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Suggested Citation: Anderson, M., Prince, J., Ray, D., Sutton, M., and Watland, A. 2013. Southern BlueRidge: an Analysis of Matrix Forests. The Nature Conservancy. pp. 51.http://www.conservationgateway.org/Files/Pages/SouthernBlueRidgeAnAnalysisofMatrixForests.aspxAcknowledgementsWe would like to thank the Glass Foundation for directly funding the expert meetings that were held inall five states of the Southern Blue Ridge and for funding the Forest Block video that was completed(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qMvwbaU5RWs).We would like to thank the numerous TNC staff that participated in this analysis including Kristen Austin,Catherine Burns, Deron Davis, Colette DeGarady, Sarah Fraser, Sara Gottlieb, Wade Harrison, MalcolmHodges, Eric Krueger, Merrill Lynch, Katherine Medlock, Sally Palmer, Marek Smith, Rick Studenmund,Randy Tate, Maria Whitehead, and Alex Wyss.We would also like to thank our partners that participated in this process including Jon Ambrose, JoanneBaggs, Rob Baldwin, Allen Boynton, Kevin Caldwell, Geoff Call, Ed Clebsch, Jamey Donaldson, MarshallEllis, Tom Govus, Mark Hall, Steve Hall, Dennis Herman, Stan Hutto, Hugh Irwin, Gary Kauffman,Christine Kelly, Josh Kelly, Nathan Klaus, Tim Lee, Jay Leutze, Jeff Magniez, Joe McGuiness, PatrickMcMillan, Joe Miller, James Padgett, Tom Patrick, Mark Pistrang, Ed Pivorun, Joe Pollard, Mike Schafale,Ed Schwartzman, Vic Shelburn, Curtis Smalling, Tom Waldrop, Jesse Webster, Kendrick Weeks, CarolynWells, Jim Wentworth, Jason Wiesnewski, Lori Williams, Claiborne Woodall, and Pete Wyatt.i
TABLE OF CONTENTSEXECUTIVE SUMMARY .............................................................................................................................1AN APPROACH TO LASTING FOREST CONSERVATION IN THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS ..........................................2OVERVIEW: THE SBR MATRIX FOREST BLOCK ANALYSIS PROCESS ......................................................................5DELINEATING MATRIX FOREST BLOCKS ........................................................................................................6SCREENING MATRIX FOREST BLOCKS FOR SIZE AND CONDITION .........................................................................8LAND COVER CRITERIA ..........................................................................................................................................................8SIZE CRITERIA ......................................................................................................................................................................8ELEVATION .......................................................................................................................................................................13GEOLOGY .........................................................................................................................................................................14ECOLOGICAL LAND UNITS ....................................................................................................................................................15EVALUATING AND PRIORITIZING A NETWORK OF MATRIX FOREST BLOCKS ......................................................... 22RESULTS OF ANALYSIS ........................................................................................................................... 23SIZE OF MATRIX FOREST BLOCKS .............................................................................................................. 23CONSERVATION STATUS AND CONDITION OF MATRIX FOREST BLOCKS .............................................................. 24LITERATURE CITED ................................................................................................................................ 29ii
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Page 5 and 6: EXECUTIVE SUMMARYThe Southern Blue
Page 7 and 8: The Southern Blue Ridge is a forest
Page 9 and 10: Figure 2. Regional Forest Conservat
Page 11 and 12: Table 1. Data used to evaluate pote
Page 13 and 14: gradients, are more prone to certai
Page 15 and 16: Table 2. Average Territory Size of
Page 17 and 18: CLASSIFYING THE MATRIX FOREST BLOCK
Page 19 and 20: LANDFORMLandforms anchor and contro
Page 21 and 22: The analysis resulted in 25 ELU gro
Page 23 and 24: Figure 5. Southern Blue Ridge Poten
Page 25 and 26: Figure 7. Prioritized Southern Blue
Page 27 and 28: RESULTS OF ANALYSISAll final SBR ma
Page 29 and 30: protection, but are subject to natu
Page 31 and 32: CONCLUSIONSThe goal of this analysi
Page 33 and 34: LITERATURE CITEDAnderson, M.G. 2008
Page 35 and 36: Lafon, C.W., Hoss, J.A. and Grissin
Page 37 and 38: Appendix A: State Expert Review Tea
Page 39 and 40: Appendix B: Fragmenting Features: D
Page 41 and 42: Geology class Lithotypes Metaequiva
Page 43 and 44: Tier BlockName OrdGroupLabelAcresT1
Page 45 and 46: Appendix E: Final Southern Blue Rid
Page 47 and 48: ELU_GroupBlock Name Revised Name St
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Field NamesSuccessional Shrub/Scrub
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