Top 10 Endangered Southern Areas [1]
January 21, 2009
Recently the Southern Environmental Law Center released its list of the top 10 places in America's South that face "immediate, potentially irreparable threats in 2009." They represent a cross-section of the major environmental issues facing these states — coal mining and burning, land use, transportation planning, oil and natural gas drilling, deforestation, biodiversity, wetlands, coastal environment, logging, and more.
- SELC release. [2] Contact: Caroline March-Long, 434-295-5938.
The endangered sites are:
VIRGINIA:
NORTH CAROLINA:
- Globe Forest [6]
- Pamlico River [7]
- Great Pee Dee River [8]
SOUTH CAROLINA:
- Johns Island [9]
GEORGIA:
- Salt marshes [10]
ALABAMA:
- Weeks Bay [11]
TENNESSEE:
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [13]
Topics on the Beat:
Planning & Growth [14]
Energy & Fuel [15]
Forests [16]
Natural Resources [17]
Transportation [18]
Water & Oceans [19]
Biodiversity [20]
Region:
Visibility:
Public [24]