Longleaf pine ecosystem restoration: the role of the USDA Forest Service

The greater longleaf pine ecosystem once occupied over 90 million acres from southeastern Virginia, south to central Florida, and west to eastern Texas. Today less than 3 million acres remain, with much of the remaining understory communities in an unhealthy state. A number of public and private conservation organizations are conducting collaborative longleaf pine ecosystem restoration activities throughout the South.

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