Appalachian Landscape Conservation Cooperative on the Private Landowner Network

Appalachian Landscape Conservation Cooperative

The Department of the Interior and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service are facilitating a coordinated network of LCCs across the United States, to address major environmental and human-related factors that limit fish and wildlife populations at the broadest of scales, including developing adaptation strategies in response to climate change. The science provided by these partnerships will inform biological planning and conservation design, and help direct research and monitoring necessary to inform decisions about conservation delivery.

The Northeast Region will lead the development of the North Atlantic LCC in 2010, while also beginning development of the Appalachian LCC. The Northeast Region will also be supporting the development of the Great Lakes and South Atlantic LCC. Proposed for official funding in fiscal year 2011, the Appalachian LCC will extend from southern New York State to central Alabama, and from southern Illinois to central Virginia, including all or portions of the Blue Ridge, Valley and Ridge, Appalachian Plateau and Interior Low Plateau physiographic provinces. The region supports some of the largest expanses of contiguous forest remaining in the eastern U.S. and portions of the Appalachian LCC are recognized by the United Nations as biodiversity hotspots of global importance.

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Appalachian Landscape Conservation Cooperative (PDF 267KB)

Map of the Appalachian LCC (PDF 4.17MB)

Landscape Conservation Cooperatives - Responding to National-scale Stressors in the Northeast Region (PDF 297KB)

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Contact Appalachian Landscape Conservation Cooperative

Northeast Regional Office
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
300 Westgate Center Drive
Hadley, Massachusetts 01035-9589
Phone: (413) 253-8200

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