Landscape Partnership Resources Library
RFA 4- Landscape-scale maps of terrestrial habitat and ecosystems based on a common mid-level classification framework for the Appalachian LCC region - Word Doc
Most past and current efforts to predict the geographic distribution of current or potential vegetated communities occur at national and regional scales (e.g., LANDFIRE, Gap Analysis Program, Northeast Terrestrial Habitat Mapping Project) and utilize a combination of remotely sensed imagery and mapped environmental and ecological variables. The resulting products, while comprehensive in coverage of the region, are often at a resolution too coarse or a precision too inaccurate to be utilized at the scale of on-the-ground habitat conservation delivery. Land managers and conservation planners need standardized, consistent, and accurate landscape-scale maps of terrestrial habitat and ecosystems based on a common mid-level classification framework. Managers also need mapping products with units developed at a resolution necessary to take into account or respond predictably to successional dynamics and disturbance regimes. Furthermore, mapping products which additionally identify habitat structural characteristics (e.g., canopy cover, layer stratification) are critical to better understanding habitat condition and determining suitability for specific species.
RFA 3 - Forecast future spatial footprint of energy production across the Appalachian LCC region - Word Doc
Without a predictive visualization of energy development, the Appalachian LCC cannot make informed decisions on landscape conservation priorities. This project will provide an overview of principal stressors created by energy development, by sector and cumulatively across the Appalachian LCC. The products to be developed will include forecasting model(s), and Geographic Information System (GIS) products to provide a projection of the energy development footprint across the Appalachians LCC by individual sector and cumulative footprint. Deliverables will inform resource management decisions by providing a foundational reference for predicting potential future development as a spatial footprint that can be overlaid with Appalachian LCC targets and priorities.
RFA 2 - Development of a stream classification system compatible throughout the Appalachian LCC as a platform to study ecological flow issues - Word Doc
In order to support development of instream flow standards, a classification system for Appalachian aquatic ecosystems is needed. A regional river classification system would allow states and other water resource managers to supplement their own limited data for flow-ecology relationships with information from other areas. Several stream habitat classification efforts have been developed (or are under development) in areas partially overlapping the Appalachian LCC, but these are somewhat different from each other, do not cover the entire Appalachian LCC geographic area, and may or may not meet the needs of resource managers in the Appalachians.
RFA 1 - Inventory and review of ecological flow models and monitoring networks with applicability to Appalachian watersheds - Word Doc
Flow models offer a methodology to predict instream flow using a variety of parameters, and are the best tool available to assist resource managers in making scientifically defensible recommendations and setting sound water resource policy.
RFA - Guidance On What is an LLC Level Activity - Word Doc
Please consider the follow points as guidance in evaluating the adequacy of each potential activity or research investigation as you identify and build the Portfolio elements.
Thematic‐Area (1) Pre‐Existing Tools, Portals, Datasets, Resources
Thematic‐Area (1) Pre‐Existing Tools, Portals, Datasets, Resources
Collision Course? Researchers Tag Golden Eagles with Satellite Telemetry Devices, Track Migration To Assess Risks of Wind Energy Development in Pennsylvania
Twice yearly, above the Appalachian Mountains in central and western Pennsylvania, a rarely witnessed winged migration takes place. Hundreds of eastern golden eagles – majestic raptors with wingspans that can exceed seven feet -- traverse the state to their winter and summer territories, passing above the mountain ridges through what preliminary research shows to be an unchanging 30-60 mile wide corridor of air space. The eagles’ flight path overlaps with land areas that hold significant potential for wind power development in Pennsylvania, setting these majestic birds on a potential collision course with fast-moving turbine blades. In the hope of avoiding such a scenario, a team of researchers at the National Aviary and Powdermill Avian Research Center, the biological research station of the Carnegie Museum of Natural History, has come together to track and map the birds’ movements.
Governance Structure and Charter
This governance charter authorizes the Appalachian LCC Steering Committee to provide operational oversight to make programmatic, policy, and funding decisions.
Governance Structure and Charter
This governance charter authorizes the Appalachian LCC Steering Committee to provide operational oversight to make programmatic, policy, and funding decisions.
Rick Durbrow PPT Presentation pdf
Rick Durbrow Integrated Federal Resources for Ecosystem Protection
Todd Jones-Farrand PPT Presentation pdf
Dr. Todd Jones-Farrand Assessing the Impact of Projected Housing Density on High Priority Forest Birds Presentation
Johnson-Gagnolet PPT presentation pdf
Nels Johnson and Tamara Gagnolet Development by Design Presentation
Rua Mortecai PPT Presentation pdf
Dr. Rua Mortecai Using SDM to Ensure Landscape Scale Sustainability for Natural and Cultural Resources Presentation
Andrew Milliken PPT presentation pdf
Andrew Milliken's Representative Species and Conservation Design presentation
Andrew Milliken PPT presentation pdf
Andrew Milliken's Representative Species and Conservation Design presentation
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.
Andrew Milliken - Representative Species Video
Andrew Milliken's presentation on Representative Species and Conservation
Andrew Milliken - Representative Species Video
Andrew Milliken's presentation on Representative Species and Conservation
Rob Baldwin PPT Presentation pdf
Dr. Rob Baldwin's Landscape-scale Conservation Planning Presentation
Rob Baldwin PPT Presentation pdf
Dr. Rob Baldwin's Landscape-scale Conservation Planning Presentation
