The Southeast Aquatic Resources Partnership (SARP) is a regional collaboration of natural resource and science agencies, conservation organizations and private interests developed to strengthen the management and conservation of aquatic resources in the southeastern United States.
Participation in SARP
Partners are integral to SARP’s work and success. With partners, SARP protects, conserves and restores aquatic resources and habitats throughout the Southeast.
Organizational Partners:
There are a number of ways that Partners, including conservation organizations, government agencies, and private corporations, can cooperate to conserve and restore the aquatic wildlife and habitats in the region. For organizations, opportunities for involvement range from partnering to implement restoration projects, to demonstrating regional leadership, and becoming an official organizational member of SARP.
For more information about partnering with SARP on a specific project, funding opportunity, or to share other ideas for potential collaboration, please contact Todd Ewing at todd@southeastaquatics.net
SARP Member Organization Directory
Aquatic Connectivity Program
Ferguson Lynch partnered with SARP to strengthen a community of conservationists. The Southeast’s rivers host more at-risk fish and invertebrates than any other U.S. region, yet decades of development have fragmented the vital waterways they depend on. SARP members sought better tools to connect, share data, and collaborate with researchers to address these environmental challenges.
Aquatic Connectivity Program
In partnership with American Rivers, SARP developed the Southeast Aquatic Connectivity Program to improve aquatic connectivity in the Southeast. With partners, SARP implements the three components of the Aquatic Connectivity Program:
- Inventory – The aquatic barrier inventory is the foundation for identifying and prioritizing aquatic connectivity projects with partners.
- Prioritization – In order to maximize partner effort and return on investment, aquatic barriers are prioritized based on their contribution to the aquatic network if removed.
- Aquatic Connectivity Teams – The teams are state-specific and comprised of partners from all sectors. In the ACTs, interested partners work together to improve aquatic connectivity across the region through implementation of on the ground projects, improved outreach and education related to barrier removal and related topics, and improved coordination across agencies and organizations.
Aquatic Connectivity Teams
The aquatic barrier inventory and prioritization results merge to support the collaborative efforts of the Aquatic Connectivity Teams (ACTs). The teams are state-specific and comprised of partners from all sectors. In the ACTs, interested partners work together to improve aquatic connectivity across the region through implementation of on the ground projects, improved outreach and education related to barrier removal and related topics, and improved coordination across agencies and organizations.
Currently, ACTs have been established in 15 states.
Click here to learn more about the teams.
Private State Team Workspace
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SARP Conservation Planning Hub
https://southeastaquatics.net/sarps-programs/conservation-planning
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Aquatic Barrier Inventory Tool
The National Aquatic Barrier Inventory & Prioritization Tool serves as a powerful public‐facing portal for mapping, evaluating, and prioritizing aquatic barriers such as dams, culverts and road‐stream crossings across the United States. The site provides access to a national inventory of barriers (many of which fragment streams and rivers and impede aquatic life) and tools that allow users—such as resource managers, state agencies, or conservation practitioners—to select an area of interest (by state, county or watershed), filter barriers by characteristics (height, feasibility, severity), view them on interactive maps and download data for offline use.
