Tag: gopher tortoise

• 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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