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The Economics

Longleaf can be a good choice for engaged landowners when it meets their objectives. “Is it right for you?” will depend on your property, objectives, market opportunities in your area, management costs and income streams these generate over time, any incentives you employ that reduce the upfront cost of your investment, and/or opportunities you capture for early return on your investment. Professional help is readily available and highly recommended for timber investments.

While longleaf may be a “slow starter,” once established and out of the grass stage, it typically can grow competitively with other competing pine species on all but the best sites and grows at a faster rate on the less productive sites. Competition control is key for accelerating the growth of longleaf, and for reducing the time it takes to leap out of the grass stage.

An additional economic advantage is the reduced risk of catastrophic loss to wildfire, insects, disease, windstorms, and ice that longleaf offers over other southern pines. While reducing the risk of catastrophic loss to these natural threats it can also produce a product – poles – with low market volatility and in a much higher percentage than other southern pines.

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When you work in conservation, Earth Day is like o When you work in conservation, Earth Day is like our Super Bowl...And The Longleaf Alliance staff are going to busy this weekend. Come and find us at an event near you!Georgia: 🌲Day in the Woods - Gaskins Forest Education Center🌎Earth Day Party at Ponce City Market - Atlanta🌎Savannah Earth Day at Daffin Park (Friday, April 21)North Carolina:🌲Party for the Pine Festival - Southern PinesSouth Carolina:🌎Aiken Earth Day🌎Brookgreen Gardens Earth Day Celebration#EarthDayEveryDay #FireFestival #RestoreLongleaf
The life of a gopher tortoise revolves around its The life of a gopher tortoise revolves around its tunnel-like burrow. The burrows are easy to spot because of the characteristic mound of loose sand at the burrow entrance (called the “apron”). Gopher tortoises are often referred to as ecosystem engineers or keystone species because of their ability to dig these large (up to 40 feet long), deep (up to 10 feet down) burrows that provide habitat to >350 animal species. Patrick Elliott's "Longleaf Ecosystem" print depicts several of these burrow commensal species. Which ones do you see? P.S. April 10th is #GopherTortoiseDay! 🐢
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