Editing Eglin Air Force Base (section)

===Flora and fauna===
The forests and shores of Eglin Air Force Base are at the center of one of the most [[biodiversity|biodiverse]] locations in North America. Over 50 [[threatened species|species threatened]] in Florida are found on the base, including [[sea turtle]]s that nest on its white-sand beaches and [[red-cockaded woodpecker]]s that thrive in its [[longleaf pine]] forests. The base has a natural resources management team that constantly monitors important species within the base with the goal of balancing their national defense mission with environmental stewardship.<ref name="eglinsOtherWorld">{{cite web
| url         = http://www.af.mil/news/airman/0804/eglin.shtml
| title       = Eglin's Other World
| access-date  = 2 February 2009
| author      = Tech. Sgt. Mark Kinkade
| date        = August 2004
| publisher   = Airman Magazine of America's Airforce
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20060319191232/http://www.af.mil/news/airman/0804/eglin.shtml| archive-date = 19 March 2006}}</ref> Longleaf pine forest, a forest type reduced to 5% of its former range in the last few centuries, covers {{convert|200000|acre|km2}} of the base. Part of this forest, {{convert|6795|acre|km2}}, is [[old growth]], making the base home to one of the most extensive old-growth longleaf pine forests in the world.<ref name="OldGrowthEast">{{cite web
 |url=http://www.primalnature.org/ogeast/fl.pdf
 |title=Old Growth in the East: A Survey. Florida
 |author=Mary Byrd Davis
 |date=23 January 2008
 |url-status=dead
 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090226191309/http://www.primalnature.org/ogeast/fl.pdf
 |archive-date=26 February 2009}}</ref>