Abstract
Conservation Planning in the Northern Appalachians Goes Online Track: Ecology and Conservation Author(s): Gillian Woolmer The Northern Appalachians ecoregion spans a complex administrative and ecological geography from New York State to Nova Scotia. Achieving region-wide transboundary conservation is a challenge that conservation scientists from across the region are addressing under the umbrella of the conservation consortium Two Countries, One Forest (2C1Forest). Four conservation planning initiatives have now been completed including a Conservation Design by The Nature Conservancy, a Wildlands Network Design by the Wildlands Project, a Human Footprint by the Wildlife Conservation Society and three scenarios of Future Human Footprint by Two Counties, One Forest. Compiling the geographic data required of these transboundary projects represents a remarkable achievement in itself. Now getting the results of these projects into the hands of conservation actors across the ecoregion with limited or no GIS capacity will be simple using Web Mapping Services (WMS) and the Conservation Geoportal. Gillian Woolmer Wildlife Conservation Society Canada Program 720 Spadina Ave, Suite 600 Toronto , Ontario M5S 2T9 CA Phone: 416-850-9038 E-mail: gwoolmer@wcs.org |
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