This living, spatial plan identifies important places for conservation and restoration across the Southeast and Caribbean. The plan is helping organizations bring in new funding and inform their conservation decisions.
The Southeast Conservation Blueprint is the primary product of the Southeast Conservation Adaptation Strategy (SECAS), a regional conservation initiative that spans the Southeastern United States and Caribbean. The Southeast Blueprint is a living, spatial plan that identifies important areas for conservation and restoration.
The Blueprint stitches together smaller subregional plans into one consistent map, incorporating the best available information about the current condition of key species and habitats, as well as future threats. So far, more than 1,700 people from 500 different organizations have actively participated in its development.
At least 225 people from over 90 organizations have used or are using the Blueprint in their work. The Southeast Blueprint has helped bring in more than $30 million in conservation funding to protect and restore over 60,000 acres. It has been used to inform public lands planning, strengthen land protection proposals, identify shared longleaf restoration priorities, refine natural habitat cores in local comprehensive plans, and much more.
The latest version of the Blueprint is available online to explore and download on the Southeast Conservation Planning Atlas.
Screenshot of 2021 Southeast Conservation Blueprint. Visit the tool at http://secassoutheast.org/blueprint.