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Background Materials: Climate Change Vulnerability in the Appalachians
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CCVA Fact Sheets: Forested Stream and / or Seepage
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Forested Stream and/or Seepage
Forested stream environments are typically found in the buffer zones between forested land and stream banks, often
known as riparian zones. Stream headwaters and seepage areas occur where ground water percolates to the surface
through muck, mossy rock, and nettles. It can also be found under rocks, among gravel, or cobble where water has
begun to percolate in areas near open water. Breeding grounds are commonly found beneath mosses growing on
rocks, on logs, or soil surfaces in these types of seepage areas.
Predicted climate change will largely impact changes in temperature and moisture availability in forested stream
and/or seepage systems, likely having a cascading effect on a species habitat and increasing stress to many of these
species. The Appalachian LCC funded NatureServe to conduct vulnerability assessments on a suite of plants,
animals, and habitats within the Appalachians. These assessments can be used as an early warning system to alert
resource managers about changing conditions.
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Fact Sheet: Assessing Vulnerability of Species and Habitats
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New vulnerability assessments for 41 species and 3 habitats in the Appalachians now available.
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Phase I: Alternatives for Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment: Expert Panel Findings PDF
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How should the Appalachian LCC acquire information about species and habitat vulnerability to large-scale impacts in the Appalachians? This report summarizes the findings and recommendations of a seven-member Expert Panel that sought to answer this question identified as a major research priority. The Panel addressed three aspects of the question: the selection of species and habitats to assess, approaches to vulnerability assessment, and the availability of downscaled climate data.
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Environmental Flows from Water Withdrawals in the Marcellus Shale Region
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The rivers and streams of the Central Appalachians are home to more than 200 species of fish and other aquatic life. They also provide a reliable source of drinking water, recreational opportunities and associated economic benefits to people living in large cities and surrounding communities. Stream Impacts from Water Withdrawals in the Marcellus Shale Region
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Environmental Flow Analysis for the Marcellus Shale Region PDF
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A technical report submitted to the Appalachian Landscape Conservation Cooperative in completion of grant# 2012-03 - Final Report
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Ecosystem Services Benefits and Risks
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Given the rapid environmental change experienced and expected across the Appalachians, it will be crucial to understand the vulnerabilities of valued ecosystem services to drivers of large-scale change that may threaten their sustainability.
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The use of crowdsourced and georeferenced photography to aid in visual resource planning and conservation
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The advent of Web 2.0 and the growth of social media platforms have fostered an environment
for the documentation and sharing of landscape imagery. In addition to looking at the site scale,
using these big data allows for visual landscape assessment at the regional scale. The onset of Marcellus shale gas development in the state of Pennsylvania concurrent with the
rapidly widening availability of crowd-sourced citizen photography has provided a valuable
opportunity to study crowdsourced and georeferenced photography as an aid in visual resource
conservation design and planning. As Trombulak and Baldwin (2010) outline, the goals for this
work include identifying spatially explicit measures of change in the landscape, being able to
predict spatially explicit threats to the landscape, recognizing sites within the region that are
important or irreplaceable, and prioritizing areas for conservation action to address pressures
and preserve/conserve exceptional sites in the future.
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Integrating Cultural Resource Preservation at a Landscape Level
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Integrating Visual and Cultural Resource Evaluation and Impact Assessment for Landscape Conservation Design and Planning
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While there is an increased need for cultural resource conservation and management in
North America, there are few approaches that provide robust integration and combined assessment
of visual and cultural resources. Determining the scenic value of important views and identifying
potential risk for loss of that view are core components needed to design protection preserving
scenic quality and the cultural resources contributing to scenic value and overall sense of place.
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