Introduction

1. What is the Chattooga Conservation Plan?
2. What are the Objectives of the Chattooga Conservation Plan?
3. Envisioning the Scope of the Chattooga Conservation Plan
4. What Does the Chattooga Conservation Plan Do, and Not Do?
5. The Chattooga Conservation Plan Builds on Recent Success

Conserving Biodiversity in the Southern Appalachians

1. What is the Native Forest of the Southern Appalachians?
2. Old-Growth Forests and Forest Interior Habitat
3. Herbaceous Understory
4. Salamanders
5. Birds
6. Mammals

The Economic Setting

1. Employment and Income Trends
2. Individual Industries
3. The Economic Base
4. A Strategy for Economic Vitality

The Context for Action: Ecosystem Management

1. Origins of Ecosystem Management
2. From Timber Management to Ecosystem Management
3. Chattooga Conservation Plan's Ecosystem Approach

Chattooga Conservation Plan Methodology

1. Core, Corridor and Restoration Area Principles
2. Priniples Applied to the Chattooga Basin
3. Evaluation

Chattooga Conservation Plan Recommendations

1. Core/Wildlife Corridor Protection Areas
2. Cooperative Ecological Restoration Management Areas
3. Sustainable Economic Development Management Areas
4. Stream-side Management Zones
5. A Call to Action
   

Implementation

1. On Federal Lands
2. On State, Local Government, and Private Lands
3. Outside the Chattooga Watershed

Peer Review
References

GIS Maps

1. Chattooga River Watershed
2. Currently Protected Areas
3. Existing and Potential Old Growth (Relative to Currently Protected Areas)
4. Chattooga Conservancy Roadless Areas (Relative to Currently Protected Areas - as of 1996)
5. Conservation Plan First Step -- No Sub-Watershed Analysis
6. Conservation Plan With Significant Sub-Watersheds
7. Conservation Plan Final Draft