​​​​​​​The Nature Conservancy’s Resilient and Connected Landscapes project is the first study to comprehensively map resilient lands and significant climate corridors across Eastern North America.  Released in October 2016, the study took eight years to complete, involved 60 scientists, and developed innovative new techniques for mapping climate-driven movements.

To help explain the project we have created three interactive maps.  The first describes the concepts used to map Resilient Sites.  The second explains how we mapped climate corridors and movement zones to design Connected Landscapes that facilitate species range shifts.  The third shows how this information can be used to support Conservation Strategies like carbon storage, road mitigation, and land and water protection.

Explore the results below, download the data, read the report, or peruse background papers.  This project was supported by a grant from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation.

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​Resilience Resources                  Resilience Fact Sheet Read the 2-page fact sheet that describes the basic theory and methods used in the Resilience Analysis. Grounded Read the Nature Conservancy Magazine feature that describes how as climate change sends species scrambling, conservation finds its anchor in geology. Estimating Climate Resilience​ Read the Conservation Biology paper where we describe the resilience theory, methods and analysis that conservationists can use to conserve biological diversity while allowing species and communities to rearrange in response to a changing climate. Managing Land and Water to Increase Climate Resilience Read the white paper written to spark region-wide discussion within The Nature Conservancy stewardship, science, conservation, and protection staff in the East Division on how to manage our lands and waters under a changing climate. Maintaining a Landscape that Facilitates Range Shifts Read the white paper that reviews and synthesizes the literature that informs the permeability modeling for Resilient and Connected Landscapes project. Climate Change Resilience in the Pacific Northwest Great Lakes & Tallgrass Prairie Resilience Examine the analysis results for this region Resilient Coastal Sites for Conservation Northeast and Mid-Atlantic coastal site resilience analysis completed in 2017	​​	​​ ​ ​​ ​​​                                  Latest Reports
	​​​	​	​​Resilient and Connected Landscapes for Terrestrial Conservation This report brings together resilience, permeability, and diversity to develop a connected network of sites that both represents the full suite of geophysical settings and has the connections and networks necessary to support the continued rearrangement of species in response to change.        Download the report     •     Download the data For additional data products contact us here.  ​  Resilient Sites for Terrestrial Conservation in Eastern North America This report updates the resilience analysis for the eastern North America with improved and unified methods.  Sites are identified across all geophysical settings that have land characteristics (landscape diversity and local connectedness) that increase resilience to climate change​  Download the report    •   Download the basic data​ For additional data products contact us here. ​
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