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Fire History of the Appalachian Region: A Review and Synthesis

Fire History of the Appalachian Region: A Review and Synthesis

This review and synthesis explores fire history from Alabama to New England, and provides a context for describing resilient forests of the future.

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Appalachian Wildlife Center - Partnering for Wildlife and People in an Economically-Depressed Region

Appalachian Wildlife Center - Partnering for Wildlife and People in an Economically-Depressed Region

A collaborative new partnership between the Appalachian Wildlife Foundation, the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources, and others is working to establish wildlife-related tourism in the southern Appalachian region of Kentucky and the surrounding states by building a state-of-the-art wildlife education facility designed to share with visitors the incredible natural resources of the region.

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NFWF Monarch Butterfly Conservation Fund 2017 Funding Opportunity

The NFWF Monarch Butterfly Conservation Fund is now accepting applications for competitive funding.

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A Conservation Action Map for the TRB Network

A Conservation Action Map for the TRB Network

During the Tennessee River Basin Network’s 2016 annual meeting, members participated in exercises that helped produce a Conservation Action Map, showcasing the who, what, and where of conservation activities and projects in the Basin.

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Biennial Spotlight on National Park Resources

Biennial Spotlight on National Park Resources

A new area on our Web Portal is dedicated to a collection of talks and posters that celebrate the National Park Service Centennial and highlight the many accomplishments in natural and cultural resource management and stewardship.

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LCC Science Helping to Target Restoration Sites to Improve Water Quality in the Susquehanna and Potomac Watersheds

The Natural Resources Conservation Service, the EPA, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania are investing $28 million in restoration activities – from wetlands to riparian buffers to floodplain reconnection - in the Susquehanna and Potomac watershed to improve water quality.

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Learning from Each Other Within the LCC Family

Learning from Each Other Within the LCC Family

Appalachian LCC Coordinator and Chief Scientist Dr. Jean Brennan recently served on a temporary, 60-day detail for the Arctic LCC helping to identify strategic programmatic and research direction and sharing current efforts to promote the LCCs science delivery in Alaska.

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Putting LCC Products into Hands of Practitioners in the Southeast

Appalachian LCC Staff are working with partners in the Southeast to develop interactive workshops focused on delivering our funded science products and tools into the hands of practitioners working in applied conservation at the local and regional scale.

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New Student Conservation Associate Provides Educational Outreach Capacity to LCC and Refuge

New Student Conservation Associate Provides Educational Outreach Capacity to LCC and Refuge

A recent graduate of George Mason University, Kelly René is working with both the Appalachian LCC and the Ohio River Islands National Wildlife Refuge as a educational outreach specialist.

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Appalachian LCC GIS Analyst and Information Manager Heads Out West

Appalachian LCC GIS Analyst and Information Manager Heads Out West

Jessica Rhodes, who helped to support our partnership’s extensive data management needs over the last couple years is moving on to a new position with the Bureau of Land Management in Wyoming.

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Blue Ridge PRISM Update

An update on the Partnership for Regional Invasive Species Management and information on a series of sessions around our 10-county area, which partners are welcome to attend.

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Bringing Back Diversity in Eastern Forests for Landowners, Wildlife

Bringing Back Diversity in Eastern Forests for Landowners, Wildlife

What do biologists look for in a healthy forest? A diversity in the ages and composition of trees and occasional breaks in canopy to allow sunlight to reach understory plants.

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Final EPA/USGS Technical Report: Protecting Aquatic Life from Effects of Hydrologic Alteration

A new report provides scientific and technical information related to protection of aquatic life from effects of hydrologic alteration.

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Scientists: Strong evidence that human-caused climate change intensified 2015 heat waves

Scientists: Strong evidence that human-caused climate change intensified 2015 heat waves

Human-caused climate change very likely increased the severity of heat waves that plagued India, Pakistan, Europe, East Africa, East Asia, and Australia in 2015 and helped make it the warmest year on record, according to new research published today in a special edition of the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society.

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The Southeast Aquatic Conservation Strategy

The Southeastern Aquatic Biodiversity Conservation Strategy is a joint project of the UGA River Basin Center and the Tennessee Aquarium Conservation Institute to prioritize watersheds within the region to support future conservation investments.

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What is Ecological Drought? Exploring its impacts on natural and cultural resources

In 2017 the National Climate Change and Wildlife Science Center (NCCWSC), in partnership with the National Conservation Training Center (NCTC), will be dedicating their webinar series to ecological drought with presentations from NCCWSC and the DOI Climate Science Centers (CSCs).

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The U.S. Global Change Research Program Wants to Hear From You

The U.S. Global Change Research Program (USGCRP) seeks public comment on the draft of its Climate Science Special Report (CSSR).

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Responding to Drought and Water Challenges

Coldwater Fisheries and Climate Adaptation Case Studies in the Western and Eastern United States.

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Partnership Seeking Input for Projects to Strengthen National Defense and Preserve Working Lands

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) joined the Department of the Interior (DOI) and the Department of Defense (DoD) to announce the Sentinel Landscapes Federal Coordinating Committee will now accept applications for the Fiscal Year (FY) 2017 Sentinel Landscape designation process.

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Appalachian LCC PI and Clemson scientists unveil software that revolutionizes wildlife habitat connectivity modeling

Appalachian LCC PI and Clemson scientists unveil software that revolutionizes wildlife habitat connectivity modeling

A trio of Clemson University scientists has unveiled a groundbreaking computational software called “GFlow” that makes wildlife habitat connectivity modeling vastly faster, more efficient and superior in quality and scope.

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