California LCC Projects
These projects were funded by the California Landscape Conservation Cooperative between 2010 and 2016.
| Project Name | Project Lead / Organization | Status / Dates | Proposals | |
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A Climate Change Adaptation Strategy for Sierra Nevada Birds |
Rodney Siegel, rsiegel@birdpop.org The Institute for Bird Populations |
Completed 2011-07 - 2013-12 |
 2011 Proposal $82,390 |
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A Monitoring Protocol to Assess Wintering Shorebird Population Trends |
Matthew E. Reiter, mreiter@prbo.org Point Blue Conservation Science (formerly PRBO) |
Completed 2010-09 - 2014-05 |
2010 Proposal $50,000 2011 Proposal $90,000 2013 Proposal $24,560 |
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Assessing and Mapping Rare Plant Species Vulnerability to Climate Change |
Steve Schoenig, sschoenig@dfg.ca.gov; Brian Anacker, blanacker@ucdavis.edu CA Department of Fish and Wildlife - Biogeographic Data Branch |
Completed 2010-08 - 2012-09 |
2010 Proposal $103,099 Revised Project Description |
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Assessing the impacts of future climates and fire on hydrologic regimes in the Mediterranean-type ecosystems of southern California |
Emma Underwood, UC Davis, and Lorraine Flint, USGS (Science Co-Leads), and Hugh Safford (Natural Resource Management Lead), Regional Ecologist, US Forest Service UC Davis Department of Environmental Science and Policy |
In Progress 2015-07-01 - 2017-07-01 |
2015 Proposal $139,996 |
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Avian demographic response to climate change |
Josh Ackerman, jackerman@usgs.gov; Mark Herzog, mherzog@usgs.gov US GS - Western Ecological Research Center |
Completed 2010-08 - 2011-06 |
2010 Proposal $99,925 |
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Building Habitat Connectivity for Climate Adaptation |
Drs. E. Micheli and A. Merenlender Pepperwood Foundation/UC Berkeley |
Completed 2016-01-09 - 2018-10-25 |
2016 Proposal $194,721.pdf |
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California Climate Commons |
Deanne DiPietro, ddipietro@pointblue.org California Landscape Conservation Cooperative |
Completed 2011-07 - 2013-08 |
2011 Proposal $100,000 2012 Proposal $100,000 |
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Central Valley Landscape Conservation Project |
Debra Schlafmann, debra_schlafmann@fws.gov California Landscape Conservation Cooperative |
Completed 2014-10 - 2016-12 |
2013 Proposal $200,000 |
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Climate Change/Land Use Change Scenarios for Habitat Threat Assessments on California Rangelands |
Kristin Byrd, kbyrd@usgs.gov US GS - Western Geographic Science Center |
Completed 2011-09 - 2014-04 |
2011 Proposal $101,628 2012 Proposal $100,000 2013 Proposal $49,896 |
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Climate Science Alliance - South Coast |
Amber Pairis, Amber.Pairis@wildlife.ca.gov California Department of Fish & Wildlife |
In Progress 2015-01-01 - 2018-01-01 |
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Climate-Driven Alteration of Intertidal Habitats for Migratory Birds in the San Francisco Bay Estuary |
Bruce Jaffe, bjaffe@usgs.gov ; John Takekawa, jtakekawa@audubon.org US GS - Western Ecological Research Center, US GS - Pacific Science Center |
In Progress (phase 2) 2010-07 - 2015-03 |
2010 Proposal $82,425 2012 Proposal $100,000 |
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Confronting uncertainty in species distribution projections |
Healy Hamilton, hhealyh@gmail.com California Academy of Sciences |
Completed 2011-07 - 2015-07 |
2011 Proposal $100,000 |
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Decision Support for Adaptive Tidal Wetland Restoration and Management |
Julian Wood, jwood@prbo.org Point Blue Conservation Science (formerly PRBO) |
Completed 2012-07 - 2014-10 |
2012 Proposal $99,466 |
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Decision support for climate change adaptation and fire management strategies for at risk species in southern California |
