Spotlight Posters on National Park Resources

Fact Sheet: Stream Impacts

Matthew Cimitile — 2017-05-25T16:35:00Z

Assessing current and future water withdrawal scenarios to inform decisions for achieving sustainable water ows that meet human demands and sustain healthy ecosystems.

Fact Sheet: Cave and Karst Resources

Matthew Cimitile — 2017-05-25T16:40:00Z

Addressing knowledge gaps to better protect unique landforms and their wealth of hidden biodiversity.

Fact Sheet: Ecosystem Benefits and Risks

Rosanne Hessmiller — 2018-02-02T02:25:00Z

Fact Sheet: Ecosystem Benefits and Risks

Assessing Future Impacts of Energy Extraction in the Appalachian LCC

Pat Ruble — 2014-08-28T13:54:20Z

4th Quarter 2013 Progress report

Ecosystem Benefits and Environmental Threats

Matthew Cimitile — 2014-07-15T16:35:00Z

Given the rapid environmental change experienced and expected across the Appalachians, it will be crucial to understand the vulnerabilities of valued ecosystem services to drivers of large-scale change that may threaten their sustainability. The Appalachian LCC has partnered with the US Forest Service Eastern Forest Environmental Threat Assessment Center to assess ecosystem services, and vulnerabilities to environmental risk factors, throughout the Appalachians. Synthesizing current knowledge of the diverse benefits that people derive from functioning Appalachian ecosystems will help managers, scientists, industries, and the public to establish a common language for linking the environmental and economic values of the region’s natural assets in a way that encourages protection of and investments in these resources.

Background Information Interactive Conservation Planning for the Appalachian LCC Project

Rosanne Hessmiller — 2018-01-28T16:15:00Z

The project research team worked closely with designated technical teams from each major region in the Appalachian LCC to offer unique insights and input to help guide the interactive conservation planning process. After each round of feedback, revised conservation scenarios are being produced.

Integrating Cultural Resource Preservation at a Landscape Level

Rosanne Hessmiller — 2018-02-03T22:55:00Z

The goals of this research is to address the threats of land-use conversion associated with energy expansion, urbanization, sprawl, and climate change on cultural resources that society values. In order to integrate cultural resources into landscape-scale conservation planning and design, researchers at Penn State University will first identify relevant resources and data requirements, while investigating issues of scale and data availability appropriate for spatial analysis and modeling. They will then identify a process appropriate to apply at the larger scale, moving from a single state to include the entire Appalachian LCC 15-state geography.

Integrating cultural resource priorities within landscape-level planning and modeling is foundational to the LCC's Landscape Conservation Design, which will guide the Cooperative's coordination and collaborative conservation actions over the next several years.

In-depth presentation from the research team on first completing pilot studies in Pennsylvania and West Virginia. The team investigated relevant resources, data requirements, and opportunities to identify the best process for integrating cultural resources into landscape planning. Future efforts may include scaling up local results to apply to the entire Appalachian LCC 15-state geography.

Background Material Integrating Cultural Resource Preservation at a Landscape Scale

Matthew Cimitile — 2016-09-21T13:40:00Z

A collaborative research project sponsored by the National Park Service and the Appalachian LCC seeks to integrate cultural resources, such as historic bridges and Civil War Battlefields, into landscape conservation planning and design to emphasize both natural and cultural resources in defining conservation priorities.

Background Material Ecosystem Services Benefits and Risks

Rosanne Hessmiller — 2018-02-03T05:12:36Z

AppLCC Funded Research

Information on the AppLCC Fellowships

Rosanne Hessmiller — 2018-02-03T05:15:18Z

Partner Interviews

Rosanne Hessmiller — 2018-02-03T05:15:25Z

Ecosystem Benefits and Risks Webportal

Rosanne Hessmiller — 2018-02-03T05:12:37Z

Ecosystem Services Benefits and Risks

Web Editor — 2018-02-03T05:12:01Z

The Appalachian LCC has partnered with the US Forest Service Eastern Forest Environmental Threat Assessment Center to assess ecosystem services, and vulnerabilities to environmental risk factors, throughout the Appalachians. Synthesizing current knowledge of the diverse benefits that people derive from functioning Appalachian ecosystems will help managers, scientists, industries, and the public to establish a common language for linking the environmental and economic values of the region’s natural assets in a way that encourages protection of and investments in these resources.

Tennessee River Basin Conservation Action Map

Rosanne Hessmiller — 2018-01-28T20:05:00Z

The Network is now identifying data resources and other information derived from these activities and, when possible, providing access to these resources via the Conservation Action Map and Network portal. Members will continue to be able to enter additional projects to the Conservation Map and tag new resources produced from their efforts.

Conservation Strategy for the Upper Tennessee River Basin

Rosanne Hessmiller — 2018-01-28T20:50:00Z

he U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, with assistance and guidance from the U.S. Geological Survey, states, and other partners, has developed a cost-effective conservation strategy for 36 imperiled freshwater fish and mussel species in the 22,360 square-mile Upper Tennessee River Basin. The strategy identifies aquatic species conservation objectives and recommends a management approach for conserving and recovering prioritized species and locations across the basin. It is designed to help the Service better integrate its efforts internally and with those of partners in North Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia, whose missions complement the goal of maximizing conservation and recovery of imperiled aquatic species and the ecosystems upon which they depend.