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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 care for the South's natural heritage and ecological health. 

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Board of Directors

     {See a list of Our Advisors HERE.}

• 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; current board president Friends of Plant Conservation (NC) 
• Hugh Archer  
  retired co-founder and executive director of Kentucky Natural Lands Trust and Kentucky Nature Preserves Commission 
• 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; currently chair of State of North Carolina's Plant Conservation advisory council 
• Kathleen Williams 
   retired founder and president of Tennessee Parks & Greenways   Foundation (TennGreen)

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Forum on The Future of Conservation  |  September 6-8, 2022
LEARN MORE HERE
We are teaming up with the North Carolina Botanical Garden, The Nature Conservancy, and others to offer a forum that will bring together key experts on biodiversity from all over North Carolina to develop strategies to better understand imperiled species and ecosystems of the region, so we can do a better job of safeguarding them. 

Cherokee & Pisgah National Forests border TN/NC (photo by David Ramsey)

We believe in the power of partnerships, creativity, and storytelling to save, restore, respect and care for 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.

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Check out our Viewpoint Blog

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PUBLICATIONS, Spring 2022
The 2022 edition of the "Flora of the Southeastern United States" has been released! This open-access document, the first release since fall 2020, features 90 new keys, 700 new vascular plant species, and an expanded geographic scope. MORE.

A new edition of the "Guide to Common Wetland Plants of North Carolina" contains valuable information for identifying wetland plants from the mountains to the coast. A full-color PDF of the book is available for free download. MORE. 

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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. You may designate your contribution for one of our sponsored projects or in general support of our mission.* THANK YOU!   

​*Southern Conservation Partners, Inc., is IRS-certified as a 501(c)(3)
​tax-exempt public charity. 

Of Special Interest
{click photos below for details}

Photo by Walker Golder

Confronting Racism in the Land Conservation Movement

Photo by Mike Dunn

Sponsored Project:
North Carolina Biodiversity Project
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Photo by Brady Beck

Venus Flytrap Champions:
an exciting new conservation collaboration