News & Events
Executive Committee Meets to Thank Outgoing Chair and Vice Chair for Tremendous Leadership
For seven years, David Whitehurst and Paul Johansen valiantly steered the Appalachian LCC Steering Committee ship through its initial creation and tremendous growth as a regional partnership for landscape conservation.
Engaging State and Federal Agencies on Regional Science Information and Resources
In partnership with the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the Appalachian LCC staff recently conducted workshops in Crossville, Tennessee and Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge in Decatur, Alabama to introduce LCC-funded research products to resource managers and scientists.
Videos Around the Basin
A collection of more than 40 videos focusing on the ecology, threats, conservation efforts, and sense of pride in the Tennessee River Basin are now available on the Appalachian LCC Web Portal.
Coordinator Highlights Landscape Conservation Design Effort for Emerging Risks Roundtable Discussion
Appalachian LCC Coordinator Dr. Jean Brennan was an invited panelist and speaker at a roundtable discussion put on by the National Institute of Mathematical and Biological Synthesis and hosted at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville.
You can now “Like Us” on Facebook
Facebook currently has over 1 billion users, and the Appalachian Landscape Conservation Cooperative is now one of them!
New GIS Staff to Support Science Delivery Efforts
We like to welcome on board Marilyn Knight to the Appalachian LCC team.
Key Member of Appalachian LCC Community to Retire
The Appalachian LCC would like to give a heartfelt thanks and best wishes to David Hartos of the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSMRE), who after 39 years of experience with the federal government will be retiring in May.
Conserving the Tennessee River Basin: It Takes a Village
Nearly as diverse as the wildlife within the Basin are the people and organizations working to conserve it.
AppLCC/Tennessee River Gorge Trust Workshop
The purpose of this workshop is to familiarize participants with the Appalachian LCC and its work and resources available that can aide participants’ efforts to enhance efficiency and effectiveness of their local and regional conservation planning and management efforts.
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Finds Yellow Lance Mussel Warrants Endangered Species Act Protection
A freshwater mussel native to waters from Maryland to North Carolina along the Atlantic seaboard is declining.
First-of-its-kind Interactive Map Brings Together 40 Years of Water-Quality Data
A new U.S. Geological Survey interactive map provides a comprehensive, long-term look at changes in the quality of our nation’s rivers and streams over the last four decades.
Revealing the Role of Local Stakeholders in Landscape Conservation Design: A Social Science Inquiry
What is the role of local stakeholders and social data in the Landscape Conservation Design (LCD) process?
Saving an Endangered Southern River
The Conasauga River courses through Jimmy Petty’s corn, bean and dairy farm near the Tennessee line.
Global Change Monitoring Portal Released
A new Portal provides scientists and the general public with access to information about the existence and operation of programs that monitor the effects of global change processes, such as climate and land use change, on important air, land, and water resources.
Putting aquatic species on the map: The eDNAtlas and Archive for aquatic taxa in Western North America
The ease, efficiency, and sensitivity of environmental DNA (eDNA) sampling of species in aquatic environments is leading to an explosion in its use across North America.
Human Dimensions Success Stories in Bird Conservation
The greater bird conservation community has identified a need for human dimensions success stories to be collected, organized, and shared with the community.
New Habitat Guidelines for Six Species of Eastern Wildlife
The American marten, Bicknell’s thrush, Canada warbler, rusty blackbird, scarlet tanager and wood thrush – six beleaguered northeastern forest animals – should get a boost from a new series of publications explaining how best to create and manage habitat for them.
Northeast States Release Report on Hellbender Distribution
The Regional Conservation Needs (RCN) Grants Program funded project, Developing a coordinated research approach for hellbender conservation in the northeast, was completed in late 2016.
LCC Network Receives Distinguished Landscape Practitioner Award
The Landscape Conservation Cooperative Network has been selected by the U.S. Chapter of the Association of Landscape Ecology (US-IALE) Awards Committee to receive the Distinguished Landscape Practitioner Award.
Resources Planning Act (RPA) Assessment Webinar: U.S. Forest Fragmentation and Land Cover Patterns
Forest fragmentation continues even as total forestland area remains relatively stable.
