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Prescribed Burn-Here It Comes!
Prescribed burns used to manage habitat for bobwhite, gopher tortoise.
Attack One Burn Crew Georgia 2018
Prescribed burns used to manage habitat for bobwhite, gopher tortoise.
Landowner Before Site Burn Florida
Prescribed burns used to manage habitat for bobwhite, gopher tortoise.
Logging Truck North Carolina
The Golden-winged warbler needs "young forest" habitat for nesting created by doing a selective harvest that can restore forest health and improve habitat for game species like white-tailed deer, ruffed grouse, and wild turkey.
Final Map WLFW GWWA Project Boundary and PACs
Working Lands for Wildlife: Golden-winged Warbler (GWWA) Project Boundary and Priority Areas for Conservation (PACs).
Golden-winged Warbler
These birds spend much of their time in young forests and old field succession environments.
Indiana Bat
The Indiana bat is an endangered species that is found over most of the eastern half of the United States.
Eastern_Brook_Trout
The Eastern Brook Trout is the only native trout that inhabits the cold, clear streams of the eastern United States. It is the state fish in many eastern states and is a prized sport fish by anglers.
Riparian Restoration Figure 1
Riparian corridor areas in Virginia that are high priority (black = upper quartile of solar gain and less than 70% canopy cover) for riparian restoration to mitigate water temperature increases. Brook trout priority areas are defined by elevation gradients (0-300 m low priority; 300 – 600m average priority; > 600m high priority). Cross hatched polygons represent existing brook trout habitats. Blue and green elevation gradients represent potential cold water brook trout habitat.
Salamander
There are more species of Salamanders in the Appalachians, include endemics, than anywhere else on the planet.
Mussels
Due to their long lifespan and sensitivity to degradation, freshwater mussels are increasingly valued for tracking status and trends of the health of inland waters.
Wood Thrush_02
Wood Thrush breeds in the deciduous forests of eastern North America. They are experiencing population declines due to degradation of habitat.
Cerulean Warbler
This sky blue Warbler inhabits large blocks of mature deciduous forest in the Appalachians. They prefer environments with more open canopies and gaps that allow sunlight to reach the forest floor.
Distribution of the American Black Duck
Distribution of the American Black Duck. This species breeds locally South to the dashed line.
Wood Thrush
Wood Thrush breeds in the deciduous forests of eastern North America. They are experiencing population declines due to degradation of habitat.
Marcellus Shale Wells within Region
Map showing the permitted Marcellus Shale wells within the Appalachian LCC area.
Appalachian Trail Lookout, Virginia
View of farmland and forests from a lookout point along the Appalachian Trail in Virginia
Appalachian Trail Lookout, Virginia
View of Farms and Forests from lookout point on the Appalachian Trail.
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Photo gallery highlighting the landscapes, habitats, species, and conservation work taking place within the Landscape Partnership.
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HDR image of an irrigation canal in Burley, Idaho, south of town. 10/8/2018 Photo by Kirsten Strough. From: https://www.flickr.com/photos/usdagov/51040145422/
Searching for birds and discussing high-elevation conservation at Mount Mitchell
As part of a recent visit to western North Carolina, leadership from the Fish and Wildlife Service’s southeastern regional office in Atlanta had an opportunity to visit a pair of places that are key to the Service’s conservation efforts – the streams of the Upper Nolichucky River valley, home to the Eastern hellbender and endangered Appalachian elktoe; and the summit of Mount Mitchell, one of many high-elevation peaks in the Southern Appalachians that are home to species found no-where else. Photo credit: Gary Peeples/USFWS. Photo used behind Expertise Search block on Homepage
Sue Cameron downloading data from a tree-mounted data logger
The spruce-fir moss spider is an endangered animal found only on the highest peaks of the Southern Appalachians. As its name implies, it lives in moss mats on the forest floor beneath the spruce-fir forest canopy. Even in that limited habitat, it is very particular about the type of moss it lives in. Sue Cameron is the Service expert for this species, and she recently visited Mount Mitchell State Park to search for the spider, and download humidity and temperature from data loggers that are continually recording the environmental data that may guide future management efforts. Credit: G. Peeples/USFWS. Image used for Issue banner.
