The Owen Fellowship – $20,000 Award for Longleaf Graduate Research
April 1, 2023
Now in its second round, The Owen Fellowship of The Longleaf Alliance is a two-year program offered in conjunction with the Biennial Longleaf Conference. The Owen Fellowship aims to advance longleaf pine research through a $20,000 scholarship award for graduate students. The 2024-25 recipient will attend the 2024 Biennial Longleaf Conference, conduct research related to longleaf pine conservat
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The Longleaf Alliance Planting Funds
February 6, 2023
Because of the tremendous public benefits that flow from healthy private forests, many incentives (including "cost-share") exist to encourage landowners to plant, grow and manage forests. This is especially true with longleaf pine, because of its superior environmental benefits. The Longleaf Alliance works with multiple partners to provide longleaf pine seedling funds to landowners. In 20
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Welcoming Wildlife Into Our Landscapes – Coastal WildScapes 13th Annual Symposium
April 13, 2023
The 13th Annual Coastal WildScapes Symposium was held at the Richmond Hill City Center in Richmond Hill, Georgia. The theme "Welcoming Wildlife Into Our Landscapes" attracted 81 participants for the event. Gage LaPierre of the University of Florida Native Plant Nursery and Natural Teaching Area Laboratory chronicled his efforts to restore native groundcover in urban habitats. Diana Churchill, a
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Learning While Burning
March 30, 2023
Learn & Burn workshops provide landowners with hands-on prescribed fire opportunities while also networking with others in their communities who utilize prescribed burning to manage their woodlands. What is a Learn & Burn? Adequate training is often a barrier for landowners interested in prescribed fire, and Learn & Burn workshops are one way to help them gain the knowledge and
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Pints for Pines – Bringing Back Longleaf in North Carolina
March 24, 2023
The Longleaf Alliance loved celebrating with new and old friends at the Pints for Pines Longleaf Planting day at Cotton Creek Preserve on March 13, 2023. More than 30 volunteers planted 2,000 longleaf pine container seedlings to support longleaf pine restoration in the North Carolina Piedmont. Special thank you to Three Rivers Land Trust for being gracious hosts. Read the News Arti
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Longleaf Pine and Water Research Forum
March 8, 2023
The Longleaf Alliance, U.S. Forest Service, The Jones Center at Ichauway, University of Georgia, Phinizy Center for Water Sciences, and the Southeastern Partnership for Forests and Water brought together natural resource professionals, researchers, and experts to discuss research happening across the range of longleaf pine and to work collaboratively to synthesize the state-of-the-science regar
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Sharing the Longleaf Story at SEWE
March 2, 2023
A few weekends ago, several Alliance staff were spreading the word about longleaf at the Southeastern Wildlife Exposition in Charleston, South Carolina. Our booth in Quail Village at Brittlebank Park was alongside many of our partners including Jon Kohler & Associates, LLC, Quail Forever, the South Carolina Bobwhite Initiative and the South Carolina Prescribed Fire Council. Pass the Torc
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We ❤ Our Members
February 14, 2023
Valentine's Day is a whimsical holiday that for many stirs up memories, feelings, and gratitude. In the spirit of the holiday, let's pause to consider our love for longleaf - our 'WHY' for dedicating resources and talents to move the needle. Thank you for being a part of this dedicated longleaf community, a mighty force of nature comprised of comradery and positivity for change. Look how far
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NEW Longleaf & the Landowner Academy kicks off in 2023
February 9, 2023
In January, The Longleaf Alliance and the National Wildlife Federation introduced a new Academy type - Longleaf & the Landowner. We were thrilled to work with the 2022 Gjerstad/Johnston Landowner of the Year award winner, Herbert Hodges and the Willie Hodges Estate Family Farm, who opened the doors to the farm that has been in the family since the 1890s to hold the 3-day event. The course was
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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 Point Widllife Management Area in Florida. The Ambystoma bishopi Restoration Team, or A.R.T. for short, will be part of the greater AMBBIS team and primarily work on wetland restoration
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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 significant natural communities embedded within the "woods." The connectivity of the landscape and ALL its parts improves the resiliency of our communities. Wetlands, in particular,
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Freeze Injury Alert
December 22, 2022
Southern yellow pines acclimate to winter weather gradually. While this provides some cold hardiness, the root system of longleaf pines never really goes dormant. When temperatures drop for extended periods, or when extreme temperature fluctuations occur, there is a risk of freeze injury to seedlings. Extreme cold, desiccating winds, and sudden temperature changes may adversely affect longleaf
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