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Over the past 10 to 15 years, private forest owners have broadened the goals for their land. While timber production is still important, many have begun prioritizing multi-generational recreation and ecological health, prompting them to rethink their management strategies. Traditionally in the Southeast, which contains 40 percent of the nation’s timberlands or forests capable of producing industrial wood, landowners focused on establishing productive pine plantations. These monocultures were harvested and re-planted on a 30-year cycle. Today, as landowners embrace different goals, they often undertake forest restoration to transition their intensively managed timberland back to a native forest. Forest restoration is the process of rebuilding and maintaining forests to help them recover from degradation, ultimately restoring their ecological function and benefits. Restoration aims to create healthy, resilient forests that provide various ecosystem services, including clean
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air and water, carbon sequestration and wildlife habitat. I sat down with Brody Capps, operations manager of Conservation Equity Partners and director of field operations for Conservation Equity Management, two companies that specialize in restoring and maximizing ecological productivity while realizing economic benefits from land, and Nick Romano, director of
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operations for Habitat Select Nursery, a nursery that specializes in collecting native seeds and propagating trees adapted to those specific properties or ecoregions, to discuss forest restoration. You can listen to our entire conversation on Episode 24 of the Land.com Podcast where we take a deep dive into “Going Native.”
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