It’s been more than four months since our last steering committee meeting, and the guidance from the Department of the Interior regarding boards and commission meetings is still in effect. That doesn’t mean, however, that your cooperative staff aren’t working hard to continue accomplishments for conservation. Notably, the finishing touches are being applied to Conservation [...]
It’s my guess that your favorite part of your job is not your performance evaluation. In fact, if you’re like me, that’s an activity you would just as soon avoid altogether. So, why would the South Atlantic LCC voluntarily undertake a mid-year review of work accomplishments with the steering committee? Turns out there are some [...]
Recently, the President of the Longleaf Alliance (and Steering Committee representative to the South Atlantic LCC) was interviewed about his thoughts on longleaf and the upcoming 11th Biennial Longleaf Conference. Here is the full interview, posted on behalf of the America's Longleaf Restoration Initiative Communications Team. Longleaf Alliance President and South Atlantic LCC Steering Committee [...]
We're getting very close to the official release of Blueprint 2.1. Last month, the Steering Committee approved Blueprint 2.1 conditional on: 1) Adding back in marine corridors, and 2) A simplified way to display the Blueprint on slides. This morning, they agreed that those issues are now resolved. Marine corridors - The marine corridor layer [...]
Beth Stys, Peninsular Florida LCC Science Coordinator and South Atlantic LCC Steering Committee representative for the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, presents on an ongoing climate-smart wildlife management project in the Big Bend of Florida. Photo credit: Hilary Morris, USFWS. From June 6-8, Steering Committee members, other leaders, and staff of the [...]
What’s more fun that an LCC Steering Committee meeting? How about two LCC Steering Committee meetings at the same time? That’s right, earlier this week your South Atlantic LCC Steering Committee met with the Peninsular Florida LCC in joint sessions near St. Augustine, Florida. South Atlantic LCC Steering Committee members used poker chips to vote [...]
For the first time, the South Atlantic LCC will be sharing part of its June in-person Steering Committee meeting with the staff and Steering Committee from the Peninsular Florida LCC! Details to come, but each LCC will have time set aside for individual business items and then time marked for joint meetings between the two [...]
On a conference call January 6, the South Atlantic LCC Steering Committee approved revision of your cooperative’s Strategic Plan mission statement. The revision reflects accomplishment of the original mission that was adopted in 2012 which focused on creation of a shared blueprint for conservation. Following the release and implementation of Blueprint 2.0 last summer, the [...]
The Steering Committee has given Blueprint 2.0 the Good Housekeeping South Atlantic LCC Seal of Approval! It's official—Blueprint 2.0 has been approved. Huge thanks to everyone who attended a workshop, participated in indicator revision, provided a comment, served on the user and conservation design teams, or otherwise helped shape this exciting update to our shared [...]