Protected lands (including military installations) in USDA Forest Service Region 8. Data sources include Protected Areas Database-United States (PADUS) 1.4; National Conservation Easement Database (current as of August 15, 2017); state GIS clearinghouses for Georgia, South Carolina, and Virginia; and recent acquisitions made by The Conservation Fund.
My background is in assessing how desired ecological conditions and maintenance of biodiversity might be achieved in managed pine forests of the southeastern Coastal Plain. I am currently working at Mississippi State University to map current and future protected forests in the Southeast.