Current Regional Priorities and Products
The Northeast Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies' wildlife diversity programs strongly commit to collaboration and believe that together we can reverse declining trends by addressing stressors on Regional Species of Greatest Conservation Need (RSGCN). The Northeast Fish and Wildlife Diversity Technical Committee develops and implements research, survey, monitoring, and conservation on the ground through the Regional Conservation Needs (RCN) program to fund conservation with partners at the regional scale. The RSGCN list includes 20 taxa groups of Species of Greatest Conservation Need (SGCN) from State Wildlife Action Plans (SWAPs) in the NEAFWA footprint (Maine to Virginia, including D.C.). RSGCN represent priority regional conservation targets, which, when associated with their habitats and threats, facilitate the development of actions that can be taken by many partners at many scales, all in the context of the Northeast regional waters and landscape.
