Talladega and Bankhead National Forests
The Bankhead National Forest comprises 180,00 acres in northwest Alabama, and the Talladega comprises 228,600 acres in east central Alabama. These national forests are part of the Southern Appalachian ecosystem. These forests contain some of Alabama's last wild places and can serve as controls to evaluate and enhance forest management. They provide home to more than 80 percent of the vertebrates and plants native to the region, and some globally rare, endangered or threatened species as well.
For more information contact Alabama Environmental Council, Wildsouth or the Alabama Forest Service.
This map illustrates SAFC vision for protection vs. the current level of protection, as well as the size of state and federal land vs. the size of urban areas.
Enlarged Legend
| currently protected USFS land | |
| SAFC conservation vision proposal - USFS land | |
| other USFS land | |
| other public lands | |
| USFS purchase boundaries | |
| Conservation easements | |
| Urban areas | |
| area within Southern Appalachian Region |