Cherokee & Pisgah National Forests border TN/NC (photo by David Ramsey)
Southern Conservation Partners helps local initiatives and communities across the southern US 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 and cultural heritage and ecological health. We believe in the power of partnerships, creativity, and storytelling ​to build respect and care for the South's natural heritage.

Board of Directors
     {See a list of Our Advisors HERE.}
  • Charles Roe, President   Southeast U.S. regional program director for the Land Trust Alliance (retired); founding director of the North Carolina Natural Heritage Program, NC Natural Heritage Foundation, and Conservation Trust for North Carolina. 
  • Milo Pyne, Board Chair   NatureServe senior regional ecologist (retired); current chair of NC Friends of Plant Conservation; actively involved with other nonprofit conservation and community organizations.
  • Hugh Archer   Co-founder and executive director of Kentucky Natural Lands Trust and Kentucky Nature Preserves Commission (retired); actively involved with other nonprofit conservation organizations. 
  • Charlotte Jones-Roe   North Carolina Botanical Garden director of development and conservation (retired); actively involved with other nonprofit conservation and community organizations, including City of Oaks (Raleigh) Foundation Board of Directors.
  • Nelwyn McInnis   President Southern Wild Heritage, LLC; Land Trust for Louisiana advisory board member and chair of its land conservation committee; retired from 25-year career with The Nature Conservancy-Louisiana as a program manager specializing in wetlands mitigation.
  • Julie H. Moore   US Fish & Wildlife Service, Office of Endangered Species-Ecological Services (retired); Longleaf Alliance founding Board member; current chair of North Carolina's Plant Conservation Program advisory board; actively involved with other nonprofit conservation organizations and initiatives, including Venus Flytrap Champions.
  • John Taggart    Associate professor emeritus University of North Carolina-Wilmington; Carolina Wetlands Association regional coordinator; former manager of North Carolina's Estuarine Research and Coastal Reserve Program.
  • Kathleen Williams   Founder and president of Tennessee Parks & Greenways Foundation (TennGreen) (retired); co-chair of Alliance for the Conservation of Nashville's Highlands Rim Forest.
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Read Curt Meine's "Land Ethic" essay and more!  Other recent blog posts include excerpts from new books, a PBS video on the role of southeastern grasslands in reducing climate impact, a link to a presentation on the importance of engagement with natural history, and much more! 
Website editor:  Laura M. Cotterman 

​Our Goals

  • Encourage and strengthen 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 environmental concerns and demonstrating effective conservation strategies and practices .
  • Help local project leaders improve skills so they can manage their programs effectively and attain their environmental conservation objectives.
  • Champion and advocate for protection and defense of important natural areas and imperiled elements of natural diversity

How It Works

  • SCP is a service center that provides matchmaking, educational, and project fiscal sponsorship 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.

Friends of the Black River NC
Southern Conservation Partners is collaborating with individuals and allied organizations who would like to assure long-term protection, security, and integrity of North Carolina’s extraordinary Black River and its primary tributary streams.
​     A major tributary to the Cape Fear River, this stream’s ecological and historical heritage includes swamp forests containing bald cypress trees that are 1000 to nearly 3000 years old. These are the oldest known wetland trees in the world!  In fact, this is the largest surviving expanse of old-growth swamp forest left in eastern North America!! 
    Visit FRIENDS OF THE BLACK RIVER NC website. Also, READ an essay on one person's experience with these ancient trees in our Viewpoint Blog.

​(Photo above courtesy of Dan Griffin.)
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. DONATE through our secure online giving option offered through PayPal, where you may designate your contribution for one of our sponsored projects or in general support of our mission (see dropdown menu in the PayPal link). THANK YOU! (You may also send a check to the address below.)
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​Southern Conservation Partners, Inc., is IRS-certified as a 501(c)(3) ​tax-exempt public charity.

Of Special Interest
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Conserve Nashville's Highland Rim Forest: SCP fiscal sponsor 

We are fiscal sponsor for a new 
effort to help stem catastrophic losses of bird populations and natural habitats
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Photo by Brady Beck
Venus Flytrap Champions:
exciting conservation collaboration
Southern Conservation Partners
​P.O. Box 33222,  Raleigh N.C. 27636-3222
    Phone: 919-500-6598