This episode is based on a presentation I made to Sustain Floyd on Appalachian Biodiversity. It was my pitch for them to take on conservation and ecology issues here in Floyd, Virginia. I'm still recovering from the research required to make it. As I work to break it into manageable sized posts, I realize why I have not had the time or energy to post anything since August: The presentation contains at least five posts worth of content! So, this is only one portion of the full presentation. It covers Appalachian biodiversity as a whole and offers a broad overview of the ecological stakes. More episodes in the series coming soon.

READ POST >> https://www.katymorikawa.com/appalachian-biodiversity/

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See the full slideshow presentation embedded in the blog post or online https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/e/2PACX-1vQCKHhqDKLbRyLXFGYjxkbtiKLesCp49uXQgRtyE6vRIxEjl0Huzd3fvlI6cPPCfDnr5pbHIhz1Xe_-/pub?start=true&loop=false&delayms=5000.

TNC’s Priority Landscapes: Conserving the Appalachians: Hope in a changing climate https://www.nature.org/en-us/about-us/where-we-work/priority-landscapes/appalachians/

TNC's Resilient Lands Mapping Tool https://maps.tnc.org/resilientland/ (Use password shown in the password box eg. Indigenous Land Password)

Doug Tallamy's Homegrown National Park https://homegrownnationalpark.org/

Benefits of Healthy Ecosystems https://www.katymorikawa.com/benefits-of-healthy-ecosystems/