Handouts: February 3, 2012 Steering Committee Conf. Call
NALCC Steering Committee Conf Call 2/3/12 Agenda (Handout 1)
This is the overview agenda for the Steering Committee conference call meeting on Feb 3, 2012. The goal for this call was to review progress and provide input to staff and technical committee on action items in preparation for spring meeting, and review Climate Science Center and national LCC activities. (Handout 1)
NALCC Meeting Minutes (Draft) 11/2/11 (Handout 2)
The draft of the Meeting Minutes from the NALCC Steering Committee meeting on November 2, 2011, to be approved at the February 3 conference call. (Handout 2)
NALCC Action Items 11/3/11 (Handout 3)
The action items from the November 3, 2011 NALCC Steering Committee meeting, to be reviewed at the February 3, 2012 NALCC Steering Committee conference call. (Handout 3)
LCC Annual Process for Assessing Science Needs & Projects (Handout 4a)
This table contains the LCC Annual Process for Assessing Science Needs and Selecting Projects, broken down month-by-month. This handout was designed for the February 3, 2012 NALCC Steering Committee conference call.
Technical subteam purpose and goals (Handout 4b)
This document outlines the purpose and goals of North Atlantic Technical Committee subgroup as determined in January 2012. This one-page handout was designed for the February 3, 2012 NALCC Steering Committee conference call, in order to establish an understanding of and input on the science needs assessment approach being taken by the Technical Committee. (Handout 4b)
Northeast Landscape Conservation Design Proposal (Handout 5a)
This is the draft of the Northeast Landscape Conservation Design Proposal presented at the February 3, 2012 NALCC Steering Committee meeting. The goal of the NLCD is to "Establish cooperative means to make existing and future conservation design information and tools more available and accessible to conservation partners; to produce composite maps depicting landscape conservation designs; and to develop spatial data layers summarizing environmental conditions affecting a suite of important ecological and cultural resource elements in the Northeast." (Handout 5a)
Northeast Landscape Conservation Design: Additional Details (Handout 5b)
This draft contains the NLCD "Additional Detail on Proposed Operational Approach and Description of Related Projects and Data Layers". These 14 pages were prepared for the February 3, 2012 NALCC Steering Committee conference call. (Handout 5b)
Boundary Change Proposal & Maps (Handout 6)
This handout is the Boundary Change Proposal, influencing the North Atlantic LCC, Upper Midwest-Great Lakes LCC, and Appalachian LCC. The three related minor boundary modifications result in the shift of the Hudson, Mohawk and Champlain Valleys from UMGL LCC to the NA LCC, and the shift of the Hudson Highlands-trap rock ridge finger east of the Hudson River from the ALCC to the NA LCC, in order to improve ecologic homogeneity and partnership efficiency. This document was prepared for review at the February 3, 2012 NALCC Steering Committee conference call. (Handout 6)
NALCC Logo Examples (Handout 7a)
This handout contains various images of the NALCC logo, and one preview page for the logo as a header. This handout is designed to facilitate agreement on the approach for LCC documents and web pages at the February 3, 2012 NALCC Steering Committee conference call. (Handout 7)
Logo Options: NALCC Annual Report 2011 Excerpts (Handout 7b)
This handout contains pages from the NALCC Annual Report for 2011 with various arrangements of logos, to be used as an example at the February 3, 2012 NALCC Steering Committee conference call. Note: this handout not listed on agenda. (Handout 7b)
NE Climate Science Center Update (Handout 8a)
The University of Massachusetts-Amherst will host the Northeast Climate Science Center, one of the three final CSCs for the USGS National Climate Change Wildlife Science Center initiative. This update from February 2, 2012, was designed for the NALCC Steering Committee conference call on 2/3/12, in order to facilitate understanding of current status of the northeast CSC and participation of the LCC in the Center. (Handout 8a)
NECSC Map (Handout 8b)
This map accompanies the document on the Northeast Climate Science Center, identifying the locations of the regional Fish & Wildlife Service offices, research institutions, universities, and USGS science centers in the region served by the NECSC. (Handout 8b)
National LCC Fact Sheet (Handout 9)
This two-page fact sheet on the National LCC covers basic information about the LCC, answers questions such as "How do LCCs meet unfulfilled resource conservation needs?", and describes the role of the LCC and LCC partners. This is accompanied by visuals. (Handout 9)
National LCC Vision Statement (Handout 10)
This one page document outlines the vision, mission statement, and roles of the National Landscape Conservation Cooperative as of January 26, 2012. (Handout 10)
NALCC Conservation Science Strategic Plan
This 24 page document outlines the background, goals, objectives, strategy, processes for selecting and prioritizing science needs and projects (including the month-by-month table for these processes), and current science needs (including the extensive matrix table of actions, projects, priority needs, next steps, and responsibility for these needs).
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