The National Academy of Sciences (NAS) released its Review of the Landscape Conservation Cooperatives on December 3. The report concludes that a landscape approach is needed to meet the nation's conservation challenges and that the Landscape Conservation Cooperatives (LCCs) provide a framework for addressing that need. The report was conducted at the request of Congress.

The Academy's recommendations will further help each agency and organization engaged in the LCCs and the LCC Network to take stock of progress to ensure that, collectively, the program is efficiently and effectively addressing landscape- and seascape-scale conservation priorities using the best science available.

The LCC Network will be conducting a deeper analysis of the Academy's review to continue to advance the LCCs and LCC Network and demonstrate benefits to stakeholders and the nation. The LCC Network will develop an action plan for addressing the recommendations and will provide a "report card" to document progress over the coming year.

Download the full report.

Read an LCC Network article about the Academy's Review of the LCCs.

The Wildlife Management Institute (WMI), in partnership with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) is providing support to the Landscape Conservation Cooperative (LCC) network. This section of the Outdoor News Bulletin provides readers with regular updates on LCC efforts involving WMI. This month's Landscapes article was written by Laura MacLean with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's Science Applications Program.