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TWRA Announces Availability of Riparian Tree Planting Grants
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TWRA
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published
Nov 16, 2015
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News,
Funding,
Riparian Restoration
The Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency announces the availability of grant dollars to assist cities, schools, community organizations, civic groups, watershed organizations, and conservation groups, etc., with riparian tree planting projects.
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Forest Service Report Highlights Restoration Progress Made Despite Growing Challenges
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U.S. Forest Service
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published
Nov 16, 2015
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last modified
Dec 12, 2023 09:10 PM
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Wildland Fire,
Forest Management,
WLFW,
Forests,
News
The U.S. Forest Service has increased the pace and scale of forest restoration by nine percent since 2011, according to a report released today. The significant progress comes in the face of mounting challenges to the agency including record droughts, longer wildfire seasons and the increasing percentage of the agency’s budget spent fighting wildland fires.
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Appalachian LCC Primary Investigators Study Conservation Easements in the Appalachians
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Clemson University
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published
Nov 18, 2015
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filed under:
News,
Conservation Planning
Clemson scientists Rob Baldwin and Paul Leonard recently published a research article that examines the existing distribution of conservation easements in the Appalachian Mountains.
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National Academy of Sciences Releases Its Review of the Landscape Conservation Cooperatives
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by
LCC Network
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published
Dec 04, 2015
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last modified
Dec 04, 2015 11:37 AM
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filed under:
Report,
News,
Network
The National Academy of Sciences (NAS) today released 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 Landscape Conservation Cooperatives (LCCs) provide a framework for addressing that need.
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2015 National Academy of Sciences Review of LCCs
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by
Matthew Cimitile
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published
Dec 07, 2015
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filed under:
News,
Network
The Appalachian LCC is collecting information for Steering Committee members and other interested parties to review information and materials related to the newly released National Academy of Sciences report, A Review of the Landscape Conservation Cooperatives.
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FWS Northeast Regional Director Comments on National Academy of Sciences Review of LCCs
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by
Wendi Weber
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published
Dec 17, 2015
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Report,
News,
Network
On December 3, the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) released their Review of the Landscape Conservation Cooperatives (LCCs) conducted at the request of Congress.
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Biodiversity Critical to Maintaining Healthy Ecosystems
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USGS
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published
Jan 19, 2016
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filed under:
News,
Biodiversity
Researchers have found clear evidence that biological communities rich in species are substantially healthier and more productive than those depleted of species.
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NASA, NOAA Analyses Reveal Record-Shattering Global Warm Temperatures in 2015
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NASA, NOAA
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Jan 20, 2016
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filed under:
Climate Change,
Climate,
News
Earth’s 2015 surface temperatures were the warmest since modern record keeping began in 1880, according to independent analyses by NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
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Where the Not-So-Mighty Chestnut Still Grows
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by
U.S. Forest Service
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published
Feb 03, 2016
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filed under:
Forest Management,
News,
Forests,
Disease
A recent study by U.S. Forest Service, university, and state agency researchers provides baseline information on contemporary populations of American chestnut needed to support restoration of the tree to the forests it once dominated.
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USDA, Partners to Invest $720 Million in Large-Scale, Targeted Conservation Projects across the Nation
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NRCS
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published
Feb 16, 2016
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filed under:
News,
Landscape scale,
Funding,
Projects
Regional Conservation Partnership Program Pools Together $220 Million Investment from USDA, up to $500 Million from Local Partners to Improve Water Quality, Soil Health, Habitat and More
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