Steering Committee Call for March 6, 2014
1. Staff reporting to SC on “2013 Year-in-Review”: Organizing Framework for the AppLCC - Building our Institution & Report-Outs from Working Groups - provide close-out and present recommended next steps;
Mike Harris / Evan Crews – Data Policy
Appalachian LCC Data Management & Sharing Recommendations
Rodney Bartgis – “No Regrets”
No Regrets Working Group Guidance Draft
Rachel Muir – NR Indicators and Surrogate Species Guidance
2. Update on Funded Research (Pre-Recorded) PI presentations (~8-12 min) on the status of the various RFPs/Contracts funded by the AppLCC;
- Lesley Sneddon, NatureServe – Climate Change Vulnerability Assessments
- Todd Walter, Cornell University – Aquatic Ecological Flows
- Rob Baldwin, Clemson University – Data Needs Assessment
- Jason Coombs, UMass – Riparian Restoration to Promote Climate Change Resilience
- David Culver, American University – Cave and Karst Classification and Mapping
3. Advancing the Partnership - Sharing Data, Resources, Networking, and “Nested Sites” to support Building Capacity;
- Paul Leonard, AppLCC – GIS and Conservation Planning Portal Overview
4. Facilitating the Planning & Integration
Perry Wheelock and Rick Durbrow provide update on "Cultural-Heritage-Human Dimensions Workshop Planning Team" discussions and recommendations;
SC Work Group Leads: Clyde Thompson and Matt Cimitile on Communications Work Group;
Communications Workshop Outline
5. Initial discussions to set the stage for a decision on how the SC wishes to consider our next phase of development (i.e., identifying priority resources, conservation targets and reflection on NR Indicators including surrogate species);
6. Discussion and Guidance in programming FY14 Project (1420) funds (and update on staffing and budget).
