Longleaf Enhancement Fund for Seed & Seedling Production
May 27, 2025
The Longleaf Alliance (TLA) is requesting proposals that will increase the quantity or quality of longleaf pine seed or seedlings to help accelerate the restoration of the longleaf ecosystem. This opportunity is open to all established longleaf pine nurseries and seed producers, and we invite proposals from $25,000 to $200,000 to help address limitations to current production, whether in capaci
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The Longleaf Alliance Planting Funds
March 3, 2025
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. Fund
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Artic Blast Moves South – Freeze Injury Alert for Longleaf Seedlings
January 6, 2025
Winter Storm Blair hitting the Eastern U.S. means freezing night time temperatures throughout much of the longleaf range just as planting season is beginning to ramp up. When temperatures drop for extended periods, or when extreme temperature fluctuations occur, there is a risk of freeze injury to longleaf pine seedlings. If you haven't planted yet, protect your seedlings. Pine root and s
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G.U.I.D.E-ing Longleaf Forward – 2024 Highlights
January 1, 2025
The Longleaf Alliance staff, board, members, and conservation partners have many collective successes to celebrate in 2024, from Texas to Virginia. Read more >> Our 2024 accomplishments include: - 4.8 million longleaf pine seedlings planted - 809,709 people reached via social media & other outreach events - 107,602 acres prescribed burned - 11,749 people reached via technic
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15th Biennial Longleaf Conference
November 4, 2024
Despite the challenges presented by Hurricane Helene before and Hurricane Milton during the 15th Biennial Longleaf Conference, longleaf enthusiasts from 22 states "joined together for tomorrow's forests" in Miramar Beach, Florida from October 8-11, 2024. Conference at-a-glance: - Average rating from online survey - 4.6 out of 5! - 383 registrants with 339 folks in attendance - 104 speaker
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Southern Pine Beetles Reach Epidemic Level in Alabama’s Forests
August 30, 2024
Alabama Forestry Commission reports highest outbreak in 23 years. The worst southern pine beetle infestations in Alabama are located within and around Bankhead National Forest and the Oakmulgee District of the Talladega National Forest. A large number of beetle spots exist on adjacent private lands as well. The Alabama Forestry Commission expects the number of infested spots and the number
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Celebrating Our Leaders – 2024 Regional Longleaf Awards Announced
August 1, 2024
Every two years, individuals, private landowners, land managers, wildlife biologists, conservation groups, consultants, university researchers, forestry professionals, agency and outreach personnel gather for the best and largest longleaf event in the nation - The Biennial Longleaf Conference. The Regional Longleaf Awards Program, offered in conjunction with the Biennial Longleaf Conference, re
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Ancient Forests…A Hopeful Future….Longleaf Forever
July 31, 2024
Our work strives to ensure a sustainable future for longleaf pine ecosystems and that's exactly why The Longleaf Alliance has partnered to bring you Longleaf Forever, a compelling, short documentary film that plunges viewers into one of the most biologically diverse ecosystems on the planet. Divided into chapters, the film begins with an introduction by a forester, Paul Massey, who has spent hi
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Managing Longleaf Forests for Our Future
July 23, 2024
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 trees, and the diverse forests anchored by them, are adapted to thrive in wide-ranging and challenging conditions. For forest landowners and managers across the southern United States, it is important to understand land management p
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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, sustainably manage, and restore Forests for the Future. Growing & Maintaining Resilient Forests Throughout the conference sessions, leaders from the conservation and forestry industr
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