http://www.landscope.org/preview/About-LandScope/TeamBlog Landscope Team Blog en-us http://www.landscope.org/preview/About-LandScope/TeamBlog/KCopas_080415 Mid-April is a perennial time of urgency, but last Thursday's decision to close salmon fisheries in California and Oregon extends these rites in disturbing directions. Tue, 15 Apr 2008 10:41:32 -0500 http://www.landscope.org/preview/About-LandScope/TeamBlog/KCopas_080331 Our first prototype is up and making the rounds, both privately with key stakeholders and publicly at each of the Land Trust Alliance's regional conferences. Mon, 31 Mar 2008 10:23:10 -0500 http://www.landscope.org/preview/About-LandScope/TeamBlog/GKnight_080214 Part of the success of LandScope America revolves around collaboration, but the remarkable alliance with the 800+ scientists and resource experts that make up NatureServe's Natural Heritage Program Network will contribute much to our future success. Thu, 14 Feb 2008 14:05:48 -0600 http://www.landscope.org/preview/About-LandScope/TeamBlog/KCopas_080213 National Geographic showed two films by National Park Service filmmaker John Grabowska yesterday, and his work highlights the fact that stories aren't solely dependent on words. Wed, 13 Feb 2008 08:36:46 -0600 http://www.landscope.org/preview/About-LandScope/TeamBlog/FBiasi_080207 Similar in look-and-feel to popular mapping sites, the LandScope America map viewer will combine map navigation with text search and menu-driven navigation while allowing users to filter content by geography, keywords and conservation themes. Thu, 07 Feb 2008 08:58:43 -0600 http://www.landscope.org/preview/About-LandScope/TeamBlog/MimaMounds_080207 Washington's South Puget Sound prairies will appear later in all their spring and summer glory, but meanwhile, landscape photographer Charles Gurche reveals a late-fall landscape of subtle beauty. Thu, 07 Feb 2008 14:08:44 -0600 http://www.landscope.org/preview/About-LandScope/TeamBlog/KCopas_08-01-25 Everyblock suggests a pretty interesting instance of the convergent evolution of ideas on the web. When the map becomes a -- the? -- primary means of accessing content on a site, what happens to the conventional site map? Mon, 28 Jan 2008 14:22:32 -0600 http://www.landscope.org/preview/About-LandScope/TeamBlog/KCopas_08-01-24 Don't let the inactivity of the blog fool you -- we've been busy through the holidays putting lots of pieces in place, from the partnerships that will make it possible to achieve our goals for LandScope America to the actual work of implementing the first incremental versions of the site we'll launch at year's end. Thu, 24 Jan 2008 16:34:28 -0600 http://www.landscope.org/preview/About-LandScope/TeamBlog/KCopas_07-12-07 I had the pleasure of attending the first portion of Florida's 2008 Public Lands Acquisition and Management Conference this week in Sarasota -- and it didn't derive just from landing in Gulf Coast Florida weather on the night before the season's first flurries flew back in Charlottesville. Fri, 07 Dec 2007 17:44:32 -0600 http://www.landscope.org/preview/About-LandScope/TeamBlog/WadeTract_071207 What makes the Wade Tract special? A strange blending of disparate natural, social, and technological factors -- but most importantly, lots and lots and lots of sheer luck. Fri, 21 Dec 2007 09:12:36 -0600 http://www.landscope.org/preview/About-LandScope/TeamBlog/ClinchValley1_071219 This fall, the Nature Conservancy’s Clinch Valley Program helped photographer Jack Looney descend into a Clinch River valley cave in Virginia and return with these glimpses of the world beneath our feet. Fri, 21 Dec 2007 10:35:42 -0600 http://www.landscope.org/preview/About-LandScope/TeamBlog/ClinchValley2_071219 When photographer Jack Looney headed for the Clinch Valley, he brought with him his fascination for "the smaller