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Responding to Climate Change on National Forests: A Guidebook for Developing Adaptation Options: From the USDA Forest Service, comes a recently published guidebook for climate change adaptation in national forests. It provides a state-of-science summary of principles of adaptation, methods for vulnerability assessment, and tools and processes to facilitate the development of adaptation strategies and tactics. Distributed to all 176 national forest units, the guidebook is being used throughout the Forest Service and by other agencies to integrate climate change in sustainable resource management.

A System for Assessing Vulnerability of Species (SAVS) to Climate Change pdf: Sustained conservation of species requires integration of future climate change effects, but few tools exist to assist managers. The System for Assessing Vulnerability of Species (SAVS) identifies the relative vulnerability or resilience of vertebrate species to climate change.

Native Plants Boost Conservation Benefits, Strengthen Wildlife Populations: Native plants in many parts of the U.S. are struggling because of changes in land use and climate, posing problems for the wildlife species that depend on them for sustenance and sanctuary.

ISC Meeting & Workshop, July 11-13, 2012: The Interim Steering Committee met in Blacksburg, VA to develop the Cooperative’s key goals, formulate guiding principles, and define next steps for incorporation into the LCC's first Work Plan.

78th North American Wildlife and Natural Resources Conference: Join other industry leaders dedicated to the conservation, enhancement and management of North America's wildlife and other natural resources.

CASRI Action Plan: The CASRI Action Plan is a strategic plan with a 10 year timeline that aims to collaboratively address red spruce restoration goals and objectives in the Central Appalachians. This plan was enacted in 2010.

Collision Course? Researchers Tag Golden Eagles with Satellite Telemetry Devices, Track Migration To Assess Risks of Wind Energy Development in Pennsylvania: Twice yearly, above the Appalachian Mountains in central and western Pennsylvania, a rarely witnessed winged migration takes place. Hundreds of eastern golden eagles – majestic raptors with wingspans that can exceed seven feet -- traverse the state to their winter and summer territories, passing above the mountain ridges through what preliminary research shows to be an unchanging 30-60 mile wide corridor of air space. The eagles’ flight path overlaps with land areas that hold significant potential for wind power development in Pennsylvania, setting these majestic birds on a potential collision course with fast-moving turbine blades. In the hope of avoiding such a scenario, a team of researchers at the National Aviary and Powdermill Avian Research Center, the biological research station of the Carnegie Museum of Natural History, has come together to track and map the birds’ movements.

103 Report (review of over 100 planning documents from conservation & resource management agencies): A summary review of over 100 key planning documents of the many conservation & resource management agencies/organizations across the Appalachian Region.

Regional Programs and Initiatives: Folder contains materials to assist the AppLCC Steering Committee Work Group in evaluating opportunities for strategic Programmatic Alignment.

RFA 3 - Forecast future spatial footprint of energy production across the Appalachian LCC region - Word Doc: Without a predictive visualization of energy development, the Appalachian LCC cannot make informed decisions on landscape conservation priorities. This project will provide an overview of principal stressors created by energy development, by sector and cumulatively across the Appalachian LCC. The products to be developed will include forecasting model(s), and Geographic Information System (GIS) products to provide a projection of the energy development footprint across the Appalachians LCC by individual sector and cumulative footprint. Deliverables will inform resource management decisions by providing a foundational reference for predicting potential future development as a spatial footprint that can be overlaid with Appalachian LCC targets and priorities.

Chiapas/Appalachian/Pacific Alliance: Many of the bird species that breed in the AMJV spend the fall and winter months in Mexico and Central and South America. Our partnership is committed to work with international partners to design and implement efficient and effective conservation projects for priority species on their migratory pathways and wintering areas.

Materials for Steering Committee Call for 6/26/13: Here are resources and materials regarding Steering Committee work groups, status of funded and FY13 projects, and more for use by Steering Committee during call on 6/26/13.

Conservation Planning Process: Dr. Robert Baldwin of Clemson University explains in this video the steps involved in the conservation planning process.