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Conserving Diverse Forests

HomeWhat We DoConserving Diverse ForestsGeorgia Sentinel Landscape Prescribed Fire Program

Georgia Sentinel Landscape Prescribed Fire Program

The Longleaf Alliance is excited to be leading a new partnership effort focused on increasing the number of acres burned within the Georgia Sentinel Landscape (GSL) by 35,000 acres in Coastal Georgia and West Central Georgia through the following strategies:

  • Establish a prescribed fire co-op in Southeast/Coastal Georgia
  • Support theChattahoochee Fall Line Prescribed Fire Cooperative in West Central Georgia with additional capacity and resources
  • Increase landowner outreach and training opportunities
  • Provide additional technical and financial (cost-share) resources
  • Improve collaboration and communication between agencies and private landowners

Explore the links below to learn more about the GSL Pilot Project made possible with funding from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Natural Resources Conservation Service and the Department of Defense through the U.S. Endowment for Forestry and Communities.

Georgia Sentinel Landscape | Financial Assistance | Burn Trailers | Learn & Burns | Chattahoochee Fall Line Prescribed Fire Cooperative

For more information, contact Susan French, Georgia Sentinel Landscape Pilot Project Coordinator.

Georgia Sentinel Landscape

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Sentinel Landscapes are places that have strategic value to the National Defense mission. By preserving the working and rural character of communities, it’s possible to strengthen economies of farms, ranches, and forests, conserve wildlife habitat (including gopher tortoise habitat) and other natural resources, and protect test and training missions conducted on the military installations that anchor these landscapes. The Georgia Sentinel Landscape has nine military installations anchoring agricultural communities, longleaf forests, and critical watersheds.

For more information, visit their website or contact Georgia Coordinator Ken Bradley.

Financial Assistance

Post-burn Longleaf

A financial assistance program is available through the GSL initiative for landowners in more than 50 Georgia counties to conduct prescribed burning, create firebreaks, and obtain prescribed burn plans.

Applications are evaluated and ranked with an emphasis on longleaf ecosystems, gopher tortoise habitat, and proximity to military installations.

Project Brochure
Cost-share Details

Burn Trailers

Multiple burn trailers are available for rental across the Georgia Sentinel Landscape through the Georgia Forestry Commission and local Resource, Conservation, and Development Councils (RC&Ds).

Each trailer is fully stocked with equipment a landowner might need to conduct a safe prescribed burn on their property such as drip torches, hard hats, and fire rakes. These mobile units make prescribed burning more cost-efficient and enable landowners to have access to high-quality equipment.

For more information on burn trailers available near you, check out the map above!

Learn & Burns

Hodges Farm Learn and Burn

Learn & Burn workshops enable landowners to gain valuable hands-on experience and knowledge in ignition techniques, fire safety, smoke management concerns, and much more. Attendees are also able to connect with fellow neighbors implementing prescribed burning as a land management tool.

For more information about upcoming Learn & Burns and other workshops, contact GSL Pilot Project Coordinator Susan French.

Chattahoochee Fall Line Prescribed Fire Cooperative

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The Chattahoochee Fall Line Prescribed Fire Cooperative is a partnership of state, federal, private and non-governmental organizations to increase the frequency, quality, and quantity of prescribed fire on private lands in West Central Georgia. The Co-Op aims to listen to landowners' needs to increase the number of acres burned to enhance native ecosystems and reduce the risk of catastrophic wildfires. The Co-Op offers a burn trailer, cost-share funding, events, and technical assistance.

For more information, visit their website or contact Prescribed Fire Center Coordinator RT Lumpkin.

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If you are interested in financial assistance for If you are interested in financial assistance for #longleafpine seedlings for the 2025-2026 planting season, The Longleaf Alliance is accepting project requests until June 1st.Submission details and FAQs can be found at https://longleafalliance.org/longleaf-planting-funds/Note - Most funds are available to cover the cost of SEEDLINGS ONLY and submission does not guarantee funding.📷 The Longleaf Alliance works with multiple partners to provide #longleaf seedling funds to landowners. In fiscal year 2024, The Longleaf Alliance, planted 5.8 million longleaf pine seedlings on private and public lands in collaboration with restoration partners! #restorelongleaf #longleafpines [Photo by Fort Benning, Natural Resources Management Branch]
Are you a landowner looking for comprehensive trai Are you a landowner looking for comprehensive training on sustainable forestry management? Then we've got just the opportunity for you! 🌲The Longleaf and the Landowner is a two-day Academy geared toward new, beginning and small acreage landowners. Discussion topics will include economics, estate planning, forestry, and longleaf pine management.June 5–6, 2025 | 9:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. Tuskegee, AlabamaRegister as a landowner or a professional at longleafalliance.org > upcoming events (link in bio). Landowner registration and lodging waivers are available upon request on a first-come, first-serve basis.The event is hosted by hosted by @TheLongleafAlliance – The Nature Conservancy's Chattahoochee Fall Line Conservation Longleaf Partnership – @NWF SE Forestry and @tuskegeeuniversity
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Join The Longleaf Alliance in making EVERY day an Join The Longleaf Alliance in making EVERY day an Earth Day!Save-the-date for our Spring Online Auction on May 23rd-25th. With your help, TLA aspires to collect 50+ auction items to support on-the-ground longleaf restoration and conservation efforts!Please mark your calendars and help us by sharing and/or donating. If you have something to contribute, please email lynnsey@longleafalliance.org.

Conservation partners

PCA

PCA

RMS

RMS

Whitfield

Whitfield

Bartlett

Bartlett

Enviva

Enviva

Norfolk Southern

Norfolk Southern

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Blanton

Blanton

Drax

Drax

Fram

Fram

IFCO

IFCO

Kronospan

Kronospan

Manulife

Manulife

McLeod Rhodes

McLeod Rhodes

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