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Seepage bogs - Through the implementation of their INRMPs, military installations throughout the southeast protect this rare habitat. Bases containing this important habitat include Avon Park Air Force Range, Eglin Air Force Base, Tyndall Air Force Base,
Seepage bogs of the Gulf Coastal Plain are boggy habitats well known for their diversity of plants. They support over 45 carnivorous plants including pitcher plants (Sarracenia flava). Seepage bogs also support a remarkably high number of state and federally listed species, candidates, globally imperiled and Species at Risk. However, over 97% of the bogs throughout Florida, Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana have disappeared because of human activities (such as fire suppression, drainage, and land conversions). Some of the best remaining examples of seepage slopes are found on military bases in and adjacent to artillery ranges where fire is a common occurrence and unexploded ordnance provides protection from development. Through the implementation of their INRMPs, military installations throughout the southeast protect this rare habitat. Bases containing this important habitat include Avon Park Air Force Range, Eglin Air Force Base, Tyndall Air Force Base, Naval Air Station, Pensacola, Naval Center, Saufley Naval Air Station, Whiting Field, and Hulburt Field, in FL; Fort Polk in LA; Fort Benning and Moody Air Force Base in GA, MCB Camp Lejeune in NC; and Camp Shelby in MS. Because of a complicated hydrology, this habitat represents an enormous conservation and ecosystem management challenge. A three-year Legacy study (04-120) quantified the overall regional significance of seepage slope sites on DoD lands and provides information that promotes planning and integration of ecosystem management measures to this rare habitat type. (Department of Defense photo)
Seepage bogs - Through the implementation of their INRMPs, military installations throughout the southeast protect this rare habitat. Bases containing this important habitat include Avon Park Air Force Range, Eglin Air Force Base, Tyndall Air Force Base,
Seepage bogs of the Gulf Coastal Plain are boggy habitats well known for their diversity of plants. They support over 45 carnivorous plants including pitcher plants (Sarracenia flava). Seepage bogs also support a remarkably high number of state and federally listed species, candidates, globally imperiled and Species at Risk. However, over 97% of the bogs throughout Florida, Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana have disappeared because of human activities (such as fire suppression, drainage, and land conversions). Some of the best remaining examples of seepage slopes are found on military bases in and adjacent to artillery ranges where fire is a common occurrence and unexploded ordnance provides protection from development. Through the implementation of their INRMPs, military installations throughout the southeast protect this rare habitat. Bases containing this important habitat include Avon Park Air Force Range, Eglin Air Force Base, Tyndall Air Force Base, Naval Air Station, Pensacola, Naval Center, Saufley Naval Air Station, Whiting Field, and Hulburt Field, in FL; Fort Polk in LA; Fort Benning and Moody Air Force Base in GA, MCB Camp Lejeune in NC; and Camp Shelby in MS. Because of a complicated hydrology, this habitat represents an enormous conservation and ecosystem management challenge. A three-year Legacy study (04-120) quantified the overall regional significance of seepage slope sites on DoD lands and provides information that promotes planning and integration of ecosystem management measures to this rare habitat type. (Department of Defense photo)