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The Nature Conservancy’s Conservation Action Plan for the Gila Headwaters (October 2010)
The Nature Conservancy recently updated its Conservation Action Plan for the Gila Headwaters. This paper describes TNC's planning process. The process involves defining the project area, identifying conservation targets, assessing conservation target viability, identifying critical threats to these targets, developing and implementing strategies to abate these threats and improve target viability, and measuring strategy effectiveness.
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Flagstaff Climate Adaptation Workshop: Presentations (April 2010)
Presentations by speakers at the Flagstaff Climate Adaptation Workshop of April 2010, including Dr. Gregg Garfin (University of Arizona), Dr. Linda O. Mearns (National Center for Atmospheric Research), Dr. Seshadri Rajagopal (University of Arizona), Dr. Kenneth Cole (US Geological Survey), Dr. Kirsten E. Ironside (Northern Arizona University), Dr. Peter Fule (Northern Arizona University), Megan M. Friggins (USFS – Rocky Mtn Research Station), Dr. Joseph L. Ganey (USFS – Rocky Mtn Research Station), and Dr. Molly Cross (Wildlife Conservation Society).
- Overview of Arizona Climate Change Adaptation Workshop for Natural Resource Managers – Dr. Gregg Garfin
- Future Regional Climate Change in Arizona – Concepts and Scenarios – Dr. Linda O Mearns
- Assessing Impacts of Climate Change in a Semi-arid Watershed Using Downscaled IPCC Climate Output – Dr. Seshadri Rajagopal
- Paleoclimate of the Southern Colorado Plateau: A Context for Future Change – Dr. Kenneth Cole
- Plausible Future Effects of Climate Change on Ponderosa Pine – Dr. Kirsten Ironside
- Interaction of Climate Change, Fire Regimes, and Hydrologic Regimes – Dr. Peter Fule
- The Mexican Spotted Owl – Results of a Vulnerability to Climate Change Assessment – Megan M Friggins
- Tree Mortality in Drought-stressed Mixed Conifer and Ponderosa Pine Forests, Arizona - Abstract – Dr. Joseph L Ganey
- Placed-based Climate Change Planning – Overcoming the Paralysis of Uncertainty - Dr. Molly Cross
- Implementing a Framework for Adaptation Planning – Future Climate Scenarios, Goals, and Logistics – Dr. Gregg Garfin
Upper Mimbres Watershed Assessment (December 2009)
The Mimbres Fire Learning Network (FLN) demonstration project is located in southwest New Mexico, focused on a portion of the Wilderness District of the Gila National Forest. This report details the rapid landscape-scale resource assessment TNC conducted to provide a basis for developing a collaborative fire management plan for the Upper Mimbres Watershed.
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Gunnison Basin Climate Adaptation Workshop: Final Report & Appendices (December 2009)
The Nature Conservancy (TNC) convened a two-day workshop entitled Climate Change Adaptation Workshop for Natural Resource Managers in the Gunnison Basin on December 2-3, 2009, in Gunnison, Colorado. The goal of the workshop was to identify management strategies that will help native plants, animals and ecosystems adapt to a changing climate and lay the groundwork for their implementation in the Gunnison Basin. Fifty-seven representatives of 20 state and federal agencies, local governments, academic institutions, and non-governmental organizations participated.
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Jemez Mountains Climate Change Adaptation Workshop: Final Report (April 2009)
Report on the Southwest Climate Change Initiative’s Jemez Mountains Climate Change Adaptation Workshop of April 2009 in Los Alamos, New Mexico. 41 pp., including executive summary and appendices.
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Jemez Mountains Climate Adaptation Workshop: Presentations (April 2009)
Presentations by speakers at the Jemez Mountains Climate Adaptation Workshop of April 2009, including Todd Ringler (Los Alamos National Lab), Bob Parmenter (Valles Caldera National Preserve), Molly Cross (Wildlife Conservation Society) and Carolyn Enquist (The Nature Conservancy)
Jemez Biophysical Settings (October 2003)
GIS dataset depicting the biophysical settings for the Jemez Mountains.
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Jemez Fire Regime Condition Class (October 2003)
Fire regime condition class data for the Jemez Mountains developed as a part of the Fire Learning Network.
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Ecological Site Description and Biophysical Setting Comparison (June 2007)
Staff of The Nature Conservancy completed a review and comparison of ecological models produced by the LANDFIRE multi-agency project and the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service.
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Historical Range of Variation for Potential Natural Vegetation Types of the Southwest (June 2007)
Descriptions of the Historical Range of Variation or Variability (HRV) characterize the change over time and space in the condition of the Southwest’s major vegetation types and the ecological processes that shape those types. HRVs enable land managers and the public to understand the drivers of change in our region’s major vegetation types.
Southwest Forest Assessment Project Peer Review Process (October 2006)
All of the reports and data sets developed for the Southwest Forest Assessment Project were subjected to external peer review to ensure conformance with the Forest Service’s Science Consistency Review Standards. This report includes a complete list of the resource professionals who reviewed the various components of this project.
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Ecosystem Diversity Reports for National Forests in New Mexico and New Mexico (August 2006)
Ecosystem diversity reports were developed to support the Forest Service’s need for information on the species and ecosystems that occur on National Forests in Region 3. The reports contain data summaries and analyses of a variety of regional datasets. Each report is packaged with an introduction and chapters describing methods and data sources.
What is the Southwest Forest Assessment Project? (June 2006)
Brief overview describing a collaborative effort between The Nature Conservancy and U.S. Forest Service Region 3 in Arizona and New Mexico, a project designed to develop scientific information for forest plan revisions and to help in the restoration of ecosystems.
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Historical Fire Return Intervals for Arizona and New Mexico (May 2006)
Synthesizes the scientific literature on historical fire return intervals associated with the major vegetation systems across Arizona and New Mexico. Included is a crosswalk table for use with the Southwest Regional Gap Analysis Project's land cover dataset and three ArcGIS layer (.lyr) files that enable the user to mimic the report graphics.
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U.S. Forest Service Region 3 Species Database (May 2006)
Provides an up-to-date, searchable excel database on the species that occur on Region 3 Forests in Arizona and New Mexico.
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