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- Northeast Climate Science Center highlights Designing Sustainable Landscapes project
- The North Atlantic LCC's collaborative effort to identify priority conservation lands in the face of climate change is the subject of feature story.
- Wildlife Conservation Society invites proposals for Climate Adaptation Fund
- The deadline is April 15th to apply for funding to support innovative approaches to helping species and associated ecosystems adapt to changing climate conditions on the ground.
- New Study Looks at Future of Appalachian Energy Development
- Report and online mapping tool developed by the Appalachian Landscape Conservation Cooperative and The Nature Conservancy informs planning that helps protect natural resources while meeting domestic energy needs.
- USGS releases tools to inform coastal response to sea level rise
- Several new products related to landscape change, decision-support and structured decision making are now publicly available through the U.S. Geological Survey website.
- Large Landscape Conservation network releases workshop report
- In a compelling summary of the first major conference on large landscape conservation in North America, the Large Landscape Conservation Practitioners' Network reflects on successes, objectives, and next steps to advance the frontiers of the field.
- The Nature Conservancy completes comprehensive assessment of coastal salt marsh advancement in Connecticut
- With the completion of a Salt Marsh Advancement Zone Assessment for all 24 coastal municipalities, Connecticut is now the first state in the nation to have comprehensive, detailed, parcel-scale information to inform land-use and policy decisions in the face of climate change.
- Staying the course
- In the New Year, the North Atlantic Landscape Conservation Cooperative reflects on progress in developing science and tools to meet regional conservation goals, and looks ahead to the critical next step: Delivering the science to partners who can use it.
- Permanent database grows for temporary wetlands
- The Vernal Pool Data Cooperative has constructed a secure spatial database to store vernal pool locations in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic. Now in order to ensure that the database serves as a comprehensive resource, the team is calling for data submissions from cooperators across the region.
- Long Island Sound partners awarded grant to promote sustainable practices in agriculture and use LCC tools to prioritize actions
- With funding from a U.S. Department of Agriculture program, a project will use North Atlantic Landscape Conservation Cooperative (LCC) tools to prioritize conservation actions related to agriculture.
- Regional partnership gathering paves way for collaborative opportunities
- A bigger vision, a more diverse audience, a network-based approach to conservation. Just a few of the priorities that emerged during the Regional Conservation Partnerships Network Gathering in November, where North Atlantic LCC staff and partners offered insight on how to move forward on all fronts.
- For Kevin Kalasz, the North Atlantic Landscape Conservation Cooperative puts Delaware’s coastal issues in perspective
- Delaware’s Biodiversity Program Manager says the North Atlantic LCC provides regional perspective on one of the largest conservation priorities in his coastal state: sea level rise. “It’s been a great opportunity to really work on coastal conservation, understand the impacts of sea level rise in the region, and see how it all fits together.”
- Meet the new Coastal Resilience Coordinator
- After six years spent managing a long-term ecosystem monitoring program for a 44,000-acre landscape along the Atlantic coast, Megan Tyrrell is well equipped for her new role with the North Atlantic Landscape Conservation Cooperative.
- Interior Secretary highlights LCCs in keynote to Large Landscape Conservation network
- At the National Workshop for Large Landscape Conservation, where North Atlantic Landscape Conservation Cooperative staff and partners showcased research and tools, Interior Secretary Jewell praised the role of LCCs in the “epic collaboration” needed for large landscape conservation.
- Workshop offers perspective on Hurricane Sandy marsh resiliency projects at multiple scales
- At the end of the first year of Hurricane Sandy tidal marsh resiliency science projects, grantees met to exchange information and align efforts toward common goals for the next two years.
- Improving road-stream crossings for people and wildlife in wake of devastating storms
- Tropical Storm Irene and Hurricane Sandy had severe impacts across the Northeast, underscoring the need for a strategic approach to shore up road-stream crossings in anticipation of future floods, and to increase passage of fish and wildlife.
- Northeast Regional Conservation Needs Grant Program invites proposals
- The deadline is March 1st to apply for funding under a program supporting landscape-scale regional wildlife conservation issues.
- Study examines how climate change impacts contaminants and excess nutrients in the environment
- Rising temperatures, more intense storms, droughts, and sea level rise are changing the way contaminants and nutrients interact with the environment, and this may have serious consequences for ecosystems and organisms. How serious? In the Northeast, where some climate change predictions are worse than global averages, the severity is still largely unknown.
- Project to showcase scenario planning for climate change, boreal forest and moose
- The first phase of a scenario-planning project for wildlife management in Northeast boreal forests is underway, and includes the launch a monthly newsletter.
- North Atlantic LCC-funded research featured in story on CT wildlife
- A feature article focusing on updates to Connecticut's Wildlife Action Plan spotlights brook-trout modeling work by Ben Letcher at USGS.
- Workshop explores climate change scenarios in the Adirondacks
- A summary report from a two-day scenario development workshop in the Adirondacks explores the regional response to the threat of disruptive climate change.
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