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Learn more about the groups and organizations participating in the Southeast Conservation Adaptation Strategy (SECAS). |
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Environmental issues from urbanization to climate change extend beyond state boundaries and are outside the scope of any one organization to address. Through SECAS, federal and state agencies and other partners are leveraging resources to coordinate conservation actions and invest in cost-effective science to achieve a connected network of lands and waters that supports fish and wildlife populations and improved quality of life for people. SECAS was initiated by states of the Southeastern Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies (SEAFWA) and the federal Southeast Natural Resource Leaders Group (SENRLG).
* Indicates members of the SECAS Steering Committee, which comprises five state agency directors from SEAFWA and one federal agency representative from SENRLG. The role of the steering committee is to provide oversight and strategic direction to SECAS.
The following states are involved through the Southeastern Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies (SEAFWA):
Charles F. Sykes, Director, Wildlife and Freshwater Fisheries Division
Department of Conservation & Natural Resources
State Points of Contact:
Ericha Shelton-Nix, Nongame Wildlife Program Biologist
Traci Wood, Habitat and Species Conservation Coordinator
Austin Booth, Director, Game and Fish Commission
State Points of Contact:
Chris Racey, Chief of Staff
Allison Fowler, Assistant Chief, Wildlife Management
Roger Young, Executive Director, Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission
State Point of Contact:
George Warthen, Chief Conservation Officer
* Ted Will, Director, Wildlife Resources Division
Department of Natural Resources
State Point of Contact:
Matt Elliott, Chief of Wildlife Conservation
Rich Storm, Commissioner, Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources
State Point of Contact:
Vacant
Madison Sheahan, Secretary, Department of Wildlife and Fisheries
State Point of Contact:
Kenny Ribbeck, Wildlife Division Chief
Lynn Posey, Executive Director, Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks
State Points of Contact:
John Gruchy, Private Lands Program Coordinator
Larry Pugh, Fisheries Bureau Director
* Jason Sumners, Director, Department of Conservation
State Point of Contact:
Nate Muenks, Natural Resource Planning Section Chief
Lorisa Smith, Government Affairs Specialist
Cameron Ingram, Executive Director, Wildlife Resources Commission
State Points of Contact:
Kyle Briggs, Chief Deputy Director
Shannon Deaton, Habitat Conservation Division Chief
Chris Wood, Landscape Planning Coordinator
Wade Free, Interim Director, Department of Wildlife Conservation
State Points of Contact:
Wade Free, Assistant Director
Mark Howery, Wildlife Diversity Biologist
Anaís Rodríguez Vega, Secretary, Department of Natural & Environmental Resources
Point of Contact:
Miguel Garcia-Bermudez, Landscape Conservation Scientist, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
* Robert H. Boyles, Director, Department of Natural Resources
State Point of Contact:
Ken Prosser, Assistant Deputy Director
Jason Maxedon, Executive Director, Wildlife Resources Agency
State Points of Contact:
Vacant
David Yoskowitz, Executive Director, Natural Resources
Parks and Wildlife Department
State Points of Contact:
Duane German, Landscape Ecology Program Manager
Nicole Angeli, Director, Division of Fish and Wildlife
Department of Planning and Natural Resources
Point of Contact:
Sean Kelly, Wildlife Biologist
Ryan Brown, Executive Director, Department of Wildlife Resources
State Point of Contact
Cale Godfrey, Assistant Chief of Wildlife
* Paul Johansen, Chief, Wildlife Resources Section
Division of Natural Resources
State Point of Contact:
Scott Warner, Assistant Wildlife Resources Section Chief
The following federal agencies are involved through the federal Southeast Natural Resource Leaders Group (SENRLG):
Jim Kendall, Gulf of Mexico Regional Director
Federal Point of Contact:
Vacant
Regional Environmental and Energy Office - Southern
Ruth Forrester, Regional Environmental Coordinator
Federal Point of Contact:
Cynthia Jester, Army Regional Energy Coordinator
Jeaneanne Gettle, Southeast Acting Regional Administrator
Federal Point of Contact:
Vacant
Gracia Szczech, Southeast Regional Administrator
Federal Point of Contact:
Kari Elkins, Southeast Unified Federal Review Coordinator
Derrell Turner, Director of Field Services - South
Federal Point of Contact:
Vacant
National Marine Fisheries Service
Andy Strelcheck, Southeast Regional Administrator
Federal Point of Contact:
Kristen Laursen, Gulf of Mexico Regional Coordinator
Mark Foust, Southeast Regional Director
Federal Point of Contact:
Vacant
James Tillman, Southeast Regional Conservationist
Federal Point of Contact:
Bridgett Estel Costanzo, NRCS East Working Lands for Wildlife Coordinator
Rebecca Hayden, Director of Natural Resources
Federal Point of Contact:
Shannon O'Quinn, Senior Water Resource Specialist
BG Daniel Hibner, Commanding General, South Atlantic Division
Federal Points of Contact:
Gretchen Ehlinger, South Atlantic Division Water Resources Planner
Dave Bauman, South Atlantic Division Regional Environmental Specialist
* Mike Oetker, Southeast Regional Director, Interior Regions 2 & 4
Federal Points of Contact:
Bill Uihlein, Assistant Regional Director of Science Applications
Ken Arney, Southeast Regional Forester
Federal Points of Contact:
Daniel McInnis, Environmental Issues and Policy Analyst
Holly Weyers, Southeast Regional Director
Federal Points of Contact:
Greg Steyer, Gulf of Mexico Regional Science Advisor
Richard Rebich, Science Coordinator of the Office of the Southeast Regional Director
The following nonprofit organizations are involved:
Nonprofit Points of Contact:
Kristin Sleeper, Director of Policy and Research
Kate Gatto, Chief Strategy Officer
Nonprofit Point of Contact:
Mike LaVoie, Southeast Regional Director
Nonprofit Points of Contact:
Eric Krueger, South Carolina Director of Science and Stewardship
Laura Chartier, Southern U.S. Division Conservation Manager
Nonprofit Point of Contact:
Joel Houser, Southeast Field Coordinator
Nonprofit Point of Contact:
Gary Wood, Southeast Regional Coordinator of the Cohesive Wildland Fire Strategy
The following organizations are actively involved in SECAS:
Ryan Boyles, Deputy Director
Todd Ewing, Program Director