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Futures Report Charts Changes for Southern Forests
High elevation forest in the Southern Appalachian Mountains. Photo by Zoe Hoyle. The Southern Forest Futures Project started in 2008 with a series of public meetings across the South to gather...
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Reflections on the Southern Forest Futures Project
In 2008, we started the Southern Forest Futures Project with 15 public workshops held in each of the 13 States of our region. In Baton Rouge, Asheville, Stillwater, Charleston, and all the other...
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Southern Forests and Water
Southern forests provide clean drinking water to millions. Photo by U.S. Forest Service. The Southern Forest Futures Project Technical Report is now available online, both in entirety and by chapter....
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Families, Forests, and Taxes
Financial incentive programs are generally successful in promoting sustainable practices among family forest owners. Photo by Zoe Hoyle, USDA Forest Service. The Southern Forest Futures Project...
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Biomass Energy from Southern Forests
The Southern Forest Futures Project Technical Report is now available online, both entire and by chapter. The report provides an interdisciplinary assessment of potential futures of southern forests...
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Outdoor Recreation in the Shifting Societal Landscape of the South
Swimming at Juniper Springs in the Ocala National Forest. Photo by U.S. Forest Service. The Southern Forest Futures Project Technical Report provides an interdisciplinary assessment of potential...
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The Future of Outdoor Recreation in the South
Research for the Southern Forest Futures Report found that hiking is the recreational activity that will increase the most by 2060. Photo by U.S. Forest Service. The Southern Forest Futures Project...
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Appalachian-Cumberland Highlands: The Next 50 Years
The Appalachian Trail winds through the Blue Ridge Mountains, which are part of the Appalachian-Cumberland highlands. Photo by Sarah Farmer. Knowing more about how the future might unfold can improve...
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The Future of Invasive Insects and Diseases in Southern Forests
Insect pest species such as emerald ash borer are already expanding rapidly, and threaten the ecological viability of their hosts in the South. Photo by Debbie Miller, U.S. Forest Service, courtesy of...
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The Invasion of Southern Forests by Nonnative Plants
Princesstree (Paulownia tomentosa), invades widely after wildfire, timber harvesting, and other disturbances. Photo by Leslie Mehrhoff, courtesy of Bugwood.org. The Southern Forest Futures Project...
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Piedmont Forests: The Next 50 Years
The southern Piedmont covers a wide swath from Alabama through Virginia. Recently, CompassLive highlighted the changes likely to occur in the forests of the Appalachian-Cumberland Highlands over the...
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The Future of Fire in the South
Prescribed fire in Coastal Plain flatwoods. Photo by U.S. Forest Service. The Southern Forest Futures Project (SFFP) started in 2008 as an effort to study and understand the various forces reshaping...
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Coastal Plain Forests: The Next 50 Years
The Southern Coastal Plain’s 188 million acres span from Texas to Virginia. What will our Southern coastal forests look like in 50 years? With a myriad of factors involved—including climate change,...
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Projected Land Use Change in the South
Continued urbanization could significantly reduce forest land in the South. Photo by Larry Korhnak, courtesy of Interface South. The Southern Forest Futures Project (SFFP) started in 2008 as an effort...
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Who Will Own Southern Forests in the Future?
The forest products industry divested about three-fourths of its timberland holdings between 1998 and 2008, the largest ownership transition in the last century. Photo by U.S. Forest Service. The...
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Mississippi Alluvial Valley Forests: The Next 50 Years
Range and extent of the Mississippi Alluvial Valley (red outline) and the counties it encompasses (white outlines). The yellow line separates the Holocene Deposits section from the Deltaic Plain...
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Conserving the South’s Forests in a Rapidly Changing Future
Fire management in relation to the 2007 Georgia Bay Complex Fires, which burned almost 600,000 acres across federal, state, and private lands under drought conditions, provides a case study on applying...
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The Future of Outdoor Recreation in the South
Research for the Southern Forest Futures Report found that hiking is the recreational activity that will increase the most by 2060. Photo by U.S. Forest Service. The Southern Forest Futures Project...
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Outdoor Recreation in the Shifting Societal Landscape of the South
Swimming at Juniper Springs in the Ocala National Forest. Photo by U.S. Forest Service. The Southern Forest Futures Project Technical Report provides an interdisciplinary assessment of potential...
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Who Will Own Southern Forests in the Future?
The forest products industry divested about three-fourths of its timberland holdings between 1998 and 2008, the largest ownership transition in the last century. Photo by U.S. Forest Service. Forest...
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