NE Resilience Report - Conservation Gateway

Acknowledgements
This project would not have been possible without the expertise contributed by Brad McRae of
The Nature Conservancy and Brad Compton of University of Massachusetts both who have
created powerful new tools for measuring permeability. They were always willing to listen to our
questions, provide guidance in using the tools correctly, and, in some cases, run the analysis for
us. Charles Ferree also contributed to the mapping and modeling of landforms, and in calculating
the landform variety and elevation range metrics.
We extend warm thanks to Lise Hanners and Barbara Vickery for editing the final report in its
entirety. The report was immensely improved by extensive written comments from Doug
Samson, Judy Duncomb, Barbara Vickery, Lise Hanners, Rodney Bartgis, and Andy Finton, and
verbal comments from many others. We also benefited by review of the final products by
scientists at the Cary Institute and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
Completing this project took several years; throughout we were guided by an internal team of
Nature Conservancy scientists “the eastern resilience team” who provided assistance with data
gathering, analysis, editing, and review. We would like to thank especially the scientists and
partners in the Central Appalachian region: Judy Dunscomb, Tamara Gagnolet, Thomas Minney,
Angela Watland, Nels Johnson, Rodney Bartgis, Amy Cimarolli, and the Northern Appalachian
region: Barbara Vickery, Mark Zankel, Dirk Bryant, Philip Huffman, Andrew Finton, Megan de
Graaf, Daniel Coker, Louise Gratton, Rebecca Shirer, Rose Paul, Daryl Burtnett, Andrew Cutko,
and Steve Walker. The latter group was instrumental in extending the analysis to Maritime
Canada. Both teams provided critical feedback regarding the results and methodology, and on
the utility of various outputs.
Finally, we would like to thank John Cook, Michael Lipford, and Rodney Bartgis for motivating
this project in the first place and then remaining incredibly patient as we worked out the methods
and tested the analysis. I am sure they watched with dismay as we rejected many more versions
of each analysis than we retained, but we hope the final products prove to be worth the wait.
We are grateful for funding provided by The Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, the Northeast
Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies, and The Nature Conservancy.
Please cite as:
Anderson, M.G., M. Clark, and A. Olivero Sheldon. 2012. Resilient Sites for
Terrestrial Conservation in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic Region. The Nature
Conservancy, Eastern Conservation Science. 168 pp.