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Southern Conservation Partners helps local initiatives and communities across the southern U.S. to save, restore, and enhance premier environmental resources and natural heritage assets. We promote innovative collaborations designed to conserve and honor the South's natural heritage and ecological health. 

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Board of Directors

• Charles Roe, President 
  former Land Trust Alliance Southeast U.S. regional program director; and founding director of the North Carolina Natural Heritage Program & Conservation Trust for North Carolina 
• Milo Pyne, Board Chair
  retired NatureServe senior regional ecologist
• Hugh Archer  
  Kentucky Natural Lands Trust co-founder and former executive director, now KNLT director for land protection
• Charlotte Jones-Roe
  retired North Carolina Botanical Garden director of development and conservation
• Julie H. Moore
  retired US Fish & Wildlife Service, Office of Endangered Species-Ecological Services; Longleaf Alliance founding board member 
• Kathleen Williams 
   retired Tennessee Parks & Greenways Foundation (TennGreen) founder and president

     See a list of Our Advisors.

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Border region of Cherokee & Pisgah National Forests , TN/NC (photo by David Ramsey)

We believe in the power of partnerships, creativity, and storytelling to save, honor, and restore the South's natural heritage.

​Our Goals

• Encourage and strengthen the capabilities of local initiatives to save, safeguard, and sustain the best of the South’s natural heritage.
• Forge connections and foster collaboration among groups and individuals  sharing similar objectives.
• Help local project leaders improve skills so they can manage their programs effectively to reach their conservation objecti

How It Works

• SCP is a service center that provides matchmaking, educational, and umbrella assistance.
• SCP is designed to be an entrepreneurial, innovative, adaptive, opportunity-oriented, and resourceful change agent.
• SCP does not hold land or conservation easements; we are not a membership organization.

Photo by Mac Stone

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HELP US PLEASE
Southern Conservation Partners is operated by volunteers. We depend on donations to finance our operational expenses and services. ​ Become a partner and offer financial support for continued operation of SCP or in support of a project we sponsor. Send a check (address below) or donate through our secure online giving option offered through PayPal. (​Southern Conservation Partners, Inc., is IRS-certified as a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt public charity. )​
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What's New?
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Photo by Walker Golder

Confronting Racism in the Land Conservation Movement

Photo by Mike Dunn

Great American Outdoors Act
​ Enacted - Landmark Funding for Conservation
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Photo by Mike Dunn

SCP is fiscal sponsor for
the Amphibian Foundation