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Over the past decade, The Nature Conservancy (TNC) and partners have restored or enhanced more than 1.58 million acres of shortleaf pine forest in Arkansas, largely through prescribed fire, sustainable timber management and targeted tree planting.
After decades of decline, shortleaf pine forests across Arkansas are making a comeback, thanks to 10 years of sustained collaboration and active management. While restoration has occurred in both the Upper West Gulf Coastal Plain and the Interior Highlands, much of the success has occurred in the Interior Highlands, a region spanning Arkansas, southern Missouri and eastern Oklahoma. This landscape, home to the Ouachita and Ozark Mountains, offers resilient landscapes and some of the greatest opportunities for lasting forest recovery…