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• Learning How Fire Does its Restorative Work in Longleaf Ecosystems

  Tell You What: My Blog Mar. 23, 2025 By Rob Shapard A group of folks came together recently at the Hodges family’s homestead in Emanuel County, Georgia, a rural place within the southern coastal plain, where longleaf pine forests once thrived on millions of acres. On this day, the key conditions allowed for a controlled…

  Stories from the American South

  March 23, 2025

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• An Invitation to a Walk in the Longleaf Woods (except when they’re on fire)

  Tell You What: My Blog Jan. 13, 2024 “Longleaf pine certainly is special as a tree species… But the big story is the longleaf ecosystem, and the diversity and resilience of the system.” Carol Denhof, president of the Longleaf Alliance By Rob Shapard For folks who are intrigued by the longleaf pine ecosystem but don’t…

  Stories from the American South

  January 13, 2024

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