Agenda: Connecticut River Pilot Core Team Meeting 03-28-2014

10:00

Update on actions since last meeting – Nancy McGarigal

• Responses to action items from last meeting
• Draft Goals for CT River Watershed Pilot Project

1. The Connecticut River watershed sustains a diverse suite of intact, connected, and resilient ecosystems that provide important ecological functions and services that benefit society, such as clean water, flood protection, and lands for farming, forestry, and recreation.
2. The Connecticut River watershed sustains healthy and diverse populations of fish, wildlife, and plant species for the continuing benefit and enjoyment of the public.

• Subgroups – Aquatics and Terrestrial
• Species list

 Draft Goals

Subteams

Brook Trout Project – Ben Letcher, USGS

Resilient Landscapes – Mark Anderson, The Nature Conservancy

• Resilient Sites for Terrestrial Conservation
• Resilient Stream Networks in the Northeast and Mid Atlantic

Presentation: Terrestrial

Presentation: Aquatic)