Join Southern Appalachian Highlands Conservancy (SAHC) and partners at The Collider for a panel discussion about how climate data and modeling technology can help create a network of resilient protected lands.
Panel discussion moderated by SAHC Board President and author Jay Leutze, with representatives from SAHC, The Nature Conservancy, NEMAC, and the Open Space Institute. Free and open to the public.
Worldwide, the conservation community is grappling with the challenge of ensuring that natural systems – and the species that depend on them – have the ability to adapt to climate change and will continue to thrive. Fortunately, we know that land protection can strategically increase the resiliency of natural systems. SAHC has partnered with the Conservation Trust for NC, Open Space Institute, Wildlands Network, NEMAC, EcoForesters and The Nature Conservancy to develop sophisticated frameworks to assess vulnerability and identify priorities for climate resilience.
Our own Southern Appalachians have been identified as critical to the path of migration for species from the southeast. SAHC continues to use new data and new modeling to build upon our strategic land protection planning. By prioritizing areas adjacent to large protected tracts and creating contiguous networks of conservation lands for wildlife corridors, we continue to create more resilient landscapes.
Join us as we discuss how we are working together with new climate data to create a network of resilient protected lands and why our efforts matter now more than ever.
RSVP requested (but not required) to Pauline Heyne at [email protected] or 828.253.0095 ext 216.
Reception at 5:30, program begins at 6 pm.