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   Happy World Water Week! Water Conservation Benefits of Longleaf Pine Forests
To celebrate World Water Week, here’s a video that shows that restoration of longleaf pine woodlands can help relieve water shortages in many watersheds. A project at the Jones Center at Ichauway, supported by the Conservation Effects Assessment Project (CEAP), studied the long-term impacts of longleaf pine forests on watersheds in the Southeastern United States. The video highlights the findings of the study, showing that streamflow and low flows were higher in watersheds with open longleaf woodlands and that restoration of woodlands can reduce evapotranspiration and increase stream flows.
What is CEAP? CEAP is a multi-agency effort led by the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) to quantify the effects of conservation practices across the nation’s working lands. Findings are used to guide conservation program development and support conservationists, agricultural producers, and partners in choosing the most effective conservation actions and making informed management decisions backed by data and science. CEAP assessments are carried out at national, regional, and watershed scales for conservation efforts related to cropland, grazing land, wetlands, and wildlife.
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