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- Partners share updates from studies investigating urgent threats that sea level rise poses to coastal marshes
- At the second annual Tidal Marsh Resilience Workshop, partners investigating impacts to coastal systems in the wake of Hurricane Sandy met to share findings, and align efforts to deliver results to coastal decision makers.
- For EPA's Anne Kuhn, the LCC helps connect the dots for big-picture conservation
- EPA scientist Anne Kuhn says the North Atlantic LCC is “a real solution” for agencies and organization working to address large-scale conservation challenges that demand cooperation, especially in the context of climate change.
- Letter from Paris: Emily Powell sees hope for conservation at COP 21
- For Coastal Resilience Research Associate Emily Powell, attending the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Paris provided an opportunity to learn about what a new international agreement might mean for vulnerable communities and ecosystems back home.
- A new map will give stakeholders in aquatic conservation insight on climate change by extending their view upstream
- The extension of the Northeast aquatic habitat map into Canada will help conservation partners on both sides of the border align efforts to protect freshwater ecosystems more effectively in the face of climate change.
- National Academy of Sciences Releases Review of Landscape Conservation Cooperatives
- The National Academy of Sciences (NAS) releases its review of the Landscape Conservation Cooperatives, which concludes that a landscape approach is needed to meet the nation’s conservation challenges and that the LCCs provide a framework for addressing that need.
- Massachusetts launches Wildlife Climate Action Tool
- State, federal, and university partners have collaborated on new tool designed to empower stakeholders with the best available information on the vulnerability of natural resources to climate change, including science sponsored by the North Atlantic and Appalachian LCCs.
- Vernal pool cooperative highlighted in Vermont Center for Ecostudies newsletter
- A North Atlantic LCC funded project to provide a secure database of vernal pool locations will help align efforts to protect seasonal wetlands across the region.
- Study investigates interbreeding among threatened coastal birds
- Researchers from the North Atlantic LCC funded Salt Marsh Habitat & Avian Research Program have published a study on hybridization among coastal birds that are considered high priorities for conservation.
- New England Cottontail spared from Endangered Species List thanks to science-based collaboration
- LCC Science Delivery Coordinator Steve Fuller had a key role in the development of a coordinated science-based conservation strategy that has made it possible to keep New England Cottontail from needing protection under the Endangered Species Act, and serves as a model for protecting other species on the brink.
- Northeast terrestrial habitat map crosses Canadian border
- Covering 13 US states and 4 Canadian provinces, the new interactive map provides a comprehensive picture of forested, agricultural, and wetland systems across the Northeast region.
- Finding sweet spots for brook trout in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed
- A new decision support tool will help practitioners identify ground-level restoration projects that will have positive ripple effects for brook trout populations across the entire watershed.
- The LCC at work in the field, and field offices
- North Atlantic LCC Coordinator Andrew Milliken shares how LCC tools supported conservation practitioners in the field this summer.
- Appalachian LCC moves to the head of the class in climate education
- LCC Coordinator and Senior Scientist Dr. Jean Brennan was invited to speak at an inaugural Educator Climate and Conservation Colloquium (or EC3) bringing together 50 teachers and school decision makers from across the nation to receive training on campus sustainability and wildlife conservation.
- Meet the new Coastal Resilience Research Associate
- Climate scientist Emily Powell sees an opportunity to combine her expertise and her dedication to sharing information in a new role working with coastal LCCs on resilience issues: “I wanted to get back to the space between research, science, and communications, working as a liaison between data, tools, and the people who need them."
- States join forces to (flow) chart a course for regional conservation
- The team of partners involved in the Regional Conservation Opportunity Areas (RCOAs) effort convened this summer to outline the best approach for developing a landscape conservation design for the Northeast that reflects shared conservation priorities across the region.
- How do you address threats to salt marsh birds across an entire region? Think big
- The Salt Marsh Habitat Avian Research Program, a monumental collaborative effort to assess risks and set response priorities for tidal-marsh dependent bird species from Virginia to maritime Canada, wraps up its fifth field season this summer.
- North Atlantic LCC seeks proposals for priority science needs funding
- The deadline is September 18th to apply for funding from the North Atlantic LCC's Priority Science Program to address landscape-scale conservation issues.
- LCC Network releases updated interactive LCC map
- The revised map more accurately depicts the geographies of the 22 LCCs across the continent, including the North Atlantic LCC.
- FWS News highlights Priority Amphibian and Reptile Conservation Areas project
- A special feature on Conserving Amphibians highlights a North Atlantic LCC funded project to identify areas that can best sustain threatened species into the future.
- New predictive models helping to secure a future for piping plover
- With support from the North Atlantic LCC, Virginia Tech student Katherina D. Gieder is investigating the impacts of changes to piping plover habitat that will result from sea-level rise and beach management efforts.
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