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 and cultural heritage and its ecological health. 

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 was a great success!  ​65+ speakers and presenters, 140+ participants! 
    On ​September 6-8, 2022, we teamed up with the North Carolina Natural Heritage Program, North Carolina Botanical Garden, The Nature Conservancy, and others to offer a forum that brought together key experts on biodiversity, changing climate resilience planning, environmental justice and inclusion from all over North Carolina to develop strategies to better understand and protect imperiled species and ecosystems. SEE the PROGRAM.
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 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.
September 2022 
Ellerbe Creek Watershed Association (Durham, NC) receives grant for community engagement conservation project
READ ABOUT IT
The Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) contains landmark climate legislation that has the potential to reduce U.S. emissions by 40% by 2030, helping to reduce carbon in our atmosphere and buffering human and natural communities from the worst effects of climate change. READ MORE.
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}

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Photo by Walker Golder

Confronting Racism in the Land Conservation Movement
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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
Southern Conservation Partners
​P.O. Box 33222,  Raleigh N.C. 27636-3222
    Phone: 919-500-6598