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LCC Boosts Relationships in the Ohio River Basin

The Ohio River Basin Fish Habitat Partnership convened its annual meeting in Columbus, Ohio this month and the Appalachian LCC was there to join the conversation.

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Climate Adaptation Fund Announce Latest round of Grantmaking

Read the 2016 Request for Proposals, review the Applicant Guidance Document and submit a completed WCS Pre-proposal Application using our online application form no later than 5:00 PM EDT on Friday, April 8, 2016.

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Stitching Together Work of LCCs across the Southeast

The Southeast Conservation Adaptation Strategy (SECAS) is a shared, long-term vision for the conservation future of the Southeast and Caribbean region of the United States.

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Appalachian LCC Coordinator is Panelist at National Conference on Science, Policy and the Environment

Appalachian LCC Coordinator and Chief Scientist, Dr. Jean Brennan, participated as an invited speaker at the 16th National Conference and Global Forum on Science, Policy and the Environment in Washington DC.

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Service and partners announce science-based tool to help prioritize and target fish habitat conservation

Service and partners announce science-based tool to help prioritize and target fish habitat conservation

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and North Atlantic Landscape Conservation Cooperative (LCC) today announce the availability of an online tool that enables users to target and prioritize fish habitat conservation in the face of climate and land use change.

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Power Companies, Tribe, Agencies Take Steps to Save Rare Fish

Power companies, the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, and state and federal agencies have come together to conserve the sicklefin redhorse, a fish found in only six Appalachian counties worldwide and being considered for the federal endangered species list.

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Happy Birthday, National Wildlife Refuge System!

Hooray for America’s nature. One big reason it’s there to treasure: the National Wildlife Refuge System, the world’s premier network of public lands devoted to wildlife conservation. The Refuge System turns 113 on March 14.

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Announcing Deadlines for Southeast Grants

The Open Space Institute is now inviting proposals for two complementary land conservation grant funds in the Southeast: Southern Cumberland Land Protection Fund and Southeast Resilient Landscapes Fund.

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Chattanooga Zoo Announces Baby Hellbenders

Chattanooga Zoo Announces Baby Hellbenders

The Chattanooga Zoo announces the successful hatching of a group of Hellbender eggs collected from the wild here in East Tennessee.

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Help the hellbenders: Don't move the rocks

Help the hellbenders: Don't move the rocks

Article from the Asheville Citizen Times

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USDA, Partners to Invest $720 Million in Large-Scale, Targeted Conservation Projects across the Nation

USDA, Partners to Invest $720 Million in Large-Scale, Targeted Conservation Projects across the Nation

Regional Conservation Partnership Program Pools Together $220 Million Investment from USDA, up to $500 Million from Local Partners to Improve Water Quality, Soil Health, Habitat and More

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Where the Not-So-Mighty Chestnut Still Grows

Where the Not-So-Mighty Chestnut Still Grows

A recent study by U.S. Forest Service, university, and state agency researchers provides baseline information on contemporary populations of American chestnut needed to support restoration of the tree to the forests it once dominated.

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NASA, NOAA Analyses Reveal Record-Shattering Global Warm Temperatures in 2015

NASA, NOAA Analyses Reveal Record-Shattering Global Warm Temperatures in 2015

Earth’s 2015 surface temperatures were the warmest since modern record keeping began in 1880, according to independent analyses by NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).

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Biodiversity Critical to Maintaining Healthy Ecosystems

Researchers have found clear evidence that biological communities rich in species are substantially healthier and more productive than those depleted of species.

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FWS Northeast Regional Director Comments on National Academy of Sciences Review of LCCs

On December 3, the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) released their Review of the Landscape Conservation Cooperatives (LCCs) conducted at the request of Congress.

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2015 National Academy of Sciences Review of LCCs

2015 National Academy of Sciences Review of LCCs

The Appalachian LCC is collecting information for Steering Committee members and other interested parties to review information and materials related to the newly released National Academy of Sciences report, A Review of the Landscape Conservation Cooperatives.

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National Academy of Sciences Releases Its Review of the Landscape Conservation Cooperatives

National Academy of Sciences Releases Its Review of the Landscape Conservation Cooperatives

The National Academy of Sciences (NAS) today released its Review of the Landscape Conservation Cooperatives, which concludes that a landscape approach is needed to meet the nation’s conservation challenges and that the Landscape Conservation Cooperatives (LCCs) provide a framework for addressing that need.

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Appalachian LCC Primary Investigators Study Conservation Easements in the Appalachians

Appalachian LCC Primary Investigators Study Conservation Easements in the Appalachians

Clemson scientists Rob Baldwin and Paul Leonard recently published a research article that examines the existing distribution of conservation easements in the Appalachian Mountains.

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Forest Service Report Highlights Restoration Progress Made Despite Growing Challenges

The U.S. Forest Service has increased the pace and scale of forest restoration by nine percent since 2011, according to a report released today. The significant progress comes in the face of mounting challenges to the agency including record droughts, longer wildfire seasons and the increasing percentage of the agency’s budget spent fighting wildland fires.

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TWRA Announces Availability of Riparian Tree Planting Grants

The Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency announces the availability of grant dollars to assist cities, schools, community organizations, civic groups, watershed organizations, and conservation groups, etc., with riparian tree planting projects.

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