厂辫别补办别谤:听, Virginia Department of Forestry
Meeting ID: 923 4414 9182
Passcode: 944916
Abstract
The Sentinel Landscapes Partnership, founded in 2013, is a coalition of federal agencies, state and local governments, and non-governmental organizations that work with willing landowners and land managers to advance sustainable land use practices on private and public lands around military installations and ranges. The partnership鈥檚 mission is to strengthen military readiness, conserve natural resources, bolster agricultural and forestry economies, increase public access to outdoor recreation, and promote landscape resilience.
The Virginia Security Corridor Sentinel Landscapes (VSC) received designation from the Federal Coordinating Committee in 2023. The corridor is composed of the Tidewater and Potomac Sentinel Landscapes and encompasses over 2.9 million acres of land and water in Virginia鈥檚 鈥淕olden Crescent,鈥 an area of high military concentration, population growth, urban sprawl, and a growing technology industry and home to some of the Commonwealth鈥檚 most abundant resources. Partners established the Virginia Security Corridor to address three lines of effort: 1) prevent encroachment on military testing and training activities while supporting Virginia鈥檚 working lands, 2) build resilience against climate-induced hazards, and 3) conserve and restore key habitats to benefit water quality and protected species.
In this seminar, we will go over what it means to be a Sentinel Landscape, the goals and organization of the Virginia Security Corridor, examples of military collaboration with university partners, and ways to be involved. The Sentinel Landscape designation helps to facilitate dialogue, improve communication, promote data sharing, and help unify priorities across a diverse group of stakeholders and today we begin the conversation with 麻豆传媒.
Biography
Mary Bennett is the Tidewater Sentinel Landscape Coordinator for the Virginia Security Corridor. She has a passion for wildlife and a strong background in conservation and restoration throughout the Southeastern Coastal Plain. Most recently, she worked with the Elizabeth River Project as their Environmental Scientist, where she focused on water quality and urban restoration of tidal marshes. She holds a Master of Wildlife Science from Auburn University, where she spent many hours exploring longleaf pine stands while studying resource selection of the Southeastern pocket gopher.聽