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Future Energy Development across the Appalachian Region by Thomas Minney, last updated: Jul 23, 2015 04:29 PM: Overview of the Appalachian LCC funded project that uses models that combine data on energy development trends and identifies where these may intersect with important natural resource and ecosystem services to give a more comprehensive picture of what potential energy development could look like in the Appalachians.

State of the Appalachian LCC Overview by Cal DuBrock, last updated: Jul 23, 2015 04:29 PM: AppLCC Coordinator Cal DuBrock details the current state of the Appalachian LCC as a network of public‐private partnerships that is providing shared science to ensure the sustainability of the Appalachians land, water, wildlife and cultural resources.”

Budget and Project Accounting Summary by Matthew Cimitile, last updated: Jul 23, 2015 04:29 PM: Documenting FY14 and FY15.

Executive Committee Agenda by Matthew Cimitile, last updated: Jul 23, 2015 04:29 PM: For Appalachian LCC Steering Committee Meeting that took place July 13-15, 2014.

Steering Committee Meeting Agenda by Matthew Cimitile, last updated: Jul 23, 2015 04:29 PM: Agenda for the Appalachian LCC Steering Committee Meeting that took place July 13-15 in Shepherdstown, West Virginia.

July 13-15, 2015 Appalachian LCC Steering Committee Meeting by Matthew Cimitile, last updated: Jul 23, 2015 04:29 PM: For 2015 meeting at the National Conservation Training Center in Shepherdstown, West Virginia.

Development of a Spatially Explicit Surface Coal Mining Predictive Model by Michael P. Strager, Jacquelyn M. Strager, Wesley Burnett, Aaron E. Maxwell,, last updated: Jul 23, 2015 03:13 PM: The goal of this project was to create a spatially explicit 1km2 grid cell model for the Appalachian Landscape Conservation Cooperative (Figure 1) predicting where surface coal mining is likely to occur in in a projected future time period, under two different scenarios. To accomplish this goal we combined GIS spatial analysis, a Random Forests predictive model, and future mining buildout scenarios. This report provides a detailed methodology of our approach and discussion of our results.

Shale Gas, Wind and Water: Assessing the Potential Cumulative Impacts of Energy Development on Ecosystem Services within the Marcellus Play by Evans JS, Kiesecker, last updated: Jul 23, 2015 03:11 PM: A Nature Conservancy study funded by the Robertson Foundation and published by the open-access Public Library of Science (PLoS) in January 2014, assessed potential impacts of future energy development on water resources in the Marcellus play region.

Pennsylvania Energy Impacts Assessment by Nels Johnson, last updated: Jul 23, 2015 03:11 PM: In 2010, TNC scientists focused on projections of how new energy development could impact natural habitats in Pennsylvania to shape strategies that avoid or minimize those impacts.

Tennessee River Basin Network Workshop and Awards Celebration by Matthew Cimitile, last updated: Jul 09, 2015 08:30 AM: The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) has engaged multiple partners in hosting a Tennessee River Biodiversity Network Meeting.

Appalachian LCC Steering Committee Meeting by Matthew Cimitile, last updated: Jul 09, 2015 08:22 AM: The major goals and outcomes of this meeting include celebrating progress of the last year, agree upon priority resources or the process for deciding on priority resources within the Appalachian landscape, and approve project funding for 2015.

Researchers Seek a Sneak Peek Into the Future of Forests by U.S. Geological Survey, last updated: Jul 08, 2015 04:08 PM: In May 2015, scores of scientists from dozens of research institutions descended on a patch of forest in central North Carolina, taking samples of everything from ants and mites to other microbes – samples they hope will offer a glimpse into the future of forest ecosystems.

Foundational Research by Matthew Cimitile, last updated: Jul 08, 2015 01:59 AM: The research and online mapping tool funded by the Appalachian LCC is part of The Nature Conservancy’s Development by Design approach. This approach brings sound science to reflect the big picture of current and future impacts of energy development on nature and natural resources across the Appalachians.

Geodiversity Key to Conserving Biodiversity Under Climate Change by The Nature Conservancy, last updated: Jun 30, 2015 01:16 PM: The physical factors that create diversity (landform, bedrock, soil and topography), collectively known as geodiversity, might be the key to conserving biodiversity under a changing climate.

Notes from 06-12-2015 Connecticut River Pilot Core Team Meeting by mmallek, last updated: Jun 25, 2015 04:48 PM: Summary of discussion and outcomes, including maps used to facilitate discussion during the meeting.

Three new darter species of the Etheostoma percnurum species complex (Percidae, subgenus Catonotus) from the Tennessee and Cumberland River Drainages by Jessica Rhodes, last updated: Jun 22, 2015 08:17 AM: The federally endangered Duskytail Darter, Etheostoma percnurum Jenkins, is known from only six highly disjunct populations in the Tennessee and Cumberland river drainages of Kentucky, Tennessee, and Virginia. Only four are extant. Variation in morphology including meristics, morphometrics, and pigmentation was examined among the four extant populations and limited specimens from the two extirpated populations (Abrams Creek and South Fork Holston River). Analyses of these data found each of the extant populations is morphologically diagnosable. The few specimens avail- able from Abrams Creek and South Fork Holston River prevented thorough assessment of variation, and these were grouped with their closest geographic counterparts, Citico Creek, and Little River, respectively. Three new morphologi- cally diagnosable species are described: E. sitikuense, the Citico Darter, from Citico Creek, Abrams Creek, and Tellico River (Tennessee River system); E. marmorpinnum, the Marbled Darter, from the Little River and South Fork Holston River (Tennessee River system); and E. lemniscatum, the Tuxedo Darter, from the Big South Fork (Cumberland River system). Each species warrants federal protection as an endangered species.