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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…
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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…
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Going to Water with Georgia Author Gordon Johnston in his Rich New Collection of Short Stories about People and the Ocmulgee River
Tell You What: My Blog Aug. 25, 2023 By Rob Shapard Growing up in middle Georgia, Gordon Johnston realized early on that he was a bit of a “wild child.” Not in the sense of being a rule-breaking, ruckus-raising troublemaking kid. But in his passion for getting outdoors whenever possible, to explore the woods and…
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Toward a National Park and Preserve in the Heart of Georgia & the Muscogee Homelands
Tell You What: My Blog April 27, 2023 By Rob Shapard Could Georgia really get a national park and preserve in 2023, the first in the state’s history? It is an audacious dream for sure; but advocates have made impressive progress in recent years. And from what I have learned so far in reading and…
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