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ELU_Group15aAverageLargest Roadless Block% of blockAcres GAP1Acres GAP 2Acres GAP 3%GAP 1%GAP 2%GAP 3%UnsecuredRoads 1-5 (Hwy & Routes)Roads 6-8 (Local roads)Roads (4wd and trails)HectarBlock Name Revised Name States AcresesSwitzerland Switzerland 8 9 6 1 515b Elk Ridge Elk Ridge NCDoughton/Stone Doughton/Stone15bMt.Mt.NC15b Rendezvous Mt. Rendezvous Mt. NC15b Vannoy Vannoy NCYadkinYadkin15bHeadwaters Headwaters NC15bAverage15c Bent Mountain Bent Mt. VA15c Average16 Blue Wall Blue Wall NCSC16 Mt. Bridge West Mt. Bridge West NCSC16 Chimney Rock Chimney Rock NCHickory Nut Hickory Nut16GorgeGorgeNC16 Green River Green River NC16 Jocassee Jocassee NCSC16 Mt. Bridge Mt. Bridge NCSC16 Average17a Spring Creek Mt. Spring Creek Mt. NC17aAverageUpperUpperChattooga/Thre Chattooga/Thre GANCS17be Statee StateC17b White Water White Water NCSC23,069 16,792 71 647 9,612 0 3 35 6251,882 12,064 23 285 366 50 1 1 0 9938,0519,9253 20,529 544 6,626 0 2 17 3041,992 12,961 31 1,280 3,224 0 3 8 8945,355 11,770 26 558 91 0 1 0 9949,846 19,259 39 96 7,028 0 0 14 8645,4216 15,316 35 57 4,445 3,404 0 2 8 8031,92106 12,704 40 26 0 0 0 031,92106 12,704 40 26 0 0 0 056,3421,0830 17,582 31 7 131 1,357 7 0 2 6014,061 26 12,409 88 1,533 4,096 1 1 9 0 6013,7323 9,937 72 402 3,380 352 3 5 3 7065,899 26,028 39 1,544 745 3,048 2 1 5 9230,2113,029 15,719 52 1905 1 0 43 5682,2132,9446 45,097 551 8,778 0 0 11 4928,669 11,471 40 1,578 2,931 0 6 10 8441,5912 19,749 54 3,537 6,124 4,213 8 4 11 6740,590 20,039 49 7,107 0 0 18 8240,590 20,039 49 7,107 0 0 18 8258,880 11,052 19 4,186 22039,868 9,837 25 1,457 85738,455 7 0 65 2721,948 4 2 55 3964 43 05 12 11 2 264 81 055 74 462 94 553 89 457 92 512 6112 613 201 7 025 43 013 32 34 133 710 78 07 189 433 69 03 103 7 149 95 049 95 07161186 3147Road density per 1000 acres% Pasture/Hay% % Developed Open SpaceEvergreen Plantations or Managed Pine% Row Crop% Low Intensity Developed% Clearcut - Grassland/Herbaceous% Successional Shrub/Scrub (Utility Swath)% Successional Shrub/Scrub (Other)% Successional Shrub/Scrub (Clear Cut)CommunitiesAmphibians4.67 3 4 1 1.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 1 9.5 4.5 14.5 18.03.320,994 6 3 1 2 7 3 1 1 3 6 13 21.0 63.815,390 5 3 2 1 11 1 2 7 5 3 13 29.0 93.016,996 6 3 1 3 5 1 6 6.0 43.418,354 7 3 2 2 1 1 1.0 52.820,174 4 2 1 1 1 2 3 3.0 23.30 6 3 1 2 4.6 0.8 0.6 2 0.2 1.6 2.2 7.2 12.02.312,920 3 302.30 3 34.222,802 4 5 1 1 18 3 1 18 1 1 7 183 78 235.0 04.84 2 3 1 1 20 10 19 1 9 70 67 134.0 5,6923.28 4 3 1 22 17 4 2 1 5 6 66 44 123.0 5,5582.726,662 3 2 1 1 24 10 1 1 2 7 6 21 30 72.0 82.912,224 1 3 2 1 24 6 2 2 5 66 32 105.0 93.21277. 33,270 2 2 4 1 40 57 2 18 62 13 6 221 854 198 0 13.511,605 5 4 2 1 1 1 13 2 1 1 1 2 12 21 27.0 23.514.2.8 14.36.67.13 3 3 2 0 0 1 23 1 1.86 6 7 3 3 6 182 4 281.93.516,425 5 3 2 11 16 2 12 24 41.0 63.55 5 3 2 11 16 2 12 24 41.04.36 2 3 1 48 29 3 7 25 4 4 58 217 145 396.05.21 2 2 4 1 29 13 5 18 1 27 180 99 276.0BirdsFishMammalsReptilesInvertebratesNon-Vascular PlantsVascular PlantsTotal TaxaTotal Element Occurrences23,82816,13444
