Southeast Conservation Adaptation Strategy
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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Extending consistent methods and indicators to Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands will be a major focus of the 2023 Blueprint update. Photo of Laguna Cartagena National Wildlife Refuge in Puerto Rico by G. Burgos, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. The plan for the 2023 Southeast Conservation Blueprint
The 2022 Southeast Conservation Blueprint now covers almost all of the Southeast with consistent methods and indicators. What’s next for 2023?
The plan is to focus on extending those consistent methods to the places we couldn’t quite get to this year. That includes Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and additional marine areas in places like the Gulf of Mexico and parts of the Atlantic. Lots of folks have been asking for the consistent Blueprint methods to include those areas, so making that happen is going to be a major focus for 2023.
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Screenshot of the updated Southeast Blueprint Explorer viewer showing Blueprint 2022 priorities for a subwatershed in Alabama. Southeast Blueprint Explorer viewer updated with 2022 data
The Southeast Blueprint Explorer has been updated with the latest data for Southeast Blueprint 2022! This easy-to-use online viewer is a great place to start exploring the Blueprint and the underlying data–no GIS experience or fancy software licenses required! The Explorer is a big part of our commitment to making the Blueprint accessible to everyone.
Huge thanks to Brendan Ward with Astute Spruce for his oustanding work designing the Explorer and updating the data! Now you can see the new Blueprint priorities, indicators, corridors, threats, and more summarized by 12-digit HUC subwatershed and marine lease block. You can export reports for those summary areas or upload your own shapefile and create a custom report full of detailed maps and analysis.
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The SECAS symposium at the 2022 SEAFWA annual conference ended with a panel discussion with SECAS executive-level leadership. SECAS at SEAFWA 2022 – Back in-person after three years!
This year’s Southeastern Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies (SEAFWA) conference was full of opportunities for SECAS to focus on in-person engagement around landscape scale conservation topics. Over the course of four days, SECAS staff participated in dedicated briefings, technical sessions, committee meetings, Blueprint demonstrations, and informal networking all in support of the SECAS partnership.
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