Southeast Conservation Adaptation Strategy (SECAS)

SECAS is a regional conservation initiative that spans the Southeastern United States and Caribbean. SECAS was started in 2011 by the states of the Southeastern Association of Fish & Wildlife Agencies and the federal agencies of the Southeast Natural Resource Leaders Group. SECAS emerged as a response to the unprecedented challenges facing our natural and cultural resources, like urban growth and climate change climate change
Climate change includes both global warming driven by human-induced emissions of greenhouse gases and the resulting large-scale shifts in weather patterns. Though there have been previous periods of climatic change, since the mid-20th century humans have had an unprecedented impact on Earth's climate system and caused change on a global scale.

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Partner Category

Academic Institutions

We frequently partner with academia to further the conservation of and research into the stewardship of many species.

Federal Agencies

We work with other federal agencies to help them meet their legal responsibilities as well as their mission.

Industry - Private Sector

Partnering with energy, construction, and other private sector organizations to find creative solutions to conservation challenges.

Local Governments (city, county)

As a Federal agency we partner with local government agencies and share in the responsibility of stewarding management and recovery of species.

Non-Governmental Organizations

Here we partner with a wider variety of other organizations on projects to meet shared conservation goals.

State and Provincial Agencies

Our hands-on stewardship and public engagement is often done in conjunction with state and provincial agencies.

Southeast Conservation Adaptation Strategy (SECAS)

Other Partners

Here are just a few of our National Partners. You can view the full list of FWS partners, along with the regions and areas of focus our work together entails.