This webinar gives an introduction to the Southeast CSC funded project "Providing Science for the Conservation of Animals in the Southeastern Longleaf Pine Ecosystem". The project is a collaborative effort of state and federal agencies, regional entities, and private interest groups working across the southeastern US. The project is designed to conduct range-wide species status assessments for 5 at-risk species of herpetofauna and inform where and how to invest conservation resources in the longleaf system. Project leaders (USGS Georgia Cooperative Fish & Wildlife Research Unit, University of Georgia) and core partners (state and federal agencies) met for this introductory webinar where we 1) presented the project's scope/approach, [...]