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Interior Secretary Offers Vision for Conservation
Secretarial Order underscores LCC role and commitment to landscape-scale planning and design to conserve the Nation's land, water, wildlife and cultural resources in the face of climate change.
Northeast Habitat Guides Completed for Northeast Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies
Funded by the Regional Conservation Needs program, this project from The Nature Conservancy ensures understanding and widespread use of the Northeast Aquatic Habitat classification system by creating a printable web-based guide and GIS database.
New LCC Team Articulates Strategy and Priorities for Science Delivery
A new North Atlantic LCC Science Delivery team composed of representatives from federal agencies, state agencies, national NGOs, regional NGOs, and watershed groups is articulating priority needs for effectively delivering science.
Interior Secretary Jewell Announces $162 Million for 45 Projects to Protect Atlantic Coast Communities from Future Storms
LCCs will play a key role in coordinating and delivering science to inform coastal restoration and resiliency efforts
Interior Secretary Announces Hurricane Sandy Coastal Resiliency Competitive Grant Program
The Program will award more than $100 million in grants throughout the region affected by Hurricane Sandy.
Sharing Science to Safeguard the Red Knot
FWS proposes to list the highly migratory shorebird as a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act due to declining food supply and habitat related to the combined effects of sea-level rise and development. LCC projects underway can help inform conservation and management strategies to protect the species.
IPCC Releases Fifth Assessment Report; LCC Uses New Scenarios for Regional Assessments
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report concludes human influence on climate change is clear and evident in most regions of the globe.
Conservation Beyond Boundaries
States in the Northeast Region are working with the North Atlantic LCC to synthesize information and develop decision-support tools that will provide broader context for state and local conservation decisions and actions.
Modeling Climate Change Impacts to Wildlife
A paper in the Journal of Fish and Wildlife Management presents an overview of the types of models available to forecast the impacts of climate change on processes affecting fish and wildlife habitat.
Conserving Important Habitat for Amphibians and Other Wildlife
North Atlantic LCC Request for Proposals (RFP) calls for grants to compile mapping of vernal pools across the North Atlantic Region.
New LCC National Network Coordinator Selected
Dr. Elsa Haubold replaces Dr. Doug Austen, who served as national coordinator for 3 years.
Thinking Bigger
Silvio O. Conte National Fish and Wildlife Refuge is putting landscape-scale thinking into practice in the Connecticut River watershed.
Beyond Season's End
A website created for wildlife and fisheries professionals confronting the threat of global climate change.
LCC Network Launches National Website
The LCC national network website provides news, images, project information and links to the 22 individual LCCs.
Natural Barriers Protect Coasts
A new study shows that natural habitats can protect communities from coastal storms.
FY13 LCC National Funding Opportunity Announcement
Financial assistance will be awarded for projects that advance the LCC Network Vision and Mission by addressing the following priority theme areas : Theme A - Integrating Assessment and Planning for Aquatic Resource Conservation at Landscape Scales. Theme B - Developing a Network of Ecologically Functional and Connected Landscapes by Facilitating Landscape Conservation Design.
Highway agencies, wildlife ecologists focus on culverts in climate change adaptation planning
Wildlife may benefit from plans to rebuild aging or storm-damaged culverts in areas where extreme weather events are taking a toll.
Integrating Stream Science Efforts across the North Atlantic and Appalachian LCC Regions
March 14, 2013 - Meeting of stream science project investigators of the North Atlantic and Appalachian LCCs and the Northeast Climate Science Center
CSC Funding Opportunity
The U.S. Department of the Interior Climate Science Centers (CSCs) are seeking proposals for FY 2013 and/or FY 2014 (as appropriate).
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