SARP
Southeast Aquatic Resources Partnership
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.
SARP’s approach:
- Support and facilitation of on-the-ground and in-the-water science-based action to improve and protect aquatic habitats and resources.
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Focused habitat assessments, restoration actions, monitoring and evaluation of some of the nation’s most economically and socially significant aquatic habitats.
SARP's mission:
SARP will, with partners, protect, conserve and restore aquatic resources including habitats throughout the Southeast for the continuing benefit, use and enjoyment of the American people.
Latest News
Conserving Shoal Bass In Georgia and Alabama
03.06.2012Native shoal bass in Georgia and Alabama, one of the eight described black bass species in the United States, are facing serious threats to their habitats and the integrity of the species. Dr. Steve Sammons of the Fisheries Department at Auburn University, who has studied shoal bass populations extensively, calls this situation “a war of attrition”, with numbers of shoal bass populations threatened by a variety of factors, including dams and flow alterations, land use changes, and competition from illegal introductions of black bass not native to the range of the shoal bass. Further evaluation of the life history of shoal bass, including habitat requirements and availability of and competition for food sources, is critical to developing a conservation strategy that will prevent further extirpation (elimination from its former range) of populations. read more >
Restoring Raccoon Creek
03.02.2012Raccoon Creek. Photo credit: TNC. Raccoon Creek in the Etowah River Watershed of Northwest Georgia is critical to the long-term survival of a variety of aquatic insects, and fish, including the federally endangered Etowah darter and threatened Cherokee darter, the lined chub, and the recreationally-fished redeye bass. But threats loom. The creek flows through Paulding County in Metro Atlanta, one of the country’s fastest growing areas prior to the recession. Agricultural practices and land clearing for development have degraded long stretches of the creek, making it more difficult for the fish to survive.read more >
