Designated through a formal partnership between the Department of Defense, the U.S. Department of Agriculture, and the U.S. Department of the Interior, there are currently 19 Sentinel Landscapes spread across parts of 18 states and the U.S. territory of Guam. Many Sentinel Landscapes overlap places where wildlife move between protected areas, helping species migrate and adapt as conditions change; as a result, many of these lands provide the framework for state and regional wildlife corridors throughout the United States. Wildpath is working with the Department of Defense’s Readiness and Environmental Protection Integration (REPI) Program team to document Sentinel Landscapes across the country. In 2025, we identified six Sentinel Landscapes to cover in depth: California’s Mojave Desert; Georgia; southern Indiana; Middle Chesapeake in Maryland, Virginia and Delaware; New Jersey’s Kittatinny Ridge in New Jersey and Pennsylvania; and Avon Park, Florida. In each of these places, Wildpath is collaborating with each Landscape’s coordinators, local partners, and military personnel to produce photography, video, and storytelling that illustrates how conservation and defense align. We are assigning National Geographic Explorers and contributing photographers to capture the people, wildlife and places that make these landscapes irreplaceable. We’ll be covering stories on endangered and iconic wildlife, landscape-scale conservation, and Tribal and community cultural heritage; key partnerships, such as among private landowners, conservation organizations, and military teams; how protected sentinel landscapes contribute to climate resilience and military readiness; and how they connect to larger wildlife corridors.