The Owen Fellowship of The Longleaf Alliance Awards $20,000 Scholarship to Ian Warr for Advanced Studies in the Longleaf Pine Ecosystem
March 15, 2024
Now in its second round, The Owen Fellowship of The Longleaf Alliance (TLA) is a program that makes a direct impact on the development of the next generation of longleaf…
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The Longleaf Alliance Announces Retirement of Anne Rilling, VP for Business
June 27, 2023
It is with mixed emotions that The Longleaf Alliance announces the upcoming retirement of our Vice President for Business Anne Rilling. Anne joined The Longleaf Alliance (TLA) team in November…
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Welcome A.R.T. – TLA’s New Field Team Assists Reticulated Flatwoods Salamander Recovery
February 2, 2023
ART members Abe Huang, Sean Seid, Haley Welshoff, & Kameron Burgess. The Longleaf Alliance is excited to introduce our new field team assisting the reticulated flatwoods salamander project on Escribano…
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TLA’s Wetland Ecosystem Support Team Exceeds Restoration Goals
January 27, 2023
In 2018, The Longleaf Alliance’s Wetland Ecosystem Support Team (WEST) formed to restore isolated wetlands in the Gulf Coastal Plain Ecosystem Partnership (GCPEP). Why Wetlands? The longleaf landscape hosts many…
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Salute to Wildland Fire Veteran Bob Wilken
April 27, 2022
Bob Wilken, a long-time wildland fire expert, is retiring after 47 years of service in wildland fire management and habitat restoration and protection. A graduate of Southeastern Illinois College with…
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Kelly Petersen Receives Inaugural Owen Fellowship
April 1, 2022
Congratulations to Kelly Petersen, Ph.D. Student in Ecology at the University of Georgia! Kelly Petersen is the inaugural recipient of The Owen Fellowship of The Longleaf Alliance. In addition to…
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Balancing the Conservation Equation
January 27, 2022
Meet TLA’s Edward O’Daniels WHAT DO YOU DO WITH THE LONGLEAF ALLIANCE? As the Cogongrass Coordinator for The Longleaf Alliance, I work to bring the many partners together with private…
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Longleaf Landowner Spotlight – North Carolina Sandhills
December 1, 2021
Here’s to the land of the longleaf pine. The once abundant longleaf pine forests of North Carolina are much depleted, due to the long-term effects of resin collection, overharvesting of trees,…
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Conservation Behind the Scenes
October 28, 2021
Meet TLA’s Lynnsey Basala I am the Vice President for Development, providing executive leadership, strategic direction, and management of all fundraising efforts, including foundation partnerships, individual and corporate donor campaigns/events,…
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Transitioning like a Rocket-Stage Longleaf
September 16, 2021
Meet TLA’s Abe Huang I’m a seasonal wetland restoration technician. We work within the diverse hub of agencies that makes up the REPI partnership, where concerted efforts are brought together…
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