The Service’s Southeast Region (Region4)ishometoarichdiversityofnaturalresourcesspreadacross10statesstretchingfromtheAppalachianMountainssouthtotheCaribbeanislandsandwesttotheOzarks,including the southern half of the MississippiRiverBasin.TheRegionalOfficeislocatedinAtlanta,Georgia.

Resource Facts and Figures128 national wildlife refuges •encompassing 4 million acres (including 67 coastal refuges)

14 ecological services offices•

14 national fish hatcheries, 7 •conservation offices, 1 regional fisheries center, 1 fish health center, 1 fish technology center

11 migratory bird offices, •including 6 joint ventures with partners

30 law enforcement offices (5 •designated ports of entry)

17.5 million acres in Southeast •under federal ownership

322 federally listed species•

11.9 million refuge visitors (30 •percent of national total) in 2007

The Region has 1,309 FTEs •

Regional Demographics96 congressional districts•

2007 regional population •estimate: 70.4 million (53 million urban; 17.4 million rural)

By 2025, the population is •projected to grow by at least 25 percent

11.1 million residents fish, hunt •and watch wildlife

Southeast has five of the 10 •

most populated metropolitan areas. Nine of the region’s states are among the top 20 states that lost the most open space and farmland to economic development in the 1990s.

Key Habitats and EcosystemsTheSoutheasthasavarietyofdiverseanduniqueecosystemsandhabitatsincluding coastal marshes, coral reefs,bottomlandhardwoods,theAppalachianandOzarkMountains,caves,andlongleafpineforests.

The Southeast Region is home to 26,000 miles of tidal shoreline and its coastalflatsinclude86millionacresofcoastalhabitatandfishandwildliferesourcesandcoralreefs.

Regional Budget

Conservation Successes and ChallengesCarbon sequestration - Launched a carbonsequestrationprogramworkingwithenergycompanies.TheServiceanditspartnershaveadded40,000acres to the National Wildlife Refuge System,restoredatotalof80,000acres,andplantedmorethan22millionnativehardwoodtrees.

Southeastern Aquatic Resources Partnership (SARP) - More thantwodozen state andfederalfisheriesconservation agencies and privateconservationorganizationsarepartofthemostaggressiveregionalpartnershipintheNationalFishHabitatActionPlan.TheagencyandpartnersareusinglandscapeconservationtoolstoconserveandrestorevaluablepopulationsofaquaticspeciesacrosstheRegion.

Water issues - Parts of the Southeast arefacinghistoricdroughtconditions.Today,34percentoffishspeciesand90percentofmusselsinperilnationwideareintheSoutheast.Waterqualityandquantityareaffectingcommunitiesinwaysunimaginablejust25yearsago.LongermoreintensedroughtsinGeorgia,Alabama,Florida,Tennessee,andacrosstheCarolinasareimpactingfishandwildlife,localeconomies,andcitizens;andtheServiceisplayingakeyroleinconservationsolutions.

Marine coastal issues - Accelerated climatechangepredictionsforsealevel rise along the tidal shoreline willimpactfish,wildlife,andtheirhabitatsoverthenext50to100years.Thiswillhavesignificantimpactsonthisregion’stwomostextraordinaryecological restoration efforts – the EvergladesandcoastalwetlandsalongtheGulfCoast.Morethan1.2millionacresofwetlandsandmarsheshavebeenlostsince1932alongtheLouisianacoast.

Sam HamiltonRegional Directorwww.fws.gov/southeast

November 2008

USFWS

USFWS

Region 4 Funding - FY2008Total = $465.6 M

Grants($231.1 M)

No-Year($80.7 M)

Reimbursables($0.8 M)

Resource Management($153.0 M)

U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service

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