Helen Regan, helen.regan@ucr.edu University of California - Riverside |
Completed 2011-09 - 2012-12 |
2011 Proposal $99,867 |
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Decision support for meadow conservation and restoration in the Sierra Nevada Ecoregion |
Christine Albano (Science lead) and Shana Gross (Management lead) Conservation Science Partners, US FS Pacific Southwest Region |
In Progress 2016-07-01 - 2018-07-01 |
2016 Proposal $187,530 |
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Determining Landscape Connectivity and Climate Change Refugia Across the Sierra Nevada |
Toni Lyn Morelli, tmorelli@usgs.gov; Craig Moritz Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, University of California - Berkeley |
Completed 2011-09 - 2014-03 |
2011 Proposal $80,514 2013 Proposal $48,051 |
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Ecologically Relevant Pacific Coastal Fog Datasets |
Alicia Torregrosa, atorregrosa@usgs.gov US GS - Pacific Geographic Science Center |
Completed 2011-09 - 2013-03 |
2011 Proposal $99,883 |
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Effects of climate change on California tiger salamanders in the Central Valley |
L. Arriana Brand, arriana@csp-inc.org and Rick Scherer, rick@csp-inc.org Conservation Science Partners, Inc. |
In Progress 2015-07-01 - 2018-12-31 |
2015 Proposal $192,697 |
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Effects of Climate Change on Inland Fishes of California |
Peter Moyle, pbmoyle@ucdavis.edu University of California - Davis |
Completed 2011-09 - 2013-09 |
2011 Proposal $92,564 |
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Fighting drought with fire: Can prescribed fire increase forest resistance to drought? |
Phillip van Mantgem (Science lead) and Tony Caprio (Management lead) US GS, Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks |
In Progress 2016-07-01 - 2018-07-01 |
2016 Proposal $37,431 |
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Implementing Climate-Smart Restoration along California's Central Coast |
Melissa Pitkin, mpitkin@pointblue.org; Thomas Gardali, tgardali@pointblue.org; Abigail Ramsden, aramsden@tnc.org The Nature Conservancy, Point Blue Conservation Science (formerly PRBO) |
Completed 2014-08 - 2016-12 |
2014 Proposal $129,334 |
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Incorporating Climate-Smart Adaptive Strategies into Wetlands Recovery in Coastal Southern California |
Eric Stein, erics@sccwrp.org; Megan Cooper, mcooper@scc.ca.gov Southern California Coastal Water Research Project, California Coastal Conservancy |
In Progress 2014-07 - 2017-07 |
2014 Proposal$157,622 SCC+SCCWRP project summary_12182015.pdf |
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Incorporating the geography of climate change into conservation planning |
Jason Kreitler, jkreitler@usgs.gov US GS - Western Geographic Science Center |
Completed 2010-08 - 2015-03 |
2010 Proposal $67332 |
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Managing Coast Redwoods for Resilience and Adaptation in Changing Climate |
Dominick A. DellaSala - Chief Scientist - Geos Institute, dominick@geosinstitute.org Geos Institute |
Completed 2013-07 - 2014-07 |
2013 Proposal |
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Managing Sierra Nevada Meadows for Water Supply & Habitat Benefits |
Luke Hunt, lhunt@americanrivers.org; Chuck Loffland, cloffland@fs.fed.us American Rivers |
Completed 2015-07-01 - 2017-03-30 |
2015 Proposal $30,000 |
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Maximizing evolutionary potential under climate change in southern California protected areas. |
Thomas B Smith, tbsmith@ucla.edu University of California - Los Angeles - Center for Tropical Research Institute of the Environment and Sustainability |
Completed 2011-09 - 2012-09 |
2012 Proposal $82,190 |
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North-Central California Coast and Ocean Climate-Smart Adaptation Project |
Sara Hutto, Sara.hutto@noaa.gov Greater Farallones National Marine Sanctuary |
