SECAS brings together public and private organizations around a bold vision for the future of our region. We're connecting the lands and waters of the Southeast and Caribbean to support healthy ecosystems, thriving fish and wildlife populations, and vibrant communities. With a data-driven spatial plan and an ambitious regional goal, SECAS helps accelerate conservation action in the places where it will make the biggest impact.
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The upcoming March 24th virtual CCCOP meeting will build on progress from last year's in-person event in St. Thomas, pictured here. Photo by Maira Brondizio, Southeast Climate Adaptation Science Center. Use this form to register! Register for the virtual Caribbean Conservation Community of Practice (CCCoP) event on March 24
Please join the Caribbean Conservation Community of Practice (CCCoP) for a virtual gathering on March 24 at 1 pm (EST). During this 1.5-hour webinar, attendees will have the opportunity to provide feedback on two new/updated data products in the U.S. Caribbean:
- As you may know, the Southeast Conservation Adaptation Strategy recently released the 2025 Southeast Conservation Blueprint update, which includes new data and indicators in the U.S. Caribbean as well as an improved corridors analysis. These improvements were largely developed in response to feedback given at last year’s in-person CCCoP meeting on St. Thomas. Participants will have an opportunity to provide additional comments and feedback and get a brief overview of the newest improvements.
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Upcoming webinars in the SECAS Third Thursday Web Forum series. Winter web forum flyer (better late than never)
The partial government shutdown last fall shook up the SECAS web forum schedule, and staff had to make some adjustments. So this flyer for the December, January, and February webinar series is coming out quite late–but hopefully better late than never!
SECAS hosts this web forum on the third Thursday of every month at 10 am Eastern time. »Click here for an interactive pdf of the flyer with links to register.
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The current fire frequency indicator is due for an update! Please sign up for a 1-hr call to help review draft improvements. Photo: A prescribed burn at Cedar Island National Wildlife Refuge. Photo credit: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Help review update to fire frequency indicator
SECAS staff are always working on ways to improve the indicators for the Southeast Conservation Blueprint and make them more informative and useful. When we last convened a group to review the fire frequency indicator, there were several great ideas that we couldn’t integrate at the time. In particular, folks wanted to go beyond just how often an area has been burned and incorporate things like historic fire frequency and a longer fire history. Now, we have new methods to make that possible and want to share a potential approach with a draft indicator update.
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