In Action

Nature’s Network In Action

Who is using Nature’s Network?

Read stories and case studies from partners who are already using Nature’s Network to inform their work in land use planning and prioritization across the region.

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State agencies

Christine Conn, Ph. D.

Landscape Conservation Planner for the Maryland Department of Natural Resources and Co-Chair of the Chesapeake Bay Program’s Habitat Goal Implementation Team (HGIT)

“It will be the recipe for conserving enough of the right kinds of habitat, in the right places, to support Chesapeake fish and wildlife, now and into the future.”

Chris Burkett

Wildlife Action Plan Coordinator, Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries

“No other tool has taken on the issue of restoration in such a robust way. It is an exciting tool, and it represents a huge opportunity for us.”

Federal programs

Alicia Logalbo

Chief of Environmental Analysis Section, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Norfolk District

“Regional information really helps you focus. You can fine tune it with local information or field visits, but regional perspective gives you the broad brush to optimize, and then zoom into important areas you can verify.”

Mitch Hartley

North Atlantic Coordinator, Atlantic Coast Joint Venture

“It is simple and easy to use, and allows our partners to explore the data by viewing or removing different data layers to understand what is influencing or driving the models.”

Dan Murphy

Chief, Division of Habitat Conservation, Chesapeake Bay Field Office, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Coastal Program

“None of the information we have worked with before was based on the degree of collaborative, careful, in-depth analysis as has gone into these products.”

Nongovernmental organizations

Carly Dean

Project Manager, Chesapeake Conservancy

“Never before has this kind of data been available to local communities, and that’s what brought them into the conversation. This information is helping them more easily answer questions that they have had for a long time.”

Michale Glennon

Director of Science, Wildlife Conservation Society, Adirondack Program

“It is such a powerful tool for demonstrating the status of habitat conservation in the Northeast region.”