b. Threats: 



Category 



Description of threat 



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Logging of the mature longleaf pine canopy. 















c» Management recommendations: 



(1) This site is used as a shortcut by some in travelling from 

 highway NG 8? to highway NC 153; all vehicular traffic within 

 the savannah area should be discontinued, and the road 

 blocked off at both ends; 



(2) A program of prescribed burning should be undertaken at the 

 site; periodic, but not too frequent fire is probably desir- 

 able if the site is to be managed for its exceptionally large 

 sand myrtle ( Leiophyllum buxifolium ) population; 



(3) Past hunting around, and swimming within. Green Pond has 

 resulted in heavy littering and other abuse of the area; 

 for this reason, future access to the site should probably 

 be limited. 



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