A presidential memorandum was released on Friday, announcing a "federal strategy to promote the health of honey bees and other pollinators".

Honey bee numbers have been in decline, including the loss last winter of 23.2 percent of the country's managed honey bee colonies, accoring to a…

Last week, the Landscape Conservation Cooperatives Council met and approved their revised charter. You can view the LCC Council Charter here.

UPDATE

June 19, 2014

PGCLC Annual Meeting Nets Results.    

The PGCLC Annual Meeting was held May 12 & 13 in Point Clear, AL in conjunction with the Gulf States Assembly sponsored by the Southeast Program of the Land Trust Alliance.  More than 90 land…

*From Whitney Gray, Sea Level Rise Coordinator, Florida Sea Grant:

Florida Sea Grant is pleased to announce a special research funding opportunity focused on coastal resilience. Please widely distribute this email to your faculty, and pay particular attention to the fact that the research priorities identified below may best fit with the expertise of faculty in social science departments – so please help us get this announcement to faculty in departments such as urban…

A new study by The Nature Conservancy has identified a series of natural "strongholds" across the Southeastern United States that are predicted to withstand the growing impacts of climate change and could help ensure nature's survival. The identification of the resilient sites in the Southeast is part of an ongoing study by The Nature Conservancy to…

Sarasota Bay Estuary Program recently launched the Sea Level Rise (SLR) brochure. There are a limited number of printed editions available. You can also find the electronic version on their website . The purpose of this publication Sea Level Rise – Tips for Adaptation Planning is to provide information to local…

NOW AVAILABLE: a recording of the Landscape Conservation Design webinar, "Landscape Conservation, Urbanization, and Climate Change Scenarios for the State of Florida" with Steve Traxler, held on May 29, 2014.  The recording can be accessed at:…

Join conservation practitioners and policy makers from across North America in Washington, DC for this two-day event, October 23-24, 2014. Share ideas on the challenges and opportunities that lie ahead in implementing large landscape conservation, as well as the most effective tools, strategies and science available to inform large landscape…

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