In a fascinating new report, America's Wild Legacy, the Sierra Club highlights 52 special places across the country and its efforts to protect them. Among the places in the South:

Alabama: Upper Cahaba River
Arkansas: Fourche Creek
Florida: Western Everglades
Georgia: Coastal wetlands
Kentucky: Mammoth Cave National Park
Louisiana: Coastal cypress forests
Mississippi: Gulf Islands National Seashore
North Carolina: Pocosin Lakes National Wildlife Refuge
South Carolina: Savannah River
Tennessee: Royal Blue Wildlife Management Area
Virginia: Mattaponi River

• Read the full report