Protected Areas

Nine blocks of habitat remain within this ecoregion "but most are in relatively poor condition, fragmented, and poorly protected" (10).

• Sumter National Forest (in very poor shape) – western South Carolina
• Uwharrie National Forest – central North Carolina
• Bienville National Forest – east central Mississippi
• Talladega National Forest (SW unit) – central Alabama 
• Oconee National Forest and Piedmont National Wildlife Refuge – north central  Georgia
• Sauratown Mountains – central North Carolina
• South Mountains – south central North Carolina
• Tunica Hills – southwestern Mississippi, eastern Louisiana

 Talladega Forest- Alabama

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Sauratown Mountain- North Carolina

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