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Landscape Conservation Cooperatives

Landscape Conservation Cooperatives Map. Credit: USFWS

New! FWS Director Dan Ashe's message on working together with state wildlife agencies.

Protecting the nation’s natural and cultural resources and landscapes is essential to sustaining our quality of life and economy. Native fish and wildlife species depend on healthy rivers, streams, wetlands, forests, grasslands and coastal areas in order to thrive. Managing these natural and cultural resources and landscapes, however, has become increasingly complex. Land use changes and impacts such as drought, wildfire, habitat fragmentation, contaminants, pollution, invasive species, disease and a rapidly changing climate can threaten human populations as well as native species and their habitats.

Landscape Conservation Cooperatives (LCCs) are public-private partnerships that recognize these challenges transcend political and jurisdictional boundaries and require a more networked approach to conservation—holistic, collaborative, adaptive and grounded in science to ensure the sustainability of America's land, water, wildlife and cultural resources.

As a collaborative, LCCs seek to identify best practices, connect efforts, identify gaps, and avoid duplication through improved conservation planning and design. Partner agencies and organizations coordinate with each other while working within their existing authorities and jurisdictions.

The 22 LCCs collectively form a national network of land, water, wildlife, and cultural resource managers, scientists, and interested public and private organizations—within the U.S. and across our international borders—that share a common need for scientific information and interest in conservation.

For more information visit: LCC Basics & LCC Information and Contacts.

For more information on U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service landscape conservation work with partners, visit www.fws.gov/science/shc/index.html

 

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Science Excellence Home

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Landscape Conservation Cooperatives

National Geographic Framework

FWS-USGS Memorandum of Understanding

FWS Regional SHC Links

SHC Background and Basics

SHC Resources


NEAT Report

SHC Essentials: The National Ecological Assessment Team 2006 report


Conservation in Transition Report

Our Vision: Conservation in Transition: Leading Change in the 21st Century


SHC Handbook

SHC Handbook


 

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Last updated: December 16, 2011