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Table 6.3--Change in the percent of area in forest and amount of forest area by Ecological Section, 1992-2020. Forecasts are for the Base Scenario (population, income, and housing forecasts along with a 35 percent price increase). 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
Southern Appalachian Piedmont	-3,508,238	-7.95%
Southern Ridge and Valley	-298,941	-7.17%
Atlantic Coastal Flatlands	-746,238	-5.32%
Blue Ridge Mountains	-655,402	-4.98%
Florida Coastal Lowlands (Eastern)	-230,977	-4.70%
Central Ridge and Valley	-152,335	-4.63%
Florida Coastal Lowlands (Western)	-205,895	-3.69%
Southern Cumberland Plateau	-187,877	-3.46%
Eastern Gulf Prairies and Marshes	-19,195	-2.00%
Interior Low Plateau, Highland Rim	-338,960	-1.99%
Northern Ridge and Valley	-126,901	-1.70%
Interior Low Plateau, Bluegrass	-95,613	-1.57%
Everglades	-54,216	-1.18%
Coastal Plains and Flatwoods, Lower	-132,656	-0.24%
Southern Unglaciated Allegheny Plateau	-3,891	-0.22%
Southern Cumberland Mountains	-725	-0.03%
Middle Atlantic Coastal Plain	-1,451	-0.02%
Mid Coastal Plains, Western	30,829	0.13%
Northern Cumberland Plateau	12,039	0.14%
Northern Cumberland Mountains	5,525	0.43%
Louisiana Coast Prairies and Marshes	32,686	0.44%
Interior Low Plateau, Shawnee Hills	22,225	0.46%
Ouachita Mountains	21,625	0.60%
Upper Gulf Coastal Plain	73,832	1.07%
Central Gulf Prairies and Marshes	15,306	1.38%
Oak Woods and Prairies	97,270	1.96%
Coastal Plains, Middle	1,149,225	3.08%
Arkansas Valley	122,764	3.28%
Ozark Highlands	197,008	3.55%
Mississippi Alluvial Basin	872,002	3.61%
Boston Mountains	130,610	3.64%
Coastal Plains and Flatwoods, Western Gulf	277,915	3.89%
Total	-3,698,650

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