ELU_GroupBlock Name Revised Name States Acres52,2113,80 11,08 24 1317b Headwaters Headwaters NCSC 2 36,876 71 1,677 9 8 3 6 21 49 7 2 215,6011,0917b Tiger Tiger GA7 15,431 994 0 0 71 29 9 4317b41,6420,644 12Average2 18,299 54 1,830 3,722 6 3 7 53 36 7 7 149,467,09 35,181317c Duncan Ridge? Duncan Ridge GA 9 15,226 31 3 7 6 0 14 71 15 60 8 713,3510,6717c Rocky Mt.? Rocky Mt. GA 3 12,927 97 194 6 0 1 80 19 35 2831,413,64 22,9317c Average1 14,077 64 1 6 1 0 8 76 17 47 83 390,702,42 8,90 57,2012 2018 Grandfather Mt. Grandfather Mt. NC 1 18,438 20 9 1 8 3 10 63 24 8 6 181818 AverageAshevilleWatershed/Curtis CreekAshevilleWatershed/Curtis CreekNCLargest Roadless Block% of blockAcres GAP172,746 44,181 61 14381,721,284 31,309 41 61,4355,168Acres GAP 2Acres GAP 3%GAP 1%GAP 2%GAP 3%UnsecuredRoads 1-5 (Hwy & Routes)Roads 6-8 (Local roads)36,466 0 2 50 48 71 94 346,83157 1 6 57 36 99 0 1019a Dupont West Dupont West NC 9,826 7,802 79 171 2,728 2 0 28 70 6 3625,1410,7419a Dupont Dupont NC 4 9,103 368 0 0 43 57 9 64 119a17,48Average5 8,453 58 86 6,738 1 0 35 64 7 50 025,8018,7519b Cathy's Creek Cathy's Creek NC 8 10,287 407 0 0 73 27 59 43N. Fork French N. Fork French14,5519bBroadBroadNC 9 4,873 33 7,269 0 0 50 50 42 5719b20,1813,01Average3 7,580 373 0 0 61 39 50 5069,164,5445,961219c Mount Rogers Iron Mt. East VA 6 17,659 26 9 28 0 7 0 66 27 20 6 869,164,5445,961219c Average6 17,659 26 9 28 0 7 0 66 27 20 6 851,991,8437,6320a Chunky Gal Chunky Gal NC 3 25,712 49 27 4 0 72 24 70 9663,6420,752520a Cowee Cowee NC 2 13,208 214 0 0 33 67 88 868,6114,792420a Tri-County Tri-County NC 9 24,190 354 0 0 22 78 56 420a61,4124,3919Average8 21,037 35 6145 1 0 42 57 72 969,806,9626,481820b Pond Mt. Pond Mt. NCTN 0 12,865 18 43 10 0 38 52 49 6 1645Roads (4wd and trails)Road density per 1000 acres% Pasture/Hay% % Developed Open SpaceEvergreen Plantations or Managed Pine% Row Crop% Low Intensity Developed% Clearcut - Grassland/Herbaceous% Successional Shrub/Scrub (Utility Swath)% Successional Shrub/Scrub (Other)% Successional Shrub/Scrub (Clear Cut)CommunitiesAmphibiansHectares3.421,122 2 3 1 1 17 20 5 2 46 2 1 39 300 139 436.0 93.35 2 3 3 1 1 1 1.0 6,3164.015.22. 1.8 2 3 2 1 23.5 5 2 3.5 3 5 1.5 31 175 96 277.34.020,010 1 2 1 1 5 1 10 5 1 3 53 29 79.0 94.74 2 2 1 1 2 2 11 8 15.0 5,4044.31.7 2 2 1 1 0.5 3.5 1.5 5 2.5 0.5 5 32 18.5 47.03.6158. 36,708 3 3 1 1 22 2 6 25 5 9 19 70 63 0 52.26 1 2 54 9 2 2 7 9 21 38104.029,4392.913.45.131.7 2 3 1 1 38 1 7.55 3.5 8 14 5 50.5 04.28 3 3 1 1 9 8 1 39 19 57.0 3,9772.9132. 10,171 3 3 3 1 50 28 1 1 4 48 31 0 53.543.9 3 3 2 1 29.5 18 0.5 1 2 5 25 94.53.910,445 1 2 1 2 3 3 3 1 6 12 18.0 46.83 5 6 1 3 3 1 3 1 6 12 17.0 5,8925.39 3 4 1 2.5 3 2 3 1 6 12 17.52.127,991 3 2 4 112.11 3 2 4 13.1127. 21,049 2 2 1 9 26 2 3 8 10 14 55 56 0 15.4134. 25,755 3 4 1 37 2 1 2 1 6 5 18 62 55 0 54.327,767 3 3 2 6 2 2 1 1 1 15 19 28.0 94.30.6 1.643.34 3 3 1 17.3 10 1.67 7 7 5 5 11 44 3 96.33.3350. 28,247 5 4 2 7 5 43 8 1 15 6 265 57 0 7BirdsFishMammalsReptilesInvertebratesNon-Vascular PlantsVascular PlantsTotal TaxaTotal Element Occurrences
Page 1 and 2: Southern Blue Ridge:An Analysis of
Page 3 and 4: TABLE OF CONTENTSEXECUTIVE SUMMARY
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: ELU_GroupBlock Name Revised Name St
Page 51 and 52: ELU_GroupBlock Name Revised Name St
Page 53: Field NamesSuccessional Shrub/Scrub

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