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Table 2--Change in the percent of area in forest and amount of forest area by Ecological Section, 1982-1992. Entries are sorted by change in percent from largest loss to largest gain. Data were developed by aggregating county-level observations for forest land use from the National Resource Inventory into their respective ecological sections as defined by Rudis (1999)

Ecological Section Name

Acres


Percent


Florida Coastal Lowlands (Eastern)

-183,100


-3.72%


Atlantic Coastal Flatlands


-362,156


-2.58%


Southern Unglaciated Allegheny Plateau


-36,900


-2.13%


Northern Cumberland Plateau


-178,900


-2.09%


Southern Ridge and Valley


-72,500


-1.74%


Northern Cumberland Mountains


-23,200


-1.45%


Middle Atlantic Coastal Plain


-83,900


-1.27%


Blue Ridge Mountains


-152,500


-1.16%


Southern Appalachian Piedmont


-492,500


-1.12%


Mississippi Alluvial Basin


-220,800


-0.91%


Central Ridge and Valley


-29,500


-0.90%


Southern Cumberland Mountains


-19,800


-0.83%


Ouachita Mountains


-29,600


-0.82%


Everglades


-34,026


-0.65%


Coastal Plains and Flatwoods, Western Gulf


-29,600


-0.41%


Arkansas Valley


-9,500


-0.25%


Boston Mountains


-7,400


-0.21%


Louisiana Coast Prairies and Marshes


-11,400


-0.15%


Coastal Plains and Flatwoods, Lower


-81,900


-0.15%


Ozark Highlands


-7,500


-0.14%


Florida Coastal Lowlands (Western)


6,900


0.12%


Southern Cumberland Plateau


6,900


0.13%


Upper Gulf Coastal Plain


16,800


0.24%


Interior Low Plateau, Highland Rim


68,200


0.40%


Northern Ridge and Valley


30,900


0.41%


Central Gulf Prairies and Marshes


5,100


0.46%


Mid Coastal Plains, Western


274,900


1.16%


Eastern Gulf Prairies and Marshes


18,300


1.90%


Coastal Plains, Middle


795,600


2.13%


Interior Low Plateau, Shawnee Hills


128,900


2.66%


Interior Low Plateau, Bluegrass


224,600


3.69%


Oak Woods and Prairies


197,200


3.97%


Total


-292,382


 

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