### Question
What does ecological integrity mean?


### Answer
**Ecological integrity** has the following meaning in *16 U.S.C. § 460nnn*:

> a landscape where ecological processes are functioning to maintain the structure, composition, activity, and resilience of the landscape over time, including—


(A) a complex of plant communities, habitats and conditions representative of variable and sustainable successional conditions

#### Citation:
  - *16 U.S.C. § 460nnn*
  - Heading: **CHAPTER 1-NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES > SUBCHAPTER CXXV-STEENS MOUNTAIN COOPERATIVE MANAGEMENT AND PROTECTION AREA**

