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Top Ranked Science Needs Day 1 Nov 2011 by Web Editor, last updated: Aug 16, 2012 01:55 PM: Top Ranked Science Needs Day 1

App LCC Synthesis Report 12711 DJ Case ver3 FINAL Nov 2011 by Web Editor, last updated: Aug 16, 2012 01:55 PM: App LCC Synthesis Report 12711 DJ Case ver3 FINAL

US Fish and Wildlife Service - Science Seminar Series 2012 by Web Editor, last updated: Aug 16, 2012 01:54 PM: US Fish and Wildlife Service Science Seminar Series 2012 takes place in the Northeast Regional Office, Hadley, MA, on the second or fourth Thursday of each mouth from 12:00 noon - 1:00 p.m. Presentations are also available via broadcast or webinar at http://www.fws.gov/northeast/science/seminars/

ALCC Vision Mission Nov 2011 by Web Editor, last updated: Aug 16, 2012 01:54 PM: ALCC Vision Mission Nov 2011

U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Climate Change Facebook Page by Web Editor, last updated: Jul 31, 2012 12:41 PM: Do you all know that the Service has a climate change Facebook page?

Patuxent Wildlife Research Center by Web Editor, last updated: Jul 30, 2012 03:30 PM: Welcome to the Patuxent Wildlife Research Center established by President Franklin D. Roosevelt as the nation's first wildlife research station through an Executive Order in 1936. The research and wildlife conservation mission were created as the Patuxent Research Refuge and this relationship continues today as the close partnership between the U.S. Geological Survey and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. New directions in wildlife science that support adaptive management and structured decision making (SDM) have been developed by Patuxent scientists, and the Center has had a long history of research that supports endangered species recovery. Our vision and mission define our purpose and direction and working with our partners is our approach to ensuring relevant, high quality science supports society’s needs and our role as a Federal research institution.

Chris Burkett Process Presentation Final Nov 2011 by Web Editor, last updated: Jul 24, 2012 01:29 PM: Chris Burkett Process Presentation Final Nov 2011

Black Bear by Matthew Cimitile, last updated: Jul 24, 2012 11:23 AM: Smallest of the three bears species found in North America

Etheostoma brevirostrum by Matthew Cimitile, last updated: Jul 24, 2012 11:17 AM: Common name is the holiday darter, found in Tennessee

Three Ridges by Matthew Cimitile, last updated: Jul 24, 2012 11:17 AM: Ridges of the Appalachian Mountains

Rob Baldwin Landscape Scale Conservation Planning Talk Nov 2011 by Web Editor, last updated: Jul 24, 2012 11:11 AM: Rob Baldwin Landscape Scale Conservation Planning Talk Nov 2011

Ken Elowe Conservation Framework Presentation AppLCC Workshop Nov 2011 by Web Editor, last updated: Jul 24, 2012 11:10 AM: Ken Elowe Conservation Framework Presentation AppLCC Workshop Nov 2011

Paul Johansen Welcome ALCC Conservation Priorities Science Needs Workshop Nov 2011 by Web Editor, last updated: Jul 24, 2012 11:10 AM: Paul Johansen Welcome ALCC Conservation Priorities Science Needs Workshop Nov 2011

IT Notes 2011 by Web Editor, last updated: Jul 24, 2012 10:56 AM: Goal statement: Create, maintain, and grow a GIS/ IT architecture that facilitates the development of community networks, supports systems modeling, enables information creation, exchange and education in a consistent manner across administrative boundaries allowing users to easily discover, access and integrate data and tools to facilitate conservation across the landscape over time.

RFA 5 - Survey inventory & distribution mapping of RTEE species across the Appalachian LCC by Web Editor, last updated: Jul 24, 2012 10:54 AM: Species/community management at the large regional scale of the Appalachian LCC requires GIS products that allow for a comprehensive assessment of distribution trends at whole-population levels. Those species that are federally listed under the Endangered Species Act are most likely to have been mapped across their entire range of occurrence, however state-listed species or other rare but priority species may not have been mapped entirely - or this information may not be readily available to all LCC partners. Having georeferenced ranges for our rarest endemic species will allow resource managers to focus conservation efforts, including mitigation projects and seek to divert development interests harmful to these communities. Furthermore, readily accessible comprehensive data will result in enhanced collaboration opportunities.

RFA 4- Landscape-scale maps of terrestrial habitat and ecosystems based on a common mid-level classification framework for the Appalachian LCC region - Word Doc by Web Editor, last updated: Jul 24, 2012 10:53 AM: Most past and current efforts to predict the geographic distribution of current or potential vegetated communities occur at national and regional scales (e.g., LANDFIRE, Gap Analysis Program, Northeast Terrestrial Habitat Mapping Project) and utilize a combination of remotely sensed imagery and mapped environmental and ecological variables. The resulting products, while comprehensive in coverage of the region, are often at a resolution too coarse or a precision too inaccurate to be utilized at the scale of on-the-ground habitat conservation delivery. Land managers and conservation planners need standardized, consistent, and accurate landscape-scale maps of terrestrial habitat and ecosystems based on a common mid-level classification framework. Managers also need mapping products with units developed at a resolution necessary to take into account or respond predictably to successional dynamics and disturbance regimes. Furthermore, mapping products which additionally identify habitat structural characteristics (e.g., canopy cover, layer stratification) are critical to better understanding habitat condition and determining suitability for specific species.

RFA 2 - Development of a stream classification system compatible throughout the Appalachian LCC as a platform to study ecological flow issues - Word Doc by Web Editor, last updated: Jul 24, 2012 10:52 AM: In order to support development of instream flow standards, a classification system for Appalachian aquatic ecosystems is needed. A regional river classification system would allow states and other water resource managers to supplement their own limited data for flow-ecology relationships with information from other areas. Several stream habitat classification efforts have been developed (or are under development) in areas partially overlapping the Appalachian LCC, but these are somewhat different from each other, do not cover the entire Appalachian LCC geographic area, and may or may not meet the needs of resource managers in the Appalachians.

RFA 1 - Inventory and review of ecological flow models and monitoring networks with applicability to Appalachian watersheds - Word Doc by Web Editor, last updated: Jul 24, 2012 10:52 AM: Flow models offer a methodology to predict instream flow using a variety of parameters, and are the best tool available to assist resource managers in making scientifically defensible recommendations and setting sound water resource policy.

RFA - Guidance On What is an LLC Level Activity - Word Doc by Web Editor, last updated: Jul 24, 2012 10:52 AM: Please consider the follow points as guidance in evaluating the adequacy of each potential activity or research investigation as you identify and build the Portfolio elements.

Thematic‐Area (1) Pre‐Existing Tools, Portals, Datasets, Resources by Web Editor, last updated: Jul 24, 2012 10:47 AM: Thematic‐Area (1) Pre‐Existing Tools, Portals, Datasets, Resources