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Potential for Forest Stewardship
Program Benefits
NORTH CAROLINA
South Carolina
Stewardship Potential
AZ
Low
Medium
High
Areas without
Stewardship Potential
0
20
40
Miles
³
GEORGIA
Stewardship Capable Lands
Stewardship
Potential
Forest
Acres
Non-Forest
Percent of Total
Forest
Acres
ATLANTIC OCEAN
Total
Percent of Total
Non-Forest
Acres
Percent
of Total
High
4,765,499
46.7%
35,837
0.6%
4,801,336
28.8%
Medium
5,194,573
50.9%
1,088,120
16.8%
6,282,693
37.7%
239,398
2.3%
5,340,147
82.6%
5,579,545
33.5%
Low
Total
10,199,471
6,464,103
16,663,574
Note: Stewardship potential classes were determined by Natural Breaks using data only for South 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)
4.8 % Proximity to Public Lands
14.2 % Forestland
8.1 % Development Level
4.3 % T&E Species
10.3 % Riparian Areas
7.8 % Wildfire Risk
3.3 % Forest Patches
9.8 % Site Productivity
7.2 % Priority Watersheds
9.3 % Public Drinking Water 6.9 % Wetlands
8.9 % Forest Health
5.2 % Slope
MAP NOTES
Date: January 2009
Data layer: SC_p_uwp_3c_s
File name: SAP_1_SC.mxd
Map by: Justin Roberson
CONTACT INFORMATION
Scott Phillips
S.C. Forestry Commission
803-896-8844
sphillips@forestry.state.sc.us