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Vernal Pool Mapper and Database
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Temporary wetlands called vernal pools provide important breeding grounds for reptiles and amphibians, but their seasonal nature can make them both difficult to find and to protect. The vernal pool mapper is now available to guide conservation of this important habitat. Based on a database of field-verified and remotely-sensed potential vernal pool locations compiled from across the Northeast, it can help identify priority areas for conservation and inform future surveys.
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Beach and Tidal Habitat Inventories
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This collection of reports, databases, and data layers offers a birds-eye view of sandy beach and tidal inlet habitats within the U.S. Atlantic Coast breeding range of the endangered piping plover based on imagery from Google Earth, Google Maps, state agencies, municipalities, and private organizations. By comparing the location, status, and condition of potential plover breeding grounds from Maine to North Carolina during three distinct time periods -- before Hurricane Sandy, immediately after the storm, and three years after post-storm recovery efforts -- these inventories provide a habitat baseline that can help resource managers plan for future change.
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Applying sandy beach habitat inventory in ME.pdf
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Applying sandy beach habitat inventory in ME.pdf
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Identifying resilient sites in NH.pdf
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Identifying resilient sites in NH.pdf
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Best Darn Bird Map
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Best Darn Bird Map
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Putting science to work for refuge planning
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During a National Wildlife Refuge biological workshop at the National Conservation Training Center, staff from the North Atlantic LCC and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service introduced refuge biologists to scientific tools that offer regional perspective on habitat management and planning.
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North Atlantic LCC staff and partners to present new research and tools at NEAFWA conference
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The annual Northeast Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies Conference in Annapolis, Md., will feature several presentations by North Atlantic LCC staff and partners, including a hands-on workshop designed to introduce biological and GIS staff from state agencies to new information and tools.
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Webinar: North Atlantic Vernal Pool Data Cooperative: A Regional Framework to Advance Conservation Planning
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Led by Steve Faccio of the Vermont Center for Ecostudies and Sean MacFaden of the Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources at the University of Vermont, this webinar introduces the Vernal Pool Data Cooperative as a framework for geospatial vernal pool data and a means to advance vernal pool conservation on a landscape scale, highlights data gaps where additional vernal pool mapping is needed, and demonstrates the visualization capabilities for the data on the North Atlantic LCC Conservation Planning Atlas.
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Vernal Pools
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Up to 70 percent of Northeast coast has natural capacity to adapt to sea-level rise
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A new model developed by the US Geological Survey captures the potential for the Northeast coastline to change in response to sea-level rise, rather than simply be submerged.
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What lies beneath lakes and ponds
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The Nature Conservancy's new Northeast Lakes and Ponds Classification System will enable more effective conservation of aquatic ecosystems in the region.
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