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Fish, wildlife and communities of the upper Midwest and Great Lakes will benefit from leading Aurora borealis at Sherburne National Wildlife Refuge. Photo courtesy of Bryan Worth. edge science projects that aim to inform on-the-ground conservation efforts and natural resource management across the upper Midwest and Great Lakes region. The Upper Midwest and Great Lakes Landscape Conservation Cooperative (LCC), a partnership of more than 30 agencies and organizations vested in long-term sustainability of our natural resources and regional communities, announced funding for new and ongoing research projects that aim to connect science with land and water resource managers and policymakers. “Our partnership is founded on a collaborative approach to problem-solving. Working together across federal, state and non-governmental lines, we are identifying, and filling, key gaps in our collective body of scientific knowledge. By leveraging our resources, we are more equipped to respond ...

Oberlin College student, Joshua Morse, holding a jumbo Lake Erie rainbow smelt. These commonly occur in the eastern Great Lakes basin and are a focal forage fish species identified as part of the study on climate change impacts to the Great Lakes aquatic food web. Photo by USGS. The eastern massasauga rattlesnake was identifed as a priority terrestrial wildlife species that may be especially vulnerable to impacts of climate change. Photo by Ohio Biodiversity Conservation Partnership. Natural resource managers today are presented with unprecedented challenges that threaten the continued protection, conservation and management of land, water and wildlife, from impacts of climate change to habitat fragmentation and invasive species. In 2012, the Upper Midwest and Great Lakes Landscape Conservation Cooperative (LCC), part of a network of science-driven partnerships aimed at addressing these large sca...