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Longleaf 101

Date: March 12, 2024 - March 14, 2024

Time: 12:00 AM - 11:59 PM

Time Zone: America/New_York

Location: Perdido River Farms, 5535 Poarch Rd
Atmore, AL 36502

Cost: Free – $100.00

Contact: Karen Zilliox Brown

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This is a 2.5-day event: 

Tuesday March 12, 2024 from 8:30 AM to 5:00 PM
Wednesday March 13, 2024 from 8:30 AM to 5:00 PM
&
Thursday March 14, 2024 from 8:30 AM to 12:00 PM

 

The Longleaf 101 Academy will provide instruction from The Longleaf Alliance and featured guest speakers in “all things longleaf”. The course will consist of both classroom and field learning to begin, or enhance, your longleaf education, no matter your experience level.

 

Longleaf 101 will guide participants through a wide range of topics:

  •  – cultural and natural history
  •  – fire and longleaf
  •  – site preparation
  •  – proper planting techniques
  •  – deriving income from longleaf products
  •  – converting to longleaf
  •  – restoring groundcover
  •  – managing for wildlife objectives
  •  – topics of local significance

 

 


Landowners: We are pleased to be able to waive the registration fee for landowners to take part in this Academy, thanks to the generous sponsorship the program has received.  Use the RSVP option below to register for the landowner fee waiver, as we have only a limited number of spots for this opportunity.

 

Lodging Information: There are a number of area hotels available in Atmore, convenient to I-65. We do not have a block of rooms set up so you are free to select your own accommodations.

 

Approved for 14 Cat I SAF credits. 


Sponsored by The Nature Conservancy with  support from a National Fish and Wildlife Foundation Longleaf Landscape Stewardship Fund grant funded by the Bezos Earth Fund and the US Forest Service.

 

Presented in partnership with the Poarch Band of Creek Indians.

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