The Southeast Regional Implementation Team (SERIT) strategy fosters cooperation between federal partnership agencies and state, local, and non-governmental organizations with an emphasis on two issues: protecting and restoring areas threatened or affected by development in coastal areas; and restoration of anadromous fisheries habitat. The SERIT has been involved in numerous habitat protection and restoration projects of all types along the South Atlantic coastline.

The SERIT also focuses on developing uses for the tools provided by Coastal America: the CELCs, the CWRP, and the IRT program. The SERIT expanded with the 2005 launch of the Georgia CWRP chapter and the CELC designations of the North Carolina Aquariums and the Georgia Aquarium. The GA CWRP chapter was formally launched in October of 2005 and is the first chapter in the SERIT. The North Carolina Aquariums joined the CELC network in January of 2005 as the 18th CELC, and the Georgia Aquarium joined in May of 2006 as the network's 19th member. The designations of the North Carolina and Georgia Aquariums give the SERIT six CELC institutions in their region. As a result, they allocate much of their support to collaborative opportunities offered by these CELCs. Along with supporting its CELCs, the SERIT continues to support the GA CWRP while working to establish additional chapters and identify new IRT projects in the southeast region.

Implementation Team Chairs

James D. Giattina
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Region 4 (Atlanta, GA)
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David Parker
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Region 4 (Atlanta, GA)
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Southeast Regional Implementation Team List