Landscape Partnership Resources Library
Key Ecosystem Services table
Key Ecosystem Services table
Using a structured decision making process for strategic conservation of imperiled aquatic species in the Upper Tennessee River Basin
Development of strategic conservation of imperiled species faces several large challenges, including uncertainty in species response to management actions, budgetary constraints that limit options, and issues with scaling expected conservation benefits from local to landscape levels and from single to multiple species. We used a structured decision making process and a multi-scale approach to identify a cost-effective conservation strategy for the imperiled aquatic species in the Upper Tennessee River Basin (UTRB), which face a variety of threats. The UTRB, which encompasses a landscape of 22,360 square miles primarily in Virginia, North Carolina, and Tennessee, harbors one of the most globally diverse assemblages of freshwater fishes and mussels occurring at temperate latitudes. In developing the strategy, we sought to identify which management actions to emphasize to best achieve recovery of imperiled aquatic species, given costs and uncertainty in management effectiveness. The strategy was developed for conservation implementation over a 20-year period, with periodic review and revision. In this presentation, we describe the ecological significance of the UTRB, the planning process, and the resulting strategy. A strategic emphasis on population management emerged as the optimal approach for achieving conservation of imperiled aquatic species in the UTRB, which aligns well with the goals of existing plans for conserving and recovering imperiled fishes and mussels in the UTRB. The structured planning process and resulting conservation strategy dovetail with the landscape approach to conservation embodied in the USFWS’s strategic habitat conservation approach and network of Landscape Conservation Cooperatives. The recorded webinar is also available for viewing at the following link: http://www.fws.gov/northeast/science/seminars/July2015.html.
Core Team Meeting Notes, 10-01-2015
Notes/summary from October 2015 Core Team Meeting
South-Central Interior Small Stream and Riparian Habitat
This habitat was assessed in both the Cumberland - Southern Appalachian subregion and the Interior Low Plateau subregion. Results are in the first two tabs of the spreadsheet. A description of the habitat, and a list of associated species, is included in the description tab. The remaining tabs describe the individual factors and their definitions. These results are in the review stage. Please send comments to lesley_sneddon@natureserve.org.
Additional information on aquatic and subterranean (cave) species of the Cumberland - Southern Appalachian subregion
This spreadsheet provides hyperlinks to additional information from NatureServe Explorer.
Additional information for terrestrial species of the Cumberland - Southern Appalachian subregion
This spreadsheet provides hyperlinks to additional information from NatureServe Explorer.
Adapting conservation to a changing climate: an update to the Illinois Wildlife Action Plan
Full report of methods and results of climate change vulnerability assessments of 162 species in greatest conservation need.
New Climate Change Vulnerability Assessments for 41 Species
This spreadsheet functions as a tool to determine climate change vulnerability of species. Information is entered in the calculator, and results are stored in the results tab. Explanations of climate change measures and species-specific attributes that contribute to adaptive capacity are in subsequent tabs. The documentation tab provides justification for ratings of each individual factor, with a complete list of references also provided in a separate tab. Also available for download below is the county distribution for 41 of the species evaluated.
Vulnerability of at-risk species to climate change in New York
This report provides the methods and results of climate change vulnerability assessments of 119 species in New York.
Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment of Species of Concern in West Virginia
Elizabeth Byers and Sam Norris. 2011. Climate change vulnerability assessment of species of concern in West Virginia. West Virginia Division of Natural Resources, Elkins, WV. This project assessed and ranked the relative climate change vulnerability of 185 animal and plant species in West Virginia.
Schwenk - CT Update Slides
Maps and visual aids for Scott Schwenk's update on the status of the Connecticut River project
How to access final products on Data Basin (10/01/15)
Guidance document for accessing the data.
Landscape Conservation Design Data Products
Landscape Conservation Design Data Products for the Connect the Connecticut project. Revised September 30, 2015
Process and Key Decisions Document
Document updated as of August 6, 2015
Introduction to Data Basin
Slides presented by Renee Farnsworth on the North Atlantic LCC's Conservation Planning Atlas on Data Basin on September 10, 2015
Landscope Chesapeake Overview
Slides presented by Renee Farnsworth on Landscape Chesapeake on September 10, 2015
Excercise - Using NALCC Conservation Planning Atlas on Data Basin
Excercise - Using NALCC Conservation Planning Atlas on Data Basin used for hands-on training at the CBFO partners meeting on September 10, 2015
Fact Sheet - Science Products from the North Atlantic LCC
Fact Sheet providing examples of Science Products from the North Atlantic LCC with links
Fact Sheet - The North Atlantic LCC in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed
Fact Sheet providing examples of products and partnerships associated with the North Atlantic LCC in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed with links
Presentation - Overview of North Atlantic LCC Approach, Partnership & Products & Some Coastal Stuff
Presentation by Andrew Milliken at CBFO on September 10, 2015 - Overview of North Atlantic LCC Approach, Partnership & Products & Some Coastal Stuff
