcast or webinar at http://www.fws.gov/northeast/science/seminars/
WS Agenda FINAL 112211 Nov 2011
WS Agenda FINAL 112211 Nov 2011
WPT Ranking Guidance 20111121 Nov 2011
WPT Ranking Guidance 20111121 Nov 2011
Theme Program Descriptions FINAL Nov 2011
Theme Program Descriptions FINAL
Portfolio Schematic Nov 2011
Portfolio Schematic
Needs IT InfM PreExisting PLUS Nov 2011
Needs IT InfM PreExisting PLUS
Top Ranked Science Needs Day 1 Nov 2011
Top Ranked Science Needs Day 1
App LCC Synthesis Report 12711 DJ Case ver3 FINAL Nov 2011
App LCC Synthesis Report 12711 DJ Case ver3 FINAL
ALCC Vision Mission Nov 2011
ALCC Vision Mission Nov 2011
Chris Burkett Process Presentation Final Nov 2011
Chris Burkett Process Presentation Final Nov 2011
Rob Baldwin Landscape Scale Conservation Planning Talk Nov 2011
Rob Baldwin Landscape Scale Conservation Planning Talk Nov 2011
Ken Elowe Conservation Framework Presentation AppLCC Workshop Nov 2011
Ken Elowe Conservation Framework Presentation AppLCC Workshop Nov 2011