Completed 2014-10 - 2016-11 |
2014 Proposal $104,374 |
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San Francisco Bay Area Upland Habitat Goals |
Bettina Ring,ryan@openspacecouncil.org Bay Area Open Space Council |
Completed 2010-09 - 2011-09 |
2010 Proposal $98,500 |
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Sea-level rise modeling across the California salt marsh gradient |
Karen Thorne, kthorne@usgs.gov US GS - Western Ecological Research Center |
Completed 2011-07 - 2015-12 |
2011 Proposal $95,000 2013 Proposal $50,000 |
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Setting Regional Strategies for Invasive Plant Management |
Doug Johnson, dwjohnson@cal-ipc.org California Invasive Plant Council |
Completed 2011-07 - 2014-06 |
2010 Proposal $96,523 2012 Proposal $94,706 2013 Proposal $49,000 |
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Species Distribution Modeling and Conservation Planning Training Workshop |
Sam Veloz, sveloz@prbo.org Point Blue Conservation Science (formerly PRBO) |
Completed 2012-07 - 2013-07 |
2012 Proposal $99,991.50 |
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Structured-Decision Making for Climate Change Adaptation to Conserve San Francisco Bay Tidal Marsh Ecosystems |
Beth Huning,bhuning@sfbayjv.org San Francisco Bay Joint Venture |
Completed 2013-09 - 2014-08 |
2013 Proposal $49,819 |
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Sustaining healthy ecosystems in the face of sea level rise |
Nadine Peterson, npeterson@scc.ca.gov California Coastal Conservancy |
Completed 2011-09 - 2012-09 |
2011 Proposal $60,374 Technical Report |
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The Environmental Change Network |
Sam Veloz, sveloz@prbo.org Point Blue Conservation Science (formerly PRBO) |
Completed 2010-09 - 2012-10 |
2010 Proposal $86,065 2011 Proposal $100,000 |
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Tidal Marsh Bird Population and Habitat Assessment |
Sam Veloz et al, sveloz@prbo.org Point Blue Conservation Science (formerly PRBO) |
Completed 2010-09 - 2014-12 |
2010 Proposal $100,241 |
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Tracking Landscape Change in the Central Valley |
Joseph P. Fleskes, joe_fleskes@usgs.gov; Daniel Fehringer, dfehringer@ducks.org US GS - Western Ecological Research Center |
Completed 2010-08 - 2012-12 |
2010 Proposal $72,200 |
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Understanding the Impacts of Climate Change on Ecology and Habitats of Waterbirds in the Central Valley |
Joseph Fleskes, joe_fleskes@usgs.gov US GS - Western Ecological Research Center |
In Progress 2010-08 - 2017-10 |
2010 Proposal $99,450 2011 Proposal $108,275 2012 Proposal $79,460 2013 Proposal $50,000 |
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Using scenario planning to support climate-smart adaptation for the South Bay Salt Ponds Restoration Project: A case study for making science accessible to managers |
Sam Veloz Point Blue Conservation Science (formerly PRBO) |
In Progress 2014-08-01 - 2016-08-01 |
2014 Proposal $50,022 |
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Vulnerability Analysis and Monitoring Program for Detecting Changes in San Francisco Bay Tidal Marsh Bird Populations |
Nadav Nur, nnur@prbo.org Point Blue Conservation Science (formerly PRBO) |
Completed 2010-09 - 2012-04 |
2010 Proposal $40,995 |
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Vulnerability Assessment and Adaptation Planning for National Forest Lands in Southern California |
Jessi Kershner, jessi@ecoadapt.org; Chrissy Howell, cahowell@fs.fed.us; Sarah Sawyer, scsawyer@fs.fed.us EcoAdapt, US Forest Service |
Completed 2014-10 - 2016-02 |
2014 Proposal $52,886 |
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Vulnerability Assessment and Adaptation Strategies for Focal Resources of the Sierra Nevada |
Lara Hansen, lara@ecoadapt.org; Jessi Kershner, jessi@ecoadapt.org EcoAdapt |
Completed 2012-08 - 2014-07 |
2012 Proposal $100,000 2013 Proposal $46,982 Oct 2014 Workshop Series Final Report |