AUTHORS: Scott Schwenk, BJ Richardson, Andrew Milliken - U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service; Steven Fuller, Renee Farnsworth, Bridget Macdonald - North Atlantic Landscape Conservation Cooperative; Chris Tracey, Pennsylvania Natural Heritage Program; Arlene Olivero Sheldon, Kevin Ruddock - The Nature Conservancy; Kevin McGarigal, Bill DeLuca, Brad Compton, Ethan Plunkett - UMass Amherst; Colin Stief, the Chesapeake Conservancy; Chris Burkett, Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries, Jonathan Brooks, Massachusetts Division of Fish and Wildlife
ABSTRACT. The North Atlantic Landscape Conservation Cooperative (LCC) and Northeast Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies (NEAFWA) organized and facilitated a team of partners from 13 states, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, nongovernmental organizations, and universities that worked together for more than a year to develop Nature’s Network. Launched in 2016, Nature’s Network is a conservation design and suite of datasets and decision support tools to help define the highest conservation priorities in the region to sustain natural resources and benefits for future generations. It is designed to offer voluntary guidance to complement and reinforce local priorities with a regional perspective. Nature’s Network is also a network of scientists, partners and implementers working to achieve the vision of sustaining the region’s fish, wildlife, and other natural resources. Workshop attendees are invited to learn more and join the Network.
