SePPCon 2024: Conservation Tools and Programs Drones for natural resource management, research, and restoration planning Susan Cohen, Peggy Mullin*, Troy Walton, Andrew Zachman, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Carolina Drone Lab Remotely sensed data can inform natural resource management, help address challenges around ecosystem services, and assist in planning for future resilience. […]
Cooper Breeden and Dwayne Estes, Southeastern Grasslands Initiative / TPCA In Fall 2019, conservation partners from across the southeast began to convene on a monthly call to discuss how to tackle the complex problem of improperly managed roadsides—roadsides that are either being sprayed or mowed to death to the detriment of rare and unique plant […]
Tara Littlefield and Tony Romano, Office of Kentucky Nature Preserves Roadsides are increasingly recognized for their potential importance in conservation planning. Roadsides are generally less threatened by development than surrounding areas and are maintained in an open condition. Because of these factors, roadsides in Kentucky are one of the few areas that contain remnant native […]