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Conservation Challenge
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Water withdrawals from human activities can alter surface water resources and impact aquatic habitats and organisms. The most commonly studied sources of flow alterations are typically dams and water withdrawals associated with agricultural operations and industrial uses. However, the emergence of hydraulic fracturing has led to the rapid expansion of natural gas drilling and has made it a key source in altering surface water resources in the Marcellus Shale region.
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Stream Impacts from Water Withdrawals in the Marcellus Shale Region
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Key Findings & Management Recommendations
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The Appalachian LCC-funded study is the first region-wide assessment to document “flow-ecology” relationships – showing connections between observed impacts under current water withdrawal standards (based on daily water gauge data collected over the last 15 years and fish surveys) and the decline in freshwater fish communities.
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Data Access
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Phase I of this project involved an inventory of flow models and the underlying, or potential, data sources from instream monitoring networks.
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Stream Impacts from Water Withdrawals in the Marcellus Shale Region
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Environmental flows in the context of unconventional natural gas development in the Marcellus Shale
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This study clarifies how additional water demands in the region may adversely affect freshwater biological integrity. The results make clear that policies to limit or prevent water withdrawals from smaller streams can reduce the risk of ecosystem impairment. 2016 Scientific Reports associated with the AppLCC-funded research to Cornell.
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Scientific Research Publication
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Landscape-scale conservation design across biotic realms: sequential integration of aquatic and terrestrial landscapes.
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2017. Scientific Reports Related to this Collaboration with Clemson University. Paul B. Leonard, Robert F. Baldwin & R. Daniel Hanks.
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Interactive Conservation Planning for the Appalachian LCC: Appalachian NatureScape
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Scientific Reports Related to Collaboration with Clemson University
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Interacting Social and Environmental Predictors for the Spatial Distribution of Conservation Lands
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2015 Scientific Reports Related to this Collaboration with Clemson University. Robert F. Baldwin, Paul B. Leonard. PLoS ONE10(10): Published: October 14, 2015
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Interactive Conservation Planning for the Appalachian LCC: Appalachian NatureScape
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Scientific Reports Related to Collaboration with Clemson University
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High-throughput computing provides substantial time savings for landscape and conservation planning
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2014 Scientific Reports Related to this Collaboration with Clemson University. Paul B. Leonard, Robert F. Baldwin, Edward B. Duffy, Donald J. Lipscomb, Adam M. Rose. Landscape and Urban Planning 125 (2014) 156–165.
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Interactive Conservation Planning for the Appalachian LCC: Appalachian NatureScape
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Scientific Reports Related to Collaboration with Clemson University
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Presentation by Maddie Brown - Research Results - Partnership
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pdf copy of PPT slides used by Dr. Brown in "reporting out" to the Partnership on the research project of the AppLCC Partner organizational representatives. See report for full methodology etc. and the "Partner Dashboard" that graphically captures the research results.
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Integrating Cultural Resource Preservation at a Landscape Level
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Cultural Resources Fellowship
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Executive Summary - Present and Future Possibilities of Landscape Scale Conservation
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The Landscape Conservation Cooperative (LCC) program was created under a secretarial order to develop regional conservation partnerships – under the Department of the Interior – that aimed to coordinate regional conservation planning in response to climate change impacts. Because they were partner-driven efforts, each of the 22 LCCs followed a distinct trajectory and implemented diverse projects, meaning that there is value in exploring how specific LCCs, such as the AppLCC, approached regional conservation. This study assesses the successes, limitations, and impacts of the AppLCC, with the aim of providing insights for future regional conservation partnership.
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Cultural Resources Fellowship
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Figure 1. Conceptual diagram depicting the hydraulic fracturing process
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from: Brian Buchanan et al., 2015
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