SECAS Engagement Strategy: Version 1.0
Wylie Carr
USFWS
Dr. Wylie Carr is a conservation social scientist for the Southeast Region of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. His current work focuses primarily on big collaborative efforts like the Southeast Conservation Adaptation Strategy and the Region's At-Risk conservation activities. Prior to joining the Service in 2017, Wylie worked as a post-doctoral research scientist for the U.S. Geological Survey, and a project manager for the Center for Natural Resources and Environmental Policy at the University of Montana. He received his bachelor’s degree in Religious Studies from the University of Virginia, and his master’s and Ph.D. in Resource Conservation from the University of Montana. His graduate work was based in the conservation social sciences with an emphasis on human dimensions of climate change. Wylie and his family generally love any form of outdoor recreation. When he has free time, Wylie is an enthusiastic fly-fisherman, mountain biker, and snowboarder.
Abstract
The dramatic changes sweeping the Southeastern United States - such as urbanization, competition for water resources, extreme weather events, sea-level rise, and climate change - pose unprecedented challenges for sustaining... [ view full abstract ]
The dramatic changes sweeping the Southeastern United States - such as urbanization, competition for water resources, extreme weather events, sea-level rise, and climate change - pose unprecedented challenges for sustaining our cultural and natural resources. However, they also offer an opportunity to bring together diverse stakeholders and communities around shared goals for both conservation and development. For the past six years federal, state, and non-profit conservation organizations have been working together to develop the Southeastern Conservation Adaptation Strategy (SECAS), a shared vision for a network of landscapes and seascapes that support thriving fish, wildlife, and human populations. The SECAS partners are now ready to make this vision a reality. In a region where over 90% of the land is privately held, this means developing an effective engagement strategy to expand our conservation community.
This part of the roundtable discussion will present the first iteration of the SECAS Engagement Strategy. This engagement strategy provides a nested approach to working with diverse partners at multiple geographic, political, and economic states. It provides a consistence and yet flexible approach that includes identifying and profiling relevant stakeholders across the public, private, and not-for-profit sectors. It also examines how to identify and cultivate shared goals, and develop and implements appropriate on-the-ground conservation strategies. This presentation will highlight the context for developing the overall strategy as well as the process utilized to construct it.
There are two interrelated goals for sharing the SECAS engagement strategy alongside the other presentations in this roundtable session at Pathways. First, the SECAS partners are excited to get feedback from Pathways participants on the strategy itself. The engagement strategy will be presented to the heads of the Southeastern Fish and Wildlife Agencies later in the fall and feedback from Pathways participants will help refine the strategy. In addition, the SECAS strategy will provide a helpful exemplar for other practitioners working on public and stakeholder engagement efforts, particularly at landscape and regional scales.
Authors
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Wylie Carr
(USFWS)
Topic Area
Topics: Collaborative Conservation
Session
T-3C » Effective Stakeholder and Public Engagement at Multiple Scales (13:00 - Tuesday, 19th September, Assembly Hall C)
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