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Email Announcement from SDM Course Leader
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Jean Brennan
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Jan 17, 2014
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Workshop
2014-01-08 email from Christy Coghlan on upcoming SDM workshop - Call for Proposals.
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Energy Opportunities and Challenges
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Jean Brennan
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Dec 21, 2012
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Energy
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Our Plan
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Section 1: Biodiversity and Conservation Challenges Across the Appalachian Region
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Environmental flows in the context of unconventional natural gas development in the Marcellus Shale
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Jean Brennan
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Dec 11, 2017
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Dec 12, 2017 01:37 PM
This study clarifies how additional water demands in the region may adversely affect freshwater biological integrity. The results make clear that policies to limit or prevent water withdrawals from smaller streams can reduce the risk of ecosystem impairment. 2016 Scientific Reports associated with the AppLCC-funded research to Cornell.
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Stream Impacts from Water Withdrawals in the Marcellus Shale Region
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Scientific Research Publication
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EPA Research Centers
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Jean Brennan
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Dec 21, 2012
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Apr 08, 2013 08:48 PM
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Section 2: Science Capacity within the Appalachian Community Federal Departments/Agencies
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Executive Summary - Present and Future Possibilities of Landscape Scale Conservation
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Jean Brennan
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Apr 24, 2018
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May 22, 2018 02:32 PM
The Landscape Conservation Cooperative (LCC) program was created under a secretarial order to develop regional conservation partnerships – under the Department of the Interior – that aimed to coordinate regional conservation planning in response to climate change impacts. Because they were partner-driven efforts, each of the 22 LCCs followed a distinct trajectory and implemented diverse projects, meaning that there is value in exploring how specific LCCs, such as the AppLCC, approached regional conservation. This study assesses the successes, limitations, and impacts of the AppLCC, with the aim of providing insights for future regional conservation partnership.
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Integrating Cultural Resource Preservation at a Landscape Level
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Cultural Resources Fellowship
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Fall and Early Winter Movement and Habitat Use of Wild Brook Trout
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Jean Brennan
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Feb 20, 2015
Abstract
Brook Trout Salvelinus fontinalis populations face a myriad of threats throughout the species’ native range in
the eastern United States. Understanding wild Brook Trout movement patterns and habitat requirements is essential
for conserving existing populations and for restoring habitats that no longer support self-sustaining populations.
To address uncertainties related to wild Brook Trout movements and habitat use, we radio-tracked 36 fish in a
headwater stream system in central Pennsylvania during the fall and early winter of 2010–2011. We used generalized
additive mixed models and discrete choice models with random effects to evaluate seasonal movement and habitat
use, respectively. There was variability among fish in movement patterns; however, most of the movement was
associated with the onset of the spawning season and was positively correlated with fish size and stream flow. There
was heterogeneity among fish in selection of intermediate (0.26–0.44 m deep) and deep (0.44–1.06 m deep) residual
pools, while all Brook Trout showed similar selection for shallow (0.10–0.26 m) residual pools. There was selection for
shallow residual pools during the spawning season, followed by selection for deep residual pools as winter approached.
Brook Trout demonstrated a threshold effect for habitat selection with respect to pool length, and selection for pools
increased as average pool length increased up to approximately 30 m, and then use declined rapidly for pool habitats
greater than 30 m in length. The heterogeneity and nonlinear dynamics of movement and habitat use of wild Brook
Trout observed in this study underscores two important points: (1) linear models may not always provide an accurate
description of movement and habitat use, which can have implications for management, and (2) maintaining stream
connectivity and habitat heterogeneity is important when managing self-sustaining Brook Trout populations.
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Brook Trout and Stream Temperature Workshop Information
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Resource Materials: Reprints
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Federal Conservation Agencies & Climate Change
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Jean Brennan
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Dec 21, 2012
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Aug 27, 2013 09:28 AM
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Climate Change
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Section 1: Biodiversity and Conservation Challenges Across the Appalachian Region
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Figure 1. Conceptual diagram depicting the hydraulic fracturing process
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Jean Brennan
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Jul 12, 2015
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Sep 01, 2015 08:21 AM
from: Brian Buchanan et al., 2015
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Environmental Flows from Water Withdrawals in the Marcellus Shale Region
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A-F images
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Final Agenda with Hotlinks
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Jean Brennan
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Apr 24, 2018
To the April 19th Partners meeting at NCTC.
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Notes - GACP Meeting - April 19th
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First Analysis (Udall Institute) Report
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Jean Brennan
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Dec 20, 2012
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Dec 20, 2012 12:21 PM
This was the very first attempt to examine the early LCC structures. This document was reviewed in the Analysis prepared by staff (but some of the characterization used in the document was revised/reorganized in staff's later analysis.
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Earlier Reference Materials