From Justine E. Hausheer, science writer for The Nature Conservancy:

Climate change is scrambling habitats and shifting home ranges across the globe. When faced with these enormous changes, conservationists might need to rely on the foundation of ecology itself — geodiversity — to plan for the future.

Geodiversity As Strategy for Conservation

Old-school conservation identifies places to protect by looking at the locations of key species or…

UPDATE

June 24, 2015

Gulf Partnership Celebrates Successes, Makes Plan for the Future at Annual Meeting. 

More than 40 representatives from partner organizations, natural resource agencies, and funders met in Biloxi last week to make plans for…

Two new NOAA grant programs will help coastal communities and their managers create on-the-ground projects to make them more resilient to the effects of extreme weather events, climate hazards, and changing ocean conditions.



This builds on NOAA's commitment to provide information, tools, and services to help coastal communities reduce risk and plan for future severe events.



NOAA’s National Ocean Service is supporting the effort with $5 million in competitive grant…

From NOAA Climate Connection:

A new study published in the journal …

From Beth Stys, Peninsular Florida co-Science Coordinator and South Atlantic LCC Steering Committee Chair:



A proposal to identify a portion of the Lower St. Johns River watershed as a Special Integration Zone was drafted by Peninsular Florida LCC staff and brought before the steering committees of the Peninsular Florida and South Atlantic LCCs at their…

From NOAA:

Metropolitan development increases, forests and wetlands suffer losses

A new NOAA report says 13 percent of the U.S. Gulf of Mexico region saw changes to its land cover--paved surfaces, trees, forests, grasses, and wetlands--1996 to 2010. That figure represents 26,516 square miles, almost the equivalent of half the state of Louisiana.

Land cover data records the physical land type, rather than how land…

New Issue of Fire Lines

From the Southern Fire Exchange:

This issue of our bimonthly newsletter contains articles focused on fire and weather, including a summary of two recent research articles that explored interactions among climate, weather, and large fires. You'll also find the following articles, along with fire-related events and news:   

Nominations are being accepted for membership on the federal Advisory Committee on Climate Change and Natural Resource Science (ACCCNRS). Written nominations must be received by July 8, 2015. ACCCNRS advises the Secretary of the Interior on the operations of the U.S. Geological Survey's National Climate Change and Wildlife Science Center and the eight Department of the Interior Climate Science Centers.…

COMMENT PERIOD OPEN UNTIL JULY 19, 2015

In 2012, the Gulf Coast Prairie, Gulf Coastal Plains & Ozarks, South Atlantic, and Peninsular Florida Landscape Conservation Cooperatives initiated the Gulf Coast Vulnerability Assessment (GCVA). The GCVA is the start of an iterative process to assess the vulnerability of the multitude of ecosystems and associated species they support across the U.S. portion of the Gulf of Mexico. In light of anthropogenic stressors…

Scores of scientists from dozens of research institutions are descending on a patch of forest in central North Carolina, taking samples of everything from ants and mites to rotifers and tardigrades – samples they hope will offer a glimpse into the future of forest ecosystems. This…

The Weather Channel has recently launched a video series focusing on the impact of climate disruption on human security. View the series here: http://weather.climate25.com/.

ANNOUNCEMENT OF FLORIDA’S STATE WILDLIFE GRANTS CYCLE

Florida’s Wildlife Legacy Initiative is pleased to invite you to submit applications for Florida’s State Wildlife Grants Program.  Applications are due by 12:00 p.m. (noon) Eastern Time July 13, 2015.  Applications should be prepared in accordance with…

UPDATE

June 1, 2015

Register now for the Gulf Partnership’s Annual Meeting on June 18 & 19 in Biloxi, MS.

The 2015 Annual Meeting will begin with a Sunset Cruise on Thursday evening, June 18.  The Gulf Partnership’s Annual Meeting will be held Friday, June 19 from 8 am – 2 pm.   The business…