This meeting was an informative & instructional overview for the SE Plants RSGCN Survey Team.
Survey Team invitees
- Natural heritage network/ state agency botanists
- Federal agency biologists/ botanists/ ecologists
- State Plant Conservation Alliance coordinators
- Other botanical experts
Survey Team activities
- Review preliminary taxa list & associated data (developed by NatureServe)
- Participation in assessment survey to provide additional information about species’ status, threats, & needs
- Improve current data & inform decision-making by the Technical Team
- 10 – 20 hours (January – November)
March 14th SE PCA RSGCN Survey Overview Meeting Agenda
- Southeastern PCA – Carrie Radcliffe, SE PCA/ Atlanta Botanical Garden (20 min)
- Welcome & SE PCA Background
- SE PCA RSGCN Overview
- Regional Species of Greatest Conservation Need (10 min)
- RSGCN History & Purpose – Karen Terwilliger & Tracy Rice, Terwilliger Consulting, Inc.
- RSGCN Benefits – Jon Ambrose, Southeast Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies Wildlife Diversity Committee/ Georgia DNR Wildlife Conservation
- Preliminary SE Plants Priority List – Amanda Treher, NatureServe (15 min)
- Pre-screening Methodology
- Global Status Assessment Goals
- SE Plants RSGCN Species Assessment Survey – Sarah Norris, SE PCA/ ABG (10 min)
- Online Resources
- Invitation
- Website
- Survey access
- Survey Process
- Questions to answer
- Sending survey back
- Online Resources
Q & A/ Discussion (20 – 35 min)
Links to RSGCN Survey meeting materials: