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Perkins, Jessica
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Matthew Cimitile
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last modified
Mar 24, 2016 02:38 PM
Geospatial data management and analysis for the Wildlife Resources Section: Game Management, Fisheries, Environmental Coordination, Wildlife Diversity and Natural Heritage.
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Peterson, Christie
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by
Matthew Cimitile
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last modified
Jul 11, 2014 10:26 AM
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Photo Collage Energy Assessment
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by
Matthew Cimitile
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published
Mar 05, 2015
For Assessing Future Energy Development across the Appalachians.
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Tools & Resources
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Assessing Future Energy Development
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Pilgrim, Jay
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by
Matthew Cimitile
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last modified
Jun 11, 2015 09:30 AM
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Pine, Bill
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by
Matthew Cimitile
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last modified
Jan 18, 2016 07:20 PM
Fish biologist with experience in quantitative methods, adaptive management, and experimental design.
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Planning for Growth and Open Space Conservation Webinar Series
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by
Matthew Cimitile
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published
Nov 01, 2013
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last modified
Mar 04, 2022 11:25 PM
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filed under:
Wildland Fire,
Webinar,
Forests
In 2012, we embarked on a project to help inform natural resource professionals, land use planners, private landowners and others about the issues facing our forestlands – both public and private – and to help them learn about opportunities and strategies to conserve open space through a series of monthly webinars. Below is the archive of these webinars. We hope you find them interesting!
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Videos and Webinars
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Pollock, Mike
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Matthew Cimitile
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last modified
Apr 24, 2017 07:31 AM
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Pomara, Lars
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by
Matthew Cimitile
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last modified
Jul 29, 2014 02:20 PM
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Post, Anne
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by
Matthew Cimitile
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last modified
May 13, 2015 03:35 PM
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Pragmatic population viability targets in a rapidly changing world
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Matthew Cimitile
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Sep 14, 2012
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filed under:
Conservation,
Scientific Publications,
Endangered Species
To ensure both long-term persistence and evolutionary potential, the required number of individuals in a population often greatly exceeds the targets proposed by conservation management. We critically review minimum population size requirements for species based on empirical and theoretical estimates made over the past few decades. This literature collectively shows that thousands (not hundreds) of individuals are required for a population to have an acceptable probability of riding-out environmental fluctuation and catastrophic events, and ensuring the continuation of evolutionary processes. The evidence is clear, yet conservation policy does not appear to reflect these findings, with pragmatic concerns on feasibility over-riding biological risk assessment. As such, we argue that conservation biology faces a dilemma akin to those working on the physical basis of climate change, where scientific recommendations on carbon emission reductions are compromised by policy makers. There is no obvious resolution other than a more explicit acceptance of the trade-offs implied when population viability requirements are ignored. We rec- ommend that conservation planners include demographic and genetic thresholds in their assessments, and recognise implicit triage where these are not met.
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General Resources Holdings