自然保护协会（TNC）的使命是保护植物、动物和代表地球上生命多样性的自然群落，保护它们生存所需的土地和水域。TNC是一个成立于1951年的国际环保组织。本演示概述了跨国公司的淡水倡议；五年努力建设能力，制定可转移的水生生态系统保护战略，并制定减少威胁的战略。确定了东南沿海平原生态区内的优先地点。 概述了保护策略，包括土地征用、保护区、河岸缓冲区、实施最佳管理实践和河流恢复，并提供了每种策略的示例。包括数字。

The mission of The Nature Conservancy (TNC) is to preserve plants, animals, andnatural communities that represent the diversity of life on earth by protectingthe lands and waters they need to survive. TNC is an international conservationorganization founded in 1951. This presentation outlines the TNC's FreshwaterInitiative; a five year effort to build capacity and develop transferablestrategies for aquatic ecosystem conservation and develop threat abatementstrategies. Priority sites within the southeastern coastal plain ecoregions areidentified. Conservation strategies, including land acquisition, conservationeasements, riparian buffers, implementation of best management practices, andstream restoration, are outlined and examples of each are provided. Includes figures.