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Agenda: Connecticut River Pilot Core Team Meeting 03-28-2014: Agenda, handouts and presentations from Connecticut River Pilot Core Team Meeting 3-28-2014 in Hadley, MA

Document: Core Team Meeting Notes 03-28-2014: Notes/summary from the March core team meeting.

Agenda: Connecticut River Pilot Core Team Meeting 02-24-2014: Agenda, handouts and presentations from the Connecticut River Pilot Core Team Meeting held on February 24, 2014 in Turners Falls, Massachusetts

Document: Core Team Meeting Notes 02-24-2014: Summary/notes from February Core Team Meeting

Presentation: Introduction to Designing Sustainable Landscapes: Purpose and Design: Introductory Designing Sustainable Landscapes Presentation given by Kevin McGarigal of UMass. Covers input layers for ecosystems and species, including habitat capability.

Presentation: LCC Framework for Landscape Conservation Design: Presentation on LCC Framework for Landscape Conservation Design for Connecticut River Landscape Conservation Design Pilot Core Team meeting on February 24, 2014

Presentation: Landscape Conservation Design in the Connecticut River Watershed and Northeast Region: Presentation on Landscape Conservation Design in the Connecticut River Watershed and Northeast Region given by Scott Schwenk at Connecticut River Pilot Core Team meeting on February 24, 2014.

Document: Ecosystem Goals, Objectives, and Tradeoffs (07-21-2014): Overview provided by Scott Schwenk on the Ecosystem goal, general and specific objectives, and tradeoffs related to specific decisions about the conservation design strategy.

Map: CT River Watershed - Terrestrial and Aquatic Cores: DRAFT Maps for illustrative purposes only. Side by side maps of the entire Connecticut River Watershed. These maps show (1) potential terrestrial cores contrasting the slicing vs. the kernel approach and (2) a preliminary example of how the aquatic cores might look. Both are highly subject to change.

Map: CT River Watershed - Terrestrial Core Areas: DRAFT Maps for illustrative purposes only. Side by side maps of the entire Connecticut River Watershed. Two methods of creating core terrestrial areas are shown: the continuously scaled draft selection index and the kernel-expansion method in which the top 5% of the index (at left) is used as seeds to grow core areas until 30% of the landscape is represented.

Map: CT River Watershed - Stream Temperature, Rare Systems: DRAFT Maps for illustrative purposes only. Side by side maps of the entire Connecticut River Watershed. Headwater stream temperature sensitivity (USGS) and Rare Natural Communities are shown. These are two of the spatial datasets to be incorporated into the overall selection index for the conservation design.

Map: CT River Watershed - Combined IEI, Resiliency: DRAFT Maps for illustrative purposes only. Side by side maps of the entire Connecticut River Watershed. The Index of Ecological Integrity (UMass) and Resilient Sites for Terrestrial Conservation (The Nature Conservancy) are combined to highlight areas where these two indices align or diverge in their relative assessment of the landscape. These are two of the spatial datasets to be incorporated into the overall selection index for the conservation design.

Map: CT River Watershed - IEI and Resiliency: DRAFT Maps for illustrative purposes only. Side by side maps of the entire Connecticut River Watershed. The Index of Ecological Integrity (UMass) and Resilient Sites for Terrestrial Conservation (The Nature Conservancy) are shown. These are two of the spatial datasets to be incorporated into the overall selection index for the conservation design.

Webinar: Audio and Video from July Core Team Meeting: Recording of the morning Connecticut River Pilot Core Team Meeting on July 25, 2014.

Veni, George: Cave and karst hydrogeologist, expertise in groundwater quality and supply delineation and protection, land management including sinkhole formation, and associated management and protection of threatened and endangered species in karst.

BioClimate: Periodic News from the National Climate Change and Wildlife Science Center (NCCWSC) and the DOI Climate Science Centers (CSCs)

The Important Mission of USFWS: Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell shares her thoughts on “What makes the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service different from other bureaus with the Department of the Interior?” She also has a special message for Service employees.

Presentation: Connecticut River Pilot - Goals & Objectives: Draft ideas for discussion at meeting on February 24, 2014