Albany I, 7, 9, 18, 171
Appalachian Mountains, 53, 122
Atlantic Coast Fish Habitat Partnership, 1, 58
Black Duck Joint Venture, 45
Climate Change Vulnerability Index, 139, 140, 141
Competitive State Wildlife Grants, 40, 153, 182, 184
Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, 7, 181
Eastern Brook Trout Joint Venture, 58, 86, 149
ELOHA (Ecol. Lim. of Hyd. Alt.), 143, 162
Golden-winged Warbler Working Group, 46
Habitat
metrics
secured land, 102
bird conservation region 28, 121
calcareous, 4, 51, 98, 99, 133
forest, 97, 154
freshwater aquatic, 178
freshwater aquatic systems, 123
geologic, 99, 133
grassland, 45, 46, 173, 181
lakes and ponds, 99, 173
metrics
aquatic, 107
core area, 106
forest stand age, 106
landscape complexity, 107
landscape context index, 104, 135
local connectedness, 104
patch size, 106
predicted development, 105
pine barrens, 63, 133
protection, 134, 154
Riparian, 100, 107, 132
rivers and streams, 100
shrublands and young forests, 121, 178, 181
threatened, 135
tidal marshes, 122, 181
unique habitats, 98
wetland, 175
wetlands, 98
Habitat Classification Systems, 8, 14, 111, 115
Hydrology, 143, 162
Index of Ecological Integrity (IEI), 110
In-stream flow, 8
Landscape Conservation Cooperative (LCC), 12, 14, 160, 184
Monitoring protocols, 178
National Bobwhite Quail Initiative, 46
National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, 7, 171, 181
North Atlantic Landscape Conservation Cooperative (NALCC), 7, 11, 12, 14, 20, 21, 25, 39, 43, 51, 56, 61, 64, 67, 73, 75, 90, 91, 93, 110, 114, 115, 121, 123, 124, 136, 139, 140, 141, 142, 147, 154, 158, 160, 161, 165, 166, 167, 168
Northeast Conservation Planning Framework, 81, 111, 153, 169
Northeast Lexicon, 21, 22, 111, 126, 168, 171, 177
Northeast Monitoring and Effectiveness Reporting Framework, 185
Northeast regional coordination, 181
Northeast Regional Monitoring and Performance Reporting Framework, 15, 97, 101, 121, 123, 154, 156, 157, 171, 172, 178
Northeastern Aquatic Habitat Classification, 185
Northeastern Terrestrial Wildlife Habitat Classification, 185
Partners in Flight (PIF), 1, 19
Priority Amphibian and Reptile Conservation Areas, 92, 161
Projects
Designing Sustainable Landscapes, 93, 110, 123
Geospatial Condition Analysis, 101, 102, 134, 135, 144
Instream Flow for the Great Lakes Basin of New Instream Flow for the Great Lakes Basin of New York and Pennsylvania, 143, 162
NEAFWA Habitat Vulnerability Assessment Model, 140
Northeast Aquatic Connectivity, 123, 162
Priority Amphibian & Reptile Conservation Areas, 142
Recommendations, 148, 186
Regional Conservation Needs, 19, 72, 95, 126, 151, 168, 171, 181, 183
Regional Conservation Needs (RCN), iii, 3, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11, 14, 15, 17, 21, 40, 51, 52, 53, 62, 66, 79, 80, 81, 85, 86, 88, 96, 101, 118, 120, 121, 123, 126, 136, 140, 144, 145, 146, 148, 151, 152, 153, 155, 156, 157, 159, 160, 162, 163, 164, 166, 167, 168, 169, 171, 178, 181, 182, 185, 195
Topic Areas, 152
Regional Conservation Opportunity Areas (RCOAs), 77
Regional Coordination, 185
Regional Species of Greatest Conservation Need (RSGCN), 5, 7, 14, 15, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 25, 27, 39, 41, 44, 45, 47, 48, 51, 52, 53, 54, 56, 57, 58, 59, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 70, 74, 86, 87, 148, 149, 171, 188, 195, 210
Regional Threats Assessment, 186
resilience, 91, 107, 111, 142, 143, 158, 160, 161, 167
results chains, 171, 174, 175
RSGCN
conservation need, 21
data quality, 71, 73
data transfer to states, 77
geospatial data, 72
regional responsibility, 21
selection criteria, 21
Sea level rise, 45
Species
amphibians, 134
amphibians and reptiles
Atlantic hawksbill, 52
Blanding's turtle, 51, 81, 82, 83
Eastern hellbender, 87
green turtle, 52
Kemp's Ridley, 52
leatherback, 52
