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Resource Richness
North Carolina
WV
KY
VA
TN
GA
SC
ATLANTIC
OCEAN
Resource Richness
AZ
Low
Medium
High
Areas without Stewardship Potential
0
1
25
50
Miles
Resource richness classes were determined by Natural Breaks using data only for North Carolina.
This analysis was produced as part of the Southern Forest Land
Assessment, a cooperative project of the Southern Group of State
Foresters to spatially identify important forest lands in the 13
southern states and Puerto Rico. It was funded by a Forest
Stewardship Program grant from the USDA Forest Service.
LAYER WEIGHT SCHEME (weighted means across ecoregions)
13.4 % Forestland
6.5 % Forest Patches
9.2 % Riparian Areas
6.2 % Forested Wetlands
8.7 % Public Drinking Water 6.0 % Proximity to Public Land
8.2 % Site Productivity
4.9 % Slope
7.7 % Priority Watersheds 4.6 % Threatened & Endangered Species
MAP NOTES
Date: December 2009
Data layer: r_uwp_3c_s
File name: NC_SAP_4.mxd
Map by: Andrew Bailey
CONTACT INFORMATION
Andrew Bailey
NC Division of Forest Resources
919-857-4812
Andrew.Bailey@ncdenr.gov