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Energy by Web Editor, last updated: Jan 27, 2018 05:19 PM: The Appalachians are a landscape rich in globally-significant biological diversity, ecosystem services that provide clean drinking water and outdoor recreation to countless human communities, and energy resources that meet national and regional demands for coal, oil, and natural gas. For centuries, the Appalachians have been a hotspot for America's energy needs. Large expanses of forests provided early settlers with a ready supply of wood fuel. As the nation industrialized, the region became the center for coal, oil, and recently natural gas extraction. Though essential for society, the extraction of these energy resources has altered the Appalachian landscape, impacting biodiversity and natural places that make the Appalachians unique. Energy has and still is one of the leading drivers of landscape change in the region.

Ecosystems Benefits and Risks by Web Editor, last updated: Jan 27, 2018 05:19 PM: Ecosystem services are the benefits people receive from nature. These are abundant in the Appalachians, from clean drinking water and sustainably harvested forest products to nature-based tourism. They also include the sense of home that communities find in rural landscapes and the values that Americans place on conserving biodiversity.

Working Lands for Wildlife by Web Editor, last updated: Jan 27, 2018 05:19 PM: Through Working Lands for Wildlife (WLFW), NRCS works with partners and private landowners to focus voluntary conservation on working landscapes. NRCS provides technical and financial assistance to agricultural producers, helping them plan and implement conservation practices that benefit target species and priority landscapes.

Riverlands Outdoor Heritage Conservation Alliance by Web Editor, last updated: Jan 27, 2018 05:19 PM: The Riverlands Outdoor Heritage Conservation Alliance (ROHCA) works collaboratively to sustain regional capacity for natural resource use and stewardship to ensure a continued high quality of life in the Riverlands region of western Kentucky and Tennessee.

Upper Tennessee River Imperiled Species by Web Editor, last updated: Jan 27, 2018 05:19 PM: The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, with assistance and guidance from the U.S. Geological Survey, states, and other partners, has developed a cost-effective conservation strategy for 36 imperiled freshwater fish and mussel species in the 22,360 square-mile Upper Tennessee River Basin.

Resources by Rosanne Hessmiller, last updated: Jan 27, 2018 01:38 PM: Area for sharing files, videos, spreadsheets etc.

Landscape Planning by Rosanne Hessmiller, last updated: Jan 27, 2018 11:40 AM

Workspace by Rosanne Hessmiller, last updated: Jan 27, 2018 11:37 AM: A place for groups or siscussions

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Tennessee River Basin Boundary by Jessica Rhodes, last updated: Jan 26, 2018 12:21 PM: This data includes a shapefile of the boundaries of the entire Tennessee River Basin. The total are includes 41,027 square miles.

CCVA Fact Sheets: Forested Stream and / or Seepage by Web Editor, last updated: Jan 26, 2018 11:20 AM: Forested Stream and/or Seepage Forested stream environments are typically found in the buffer zones between forested land and stream banks, often known as riparian zones. Stream headwaters and seepage areas occur where ground water percolates to the surface through muck, mossy rock, and nettles. It can also be found under rocks, among gravel, or cobble where water has begun to percolate in areas near open water. Breeding grounds are commonly found beneath mosses growing on rocks, on logs, or soil surfaces in these types of seepage areas. Predicted climate change will largely impact changes in temperature and moisture availability in forested stream and/or seepage systems, likely having a cascading effect on a species habitat and increasing stress to many of these species. The Appalachian LCC funded NatureServe to conduct vulnerability assessments on a suite of plants, animals, and habitats within the Appalachians. These assessments can be used as an early warning system to alert resource managers about changing conditions.

CCVA Fact Sheet: Open Woodlands by Rosanne Hessmiller, last updated: Jan 26, 2018 11:20 AM: Open Woodlands Used generally to describe low density forests, open woodland ecosystems contain widely spaced trees whose crowns do not touch, causing for an open canopy, insignificant midstory canopy layer, sparse understory and where groundcover is the most obvious feature of the landscape dominated by diverse flora (grasses, forbes, sedges). Open Woodlands provide habitat for a diverse mix of wildlife species, several of which are of conservation concern, such as Red Headed Woodpecker, Prairie Warbler, Kentucky Warbler, Northern Bobwhite and Eastern Red Bat. Predicted climate change will largely impact changes in temperature and moisture availability in open woodlands systems, likely having a cascading effect on a species habitat and increasing stress to many of these species. The Appalachian LCC funded NatureServe to conduct vulnerability assessments on a suite of plants, animals, and habitats within the Appalachians. These assessments can be used as an early warning system to alert resource managers about changing conditions.

CCVA Fact Sheet: Forest and Woodlands by Rosanne Hessmiller, last updated: Jan 26, 2018 11:20 AM: Forest/Woodland habitats describe large areas primarily dominated by trees, with moderate ground coverage, such as grasses and shrubs. Density, tree height, and land use may all vary, though woodland is typically used to describe lower density forests. A forest may have an open canopy, but a woodland must have an open canopy with enough sunlight to reach the ground and limited shade. Predicted climate change will largely impact changes in temperature and moisture availability in forest/ woodlands systems, likely having a cascading effect on a species habitat and increasing stress to many of these species. The Appalachian LCC funded NatureServe to conduct vulnerability assessments on a suite of plants, animals, and habitats within the Appalachians. These assessments can be used as an early warning system to alert resource managers about changing conditions.