loggerhead, 52
wood turtle, 51, 79, 82, 83, 84, 134, 157, 178, 181
aquatic non-native, 56
bird
American woodcock, 31, 46, 49, 122
birds, 29, 44, 48, 134
American oystercatcher, 44, 184
American woodcock, 45, 93, 184
bald eagle, 47
Bicknell's thrush, 19, 46, 134
bobolink, 46
bobwhite, 46, 184
brown thrasher, 45, 46
cerulean warbler, 46, 141
common loon, 100
Eastern black rail, 45, 85, 157, 178, 179, 181
Eastern meadlowlark, 45, 46, 93
Eastern whip-poor-will, 45
golden eagle, 47
Henslow's sparrow, 45
least terns, 44
marine birds, 91, 147, 165
migratory, 47, 92, 173
osprey, 47
peregrine falcon, 47
piping plover, 44, 90, 91, 141, 142, 161, 174
prairie warbler, 45, 46
red knot, 44
roseate tern, 44
saltmarsh sparrow, 45
scarlet tanager, 46
warblers, 19, 46, 47, 93, 94
wood thrush, 19, 46
diatoms, 100
fish, 35, 56, 134
American eel, 57
Atlantic mackerel, 58
Atlantic salmon, 58
brook trout, 58, 86, 100, 161, 173, 184
lamprey, 57, 134
Northern snakehead, 56
paddlefish, 57
sharks, 57
skates, 57
stingray, 57
sturgeon, 57
Fish
brook trout, 143
river herring, 143, 184
winter flounder, 143
freshwater mussels, 38
invertebrates, 38, 61, 70, 87
freshwater mussel, 20, 21, 22, 24, 25, 27, 61, 64, 65, 70, 73
Lepidoptera, 27, 67, 68, 69
moths, 27, 62, 67, 68, 69
odonates, 21, 27, 88
regal fritillary, 68
tiger beetles, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 27, 61, 62, 63, 70
mammals, 28, 39, 42, 134
bats, 39, 40, 145, 146, 164
New England cottontail (NEC), 19, 39, 41, 46, 80, 81, 155, 156, 157, 169, 178, 179, 181, 184
marine
horseshoe crab, 44
plankton, 100, 132
pollinators, 69, 88
reptiles, 134
reptiles and amphibians, 32, 51, 54
bog turtle, 51
broad-headed skink, 52
Cheat Mountain salamander, 34, 53
frogs, 178
hellbender, 53
longtail salamander, 52
New Jersey chorus frog, 52, 53
Northern black racer, 51, 52
Northern coal skink, 51, 52
Northern diamondback terrapin, 51
Northern red-bellied cooter, 51
Peaks of Otter salamander, 33, 53
reptiles and amphibians
red salamander, 52
Reptiles and Amphibians
timber rattlesnake, 52, 145
shrews, 41
tiger beetles, 37
whales, 41
Stakeholder and public engagement, 188
State Wildlife Grants Effectiveness Measures Project, 171, 176
Staying Connected Initiative, 154
Threats
agriculture, 128
airborn pollution, 130
climate change, 2, 57, 58, 127, 136, 149, 157, 159, 181, 187
habitat vulnerability, 137
resilience, 140
sea level rise, 90, 141, 161
coastal, 129
commercial development, 129
common, 127
dams, 53, 56, 57, 58, 65, 87, 95, 99, 100, 101, 108, 123, 127, 132, 133, 143, 144, 145, 163
development, 127
energy development, 129, 148
biomass, 146
hydraulic fracturing, 146
off shore drilling, 146, 147, 148
wind, 91, 146, 147, 148, 165
energy extraction
hydraulic fracturing, 148
energy production and mining, 128
fire and fire suppression, 128
fragmentation, 46, 47, 51, 53, 65, 95, 97, 99, 104, 129, 130, 131, 133, 134, 136, 154
garbage and waste, 129
habitat conversion, 129, 130, 131, 132, 133
harvesting animals, 127
household sewage, 130
illegal harvest, 51
industrial, 129
industrial pollution, 130
invasive species, 2, 8, 127, 134, 145, 152, 163
lack of information, 127
logging, 127
natural resource modification, 129
overharvesting, 57
pollution, 127, 129
soil erosion, 148
recreational activities, 127, 129
roads, 45, 46, 47, 53, 81, 82, 95, 97, 98, 99, 100, 104, 105, 106, 109, 123, 127, 129, 130, 131, 132, 133, 134, 135, 136, 143, 144, 154, 155, 167, 173
stream channelization, 53, 56
urban development, 129
water contamination, 56
water management, 129, 133, 143, 162
water pollution, 51, 52, 53, 65
wildlife diseases, 53, 145, 164
chytridiomycosis, 53, 87
fungal dermatitis, 145, 164
ranavirus, 53
whirling disease, 57
white-nose syndrome, 40, 145, 146, 164
TRACS, 153, 168, 171, 176
Woodcock Management Plan, 46
Young Forest Initiative, 149