The management philosophy at Joe Budd is maximum diversity results
in more wildlife. In the past, natural fires, elevation changes,
and hydrologic differences precluded dense stands of any single
community type. Today slash pine planted by previous owners is
allowed to mature to marketable size and harvested. The land is
then reforested with longleaf pine. Longleaf is planted randomly
without the ground disturbance associated with bedding. The understory
is then restored, and burn compartments and perimeter and internal
firelines established.
