| Difficult Creek Natural Area Preserve | |
|---|---|
IUCN category IV (habitat/species management area) | |
  Location within Virginia | |
| Location | Halifax County,Virginia |
| Nearest city | Scottsburg |
| Coordinates | 36°45′15″N78°44′03″W / 36.7542°N 78.7343°W /36.7542; -78.7343[1] |
| Area | 819 acres (3.31 km2) |
| Governing body | Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation |
Difficult Creek Natural Area Preserve is an 819-acre (3.31 km2)Natural Area Preserve located inHalifax County,Virginia. The preserve aims to restore a portion of Virginia's southernPiedmont to pre-settlement conditions, when the region was dominated bysavannas maintained through a naturalfire regime. These savannas featured open,prairie-like areas with scattered pines and hardwoods. Management of the preserve includes utilizingprescribed burns and removingloblolly pine plantations to restore the former landscape. Several rare plants, remnants of the original prairie vegetation, survived by colonizing roadsides and power lines; these plants are now protected and encouraged within the preserve.[2]
The preserve is owned and maintained by theVirginia Department of Conservation and Recreation, and is open to the public. The preserve includes about two miles (3.2 km) of fire breaks which may be used by hikers.[2]
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