From the Florida Wildlife Federation:

FLORIDA WILDLIFE FEDERATION

PRESENTED

TIMOTHY A. BREAULT…

From the Partnership for Gulf Coast Land Conservation:

UPDATE

June 29, 2016

www.gulfpartnership.org…

From an article by Heather Cayton on the Conservation Corridor website:

Protecting large, well-connected landscapes remains one of the…

From USGS, National Climate Change and Wildlife Science Center, and Department of the Interior Climate Science Centers:

Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries is soliciting manuscripts for a special issue on the current state of climate change and fisheries, a companion to the 2016 World Fisheries Congress. Abigail Lynch, Research…

From NOAA:

As part of its national effort to build resilient coastal ecosystems, communities and economies, NOAA announced on June 14 the availability of up to $8.5 million in funding for coastal and…

From an article by Briana Abrahms on the Conservation Corridor website:

When relying on a focal species or suite of species for corridor…

This new article was published in the June 2016 issue of the Journal of Fish and Wildlife Management, entitled:

Database of Bird Flight Initiation Distances to Assist in Estimating Effects from Human Disturbance and Delineating Buffer Areas.

Read the abstract and full paper (article starts on page 181 of the Journal):…

From the U.S. Department of the Interior:

Interior Department Supported $106 Billion in Recreation, Conservation, Water and Renewable Energy Investments, Supporting More than 860,000 Jobs in FY 2015 

WASHINGTON – U.S. Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell today released the U.S. Department of the Interior’s Economic…

From Climate Central:

A new report, Achieving Climate Connectivity in a Fragmented Landscape, was published on Monday in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Science. The report quantifies how much of a benefit migration corridors may provide in helping plants and animals faced with climate change.…

From the National Climate Change and Wildlife Science Center:

The National Climate Change and Wildlife Science Center is soliciting Statements of Interest from graduate students interested in the 2017 Science to Action Fellowship. The fellowship provides an opportunity for students to work closely with USGS staff and partners to develop a product that supports climate change…

From June 6-8, Steering Committee members, other leaders, and staff of the Peninsula Florida and South Atlantic Landscape Conservation Cooperatives (LCCs) met near St. Augustine Florida at the Guana Tolomato Matanzas National Estuarine Research Reserve. The two…

*From the Gulf of Mexico Alliance:

The Gulf of Mexico Alliance (Alliance) released the Governors' Action Plan III For Healthy and  Resilient Coasts on June 8. This is the third major effort by the Alliance, approved…

UPDATE

June 8, 2016

www.gulfpartnership.org

https://www.facebook.com/GulfPartnership

Gulf Partnership Representatives to…

*From USGS:

The work of the Climate Science Centers and National Climate Change and Wildlife Science Center has been recognized through multiple 2016 Climate Adaptation Leadership awards:

TAMPA, FL – By 2100, seagrasses, marshes and mangroves in Tampa Bay are expected to remove 74 million metric tons of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere – an amount equivalent to removing 160,000 cars off the road every year until 2100, according to a new study released today.

The study, led by Restore America’s Estuaries in partnership with several leading conservation…

The NOAA RESTORE Act Science Program has released its next federal funding opportunity (FFO-2017), which is focused on living coastal and marine resources and their habitats (click here for…