Addie Thornton
Program Director
addie.thornton@ag.tamu.eduAddie serves as a Program Director at the Texas A&M Natural Resources Institute, where she provides comprehensive support for the Southeast Regional Partnership for Planning and Sustainability (SERPPAS). In this role she coordinates the partnership’s strategic planning and project management efforts that strengthen collaboration at the intersection of natural resources and national defense.
She guides SERPPAS partner engagement, organizational coordination, and partnership communication ensuring that SERPPAS advances conservation outcomes and military readiness together. She also oversees the Regional Planning and Partnerships focus within the Natural Resources Conservation and Policy program at the Institute, aligning NRI priorities with broader natural resource and defense-related initiatives across the Southeast and beyond.
Addie received a master’s degree in Climate Change and Society and a bachelor’s degree in Natural Resource Policy and Administration, both from North Carolina State University.
Outside of work, she enjoys spending time with her family, getting outdoors and traveling to new places.
Publications
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Prescribed Fire Liability Report for the Southern United States: A Summary of Statutes (2024)
Aug 2024
Cary, B., Lowdermilk, J., & Fawcett, J. E. (2024). 2024 Prescribed Fire Liability Report for the Southern United States: A Summary of Statutes and Cases. Southeast Regional Partnership for Planning and Sustainability.
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Prescribed Fire Liability Report for the Southern United States: A Summary of Statutes and Cases (2023)
May 2023
Research Reports
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Promoting Coastal Resilience Through Partnerships and Planning: Communities, Sea Grant Programs, SERPPAS, and Military Installations
Jun 2020
Stevens, A., & Jones, S. (2020). Promoting coastal resilience through partnerships and planning: Communities, Sea Grant programs, SERPPAS, and military installations. Sea Grant Law & Policy Journal, 10(2), 1–38.
Field Notes
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SERPPAS marks 20 years of partnership while looking toward the challenges ahead
Jun 24, 2026
For two decades, the Southeast Regional Partnership for Planning and Sustainability (SERPPAS) has brought together leaders from the military, state agencies and federal natural resources, wildlife, ocean and working lands organizations to address a shared set of challenges across the Southeast. At its core, SERPPAS is built on a simple but consequential idea: military readiness, conservation, working lands and resilient communities are not separate priorities. In many places, they depend on one another.
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SERPPAS: Red-cockaded Woodpecker Downlisted
Nov 1, 2024
We are excited to share the announcement from the Department of Interior that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is downlisting the red-cockaded woodpecker from endangered to threatened status under the Endangered Species Act.