This page has information related to the Restoration Needs Analysis conducted for the North Carolina portion of the Southern Blue Ridge.

 In addition to the final report by Marissa Ponder, available documents include:

• a recording of the presentation of final results
• an introductory presentation by Josh Kelly, as well as his previous assessment of ecosystems on the Nantahala-Pisgah NF and a two-page summary of that work
• slides from an introductory presentation by Marissa Ponder
• handouts with maps and data for the six forest ecosystems being analyzed (dry mesic oak-hickory; high elevation red oak; dry oak; shortleaf pine-oak; mesic oak hickory; and pine oak heath)
• notes from the partner meeting that was held on January 28, 2014
• a GIS geodatabase with seral classes identified for each of the six ecosystems (available from msutton@tnc.org)

Contact Megan Sutton (msutton@tnc.org) for more information.