What mandated Fort Bragg to remove all mid-story from the ecosystem when it is not required?
A2. The general plan within the Natural Resources Division is to restore and maintain this ecosystem to an old growth pine forest , characterized by an open park-like midstory including successional pines and patches of naturally occurring hardwood inclusions, and with a diverse layer of ground cover including wiregrass and numerous species of forbs. Any upland hardwood midstory should remain only in patches within a natural longleaf pine-wiregrass ecosystem.
