Steering Committee Meeting & Workshop September 3-5, 2014

The focus of the Steering Committee Meeting & Workshop was to advance the work of the conservation planning process.

During the Workshop, Steering Committee members and invited experts began developing a process for articulating Appalachian LCC priority resources – considering both natural and cultural resources.

Major Highlights and Action Items for Meeting & Workshop.

Day 1

Welcome & Introductions

(30 min) [David Whitehurst/Chair] – Welcome & Intro New Members and Guests
Workshop Objectives & Outcomes [Jean Brennan/Coordinator]

“Setting the Stage” for the Next 3-Days

[Danny Lee/FS] – Partner Perspective -- shared vision and “the Why”
[Ken Elowe/FWS] – Conservation Framework: Planning, Design, Delivery
[Paul Kazyak/AppLCC] – Review of other LCC’s Designation Priority Resources
[Dan Odess/NPS] – DOI LCC Focus for Natural Resources & Cultural Resources.

Cultural Resource – Overview

(45 min) [Perry Wheelock/Jennifer Talken-Spaulding/NPS-NCR] -- AppLCC SC-tailored Introduction to Cultural Resources (HO – NPS Rural Landscapes)
(30 min) Intro to CR-GIS – Deidre McCarthy

Cultural Resources

[Martha Raymond/NPS-NHA] – Introduction to the National Heritage Program (HO – NPS NHA within AppLCC) (HO – NHAs in Brief)
[Allen Sachse/Delaware & Lehigh Nat’l Heritage Corridor] Lehigh National Heritage Corridor

Heritage Resources

Traditional Cultural Properties; People on the Land and along the Water – Jennifer Talken-Spaulding/NPS

8:00-8:20 Introduction/Recap - Mid-Atlantic/Appalachian -- Dan Odess

Vulnerable cultural resources; example and useful example of CR-GIS; impacts (including energy development) to natural resources that are also cultural resources; info from resources that we may need as we make decisions going forward; sensitivities associated with traditional cultural properties (HO – NPS Climate Change)

Heritage Resources (part 2)