Projects
SERPPAS Focus Areas
Primary activities within SERPPAS focus areas include the sharing of GIS maps and identification of potential land uses and development of partnership activities to leverage resources and promote mutual and multiple benefits to SERPPAS partners. Focus areas were identified as demonstration areas within the broader SERPPAS effort, including eastern North Carolina and the South Carolina-MAJIC (i.e., Midlands Area Joint Installation Consortium).
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Strategic Lands Inventory
A Strategic Lands Inventory (SLI) is an integral part of the SERPPAS model, which includes the combining of partner mission requirements (i.e., the “good map”) and land suitability mapping. An SLI uses a rule-based, expert-opinion approach to developing to criteria used in a land suitability analyses. Ultimately, the purpose of an SLI is to engage local communities in the creation of regional models and maps that will be the basis for sustainable land use and related policies.
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Longleaf Pine Conservation
The America’s Longleaf Initiative was established to seek opportunities to maintain, recover, and restore the longleaf pine ecosystem across its historic range. The initiative directly supports and converges with interests of the SERPPAS’ “Sustaining the Land of the Longleaf Pine”. Outcomes for project include implementing place-based demonstration projects, and the development of a range-wide conservation plan for longleaf pine.
The America's Longleaf Initiative is compiling information from all interested SERPPAS organizations on their potential contributions to implementing the Conservation Plan's key actions. Information can be submitted by completing the Contribution Matrix template below and returning to Tom Darden.
>>Longleaf Pine Brochure (PDF)
>>Longleaf Pine Conservation Plan (PDF)
>>Longleaf Pine Contribution Matrix - Template
>>Longleaf Pine MOU
Marine Coastal Initiative
The Marine Coastal Initiative is the only cross-state effort to coordinate coastal and marine resources and management approaches in the Southeast. This project will work to establish mapping priorities, and address common regional issues related to working waterfronts, healthy fisheries and habitat, clean coastal and ocean waters, and disaster-resilient communities.
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Red Cockaded Woodpecker Translocation
The red-cockaded woodpecker (RCW) is a federally-listed endangered species endemic to open, mature and old growth pine ecosystems in the Southeast. RCW translocations can expedite the expansion of small, at-risk populations (<30 groups) that ultimately serve to accelerate overall species recovery. This 2-year pilot project will hire 2-3 additional translocation biologists to monitor and identify surplus RCWs for translocation efforts.
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>>RCW In the News
>>RCW Translocation Report - Year 1
>>RCW Translocation Report - Year 2