Ensuring a sustainable future for the longleaf pine ecosystem

The Longleaf Alliance is a non-profit organization that works throughout the Southeast U.S. to guide longleaf restoration, stewardship, and conservation using science-based outreach, partnership engagement, and on-the-ground assistance.

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Joining Together for Tomorrow’s Forest – 15th Biennial Longleaf Conference

March 21, 2024

The Longleaf Alliance is excited to host the 15th Biennial Longleaf Conference on October 8-11, 2024 in Sandestin, Florida! The Biennial Longleaf Conference moves throughout the longleaf range to accommodate…

Managing Longleaf Forests for Our Future

July 23, 2024

A Longleaf Pine Climate-Smart Guide In the Southeast, where fires, floods, droughts, hurricanes, and other wind events shape the landscape, longleaf pine continues to be a testament to resilience. The…

Sharing the Longleaf Story at the Sustainable Forestry Initiative Conference

July 15, 2024

The Longleaf Alliance was pleased to join the Sustainable Forestry Initiative (SFI) at their annual conference in Atlanta, Georgia in June 2024. This year’s conference explored innovative solutions to conserve,…

TLA Awarded $7.3 Million to Advance Longleaf Pine Restoration and Conservation

June 19, 2024

The National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) announced a record $33.5 million in conservation grants from the Longleaf Landscape Stewardship Fund (LLSF) to restore, enhance and protect longleaf pine forests…

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What is Longleaf?

John Gould Curtis described longleaf pine (Pinus palustris Miller) as the "pride of the south." He stated, "the longleaf pine tree would probably not be considered very beautiful with its long, scaly trunk and rather scraggly branches, but a whole forest of tall, straight poles canopied over with dark green plumes of long, shaky needles is most attractive and majestic." We would tend to agree that there are few places in the world that are as beautiful as a forest of longleaf pines.