majority" -- the myriad creatures who make up the largest numbers of the earth's inhabitants. Fri, 21 Dec 2007 10:35:04 -0600 http://www.landscope.org/preview/About-LandScope/TeamBlog/ClinchValley3_071219 During his trips to the Clinch Valley, recent relics of human presence also caught photographer Jack Looney’s eye. Fri, 21 Dec 2007 10:35:05 -0600 http://www.landscope.org/preview/About-LandScope/TeamBlog/KCopas_07-11-20 It's hard to call a period where so much thinking and sorting out of issues has gone on "a breather," but I think the seven weeks that have transpired since the launch of the preview site is as close to one as many of the team members will have in the coming year. Tue, 20 Nov 2007 09:39:17 -0600 http://www.landscope.org/preview/About-LandScope/TeamBlog/KCopas_07-10-29 We hope that the stories that LandScope America will present succeed in reflecting the vast range of dignified and legitimate human responses to place. Mon, 29 Oct 2007 14:40:45 -0500 http://www.landscope.org/preview/About-LandScope/TeamBlog/JSoule_07-09-28 LandScope America can provide a unified window into the network, a common structure for sharing and presenting the rich information we have accumulated about our natural places and the special species and ecosystems they harbor, a two-way window that will also help us to see our network connections. Fri, 28 Sep 2007 19:59:28 -0500 http://www.landscope.org/preview/About-LandScope/TeamBlog/Demers_07-09-28 Maine's Landowner Incentive Program uses the conservation priorities, or Focus Areas, identified by the Beginning with Habitat Program to direct conservation dollars. Fri, 28 Sep 2007 17:50:41 -0500 http://www.landscope.org/preview/About-LandScope/TeamBlog/Gamon_07-09-28 The timing in Washington is great for LandScope America and LandScope Washington. Fri, 28 Sep 2007 17:35:16 -0500 http://www.landscope.org/preview/About-LandScope/TeamBlog/Walker_07-09-28 With only a few days left before leaving for Colorado to attend both the NatureServe and Land Trust Alliance conferences, I have been juggling a variety of tasks all of which provide reminders of how important and yet difficult the task of messaging the importance of biodiversity is. Fri, 28 Sep 2007 17:42:14 -0500 http://www.landscope.org/preview/About-LandScope/TeamBlog/Carroll_07-09-28 National Geographic's explorers, research grantees, writers, and photographers have been exploring the far corners of the world since 1888. Fri, 28 Sep 2007 11:53:31 -0500 http://www.landscope.org/preview/About-LandScope/TeamBlog/Riordan_07-09-28 Next week will be an exciting time for the LandScope America project team, as we launch our preview website and introduce the initiative at two conferences. Fri, 28 Sep 2007 09:53:32 -0500 http://www.landscope.org/preview/About-LandScope/TeamBlog/TomSmith_07-09-28 Virginia's Natural Heritage Program, like so many, was founded on a land conservation mission. Fri, 28 Sep 2007 09:52:04 -0500 http://www.landscope.org/preview/About-LandScope/TeamBlog/FBiasi_07-09-28 The Director of Conservation Projects for National Geographic Maps on the evolution of mapping for conservation. Fri, 28 Sep 2007 09:33:32 -0500 http://www.landscope.org/preview/About-LandScope/TeamBlog/Alliance_07-09-26 We are excited here at the Land Trust Alliance about our upcoming Rally in Denver, CO (Oct. 3-6). Wed, 26 Sep 2007 20:49:23 -0500 http://www.landscope.org/preview/About-LandScope/TeamBlog/LScott_07-09-25 6 days before the preview site launch, we were privileged to have 11 project advisors come together to learn about our progress to date and lend their expertise to the effort. Tue, 25 Sep 2007 00:17:38 -0500 http://www.landscope.org/preview/About-LandScope/TeamBlog/RWhite_07-09-20 Technical content progress (today’s focus on Nature Conservancy data) Thu, 20 Sep 2007 20:35:45 -0500