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Building partnerships and establishing consensus on regional priorities across the Upper Midwest and Great Lakes Landscape Cooperative - Final Report
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As part of our project to identify the most climate vulnerable species in
the Upper Midwest and Great Lakes Landscape Conservation Cooperative
we have completed phase one of our project. This report summarizes our findings to date.We completed ten workshops across the
region and have compiled a regional list of priority wildlife species for
consideration in a climate vulnerability assessment.
Included in the report are the top 30 species shared as priorities across
the region, as well as the individual lists from each workshop.
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Cave/Karst Resources Across the Appalachian LCC: A Visual Guide to Results PDF
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This visual guide documents 18 months of work gathering and analyzing data on caves and karst resources in the Appalachian LCC. The maps and files provide a comprehensive overview of data available for examining relationships between environmental factors and biological diversity and distribution within karst areas in the region. This visual survey is intended to be a guide to what the researchers have accomplished, and a guide to what new questions and results would be interesting to end-users.
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Classification and Mapping of Cave and Karst Resources
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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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Assessing Vulnerability of Species and Habitats to Large-scale Impacts
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Central Hardwoods Joint Venture Glade Conservation Assessment For the Interior Highlands and Interior Low Plateaus Of the Central Hardwoods Region
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The glade conservation assessment is a collaborative effort among 8 states to document the current status and distribution of 24 distinct glade ecosystems and their associated species of conservation concern within the Central Hardwoods Bird Conservation Region, as well as the Ouachita Mountains to the south.
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Characterization of spatial and temporal variability in fishes in response to climate change
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Predicting population responses to climate change requires an understanding of how population dynamics vary over space and time. For instance, a measured indicator may vary among repeated samples from a single site, from site to site within a lake, from lake to lake, and over time. Although variability has historically been viewed as an impediment to understanding population responses to ecological changes, the structure of variation can also be an important part of the response. In this project, we will build upon recently completed analyses of fish population data in the Great Lakes basin to help predict how spatial and temporal variation in fish populations may respond to climate change and other important drivers.
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Charleston Symposium Flyer
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Chris Burkett Process Presentation Final Nov 2011
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Chris Burkett Process Presentation Final Nov 2011
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Climate Change Hurts Indian Tribes Disproportionately, Report Finds
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North American Indian Tribes are especially harmed by climate change, as more ecological shifts and more frequent, more extreme weather events occur, a new study concludes. Because Tribes are heavily dependent on natural resources, severe weather events like droughts, floods, wildfires, and snowstorms make tribal communities particularly vulnerable and impact American Indians and Alaska Natives more than they impact the general population.
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Climate Change Information Toolkit
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Here are some tools for communicating about climate change impacts and the Fish and Wildlife Service's strategic response.
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