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Lake Myra scenic view, NC
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Scenic wetland Lk Myra, NC
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Mature longleaf pine forests and pure water are two of the outstanding features of this large easement, SC sandhills
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Easement on the banks of the Broad River, GA piedmont
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A Mtn cove at Little Pine
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clean water in an SC stream
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Forests with Old Growth attributes - NC
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Gorgeous scenery of mature trees - NC
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Grand trees at Little Pine1
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Grand trees at Little Pine2
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Coastal Plain: pine savannahs and rare pitcher plants
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Protecting a stream bank and buffer land in the north Georgia mountains
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Wetlands on a private development in the piedmont of North Carolina; These wetlands adjoin DOT mitigation bank wetlands, so ecological characteristics on both sets of wetlands are strenghtened and enhanced by the continuity between the two; Right: a beaver dam near the same location
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A dark-eyed junco nest in the North Carolina mountains
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A high mountain ridge in North Carolina overlooking protected ridges, coves, and a mountain bog
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Mature forests provide crucial wildlife habitat, food & shelter (such as this tree cavity in the NC mountains) not found in other locations
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A stream bank and buffer land with numerous uncommon plant species in the north Georgia mountains adjoining USFS lands
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The brilliant green and rich diversity of a mesic NC mountain cove; Uncommon plants are located here due to unusual geology
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Wetland plants in coastal North Carolina
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Volunteer Corinne Duncan looking at a trail, NC
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Charlie Ball contemplates a creek that will be protected, NC mountains
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A trailhead, NC mountains
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NC Mtn boulders - scenic and important habitat
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SC pine savannah important habitat
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The high meadows of Little Pine
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wildlife habitat in large trees and boulders - NC
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A unique environmentally ‘green’ community within the high mountains above the Sandy Mush community
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A scenic mountain ridge in north Georgia
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Conservation of forested natural communities adjacent to aquatic habitats, such as this one in the North Carolina piedmont, can be beneficial for amphibians and other wildlife
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Natural communities provide habitat to many common and uncommon species of plants, animals, fungi, lichens, invertebrates, and other organisms. Swallowtail butterfly on native flame azalea in the NC mountains
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Butterflyweed, as well as some uncommon plant species grace this rocky NC mountain slope
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Natural tree fall and rushing water in a north Georgia stream
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Mosses and ferns growing in moist forest conditions, North Carolina
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A rock “grotto” along a creekbed adds to habitat diversity in the Ridge & Valley of Alabama
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A large beech tree near the same location
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