News & Press Releases
Freeze Injury Alert for Longleaf Seedlings
After a mild start to the New Year, a significant Artic blast is pushing South. Freezing temperatures are predicted across much of the Southeast beginning January 15, just as longleaf…
Read More30 Years of Growing, Understanding & Improving Diverse Ecosystems
2025 Highlights from The Longleaf Alliance As The Longleaf Alliance celebrated its 30th anniversary in 2025, we continued to shape our strategic vision for a sustainable future of longleaf pine…
Read MorePumpkin Spice and the Power of Partnership: A Gopher Tortoise Story
In the new short documentary, A Tortoise Called Pumpkin Spice, viewers meet a tiny survivor with a big mission. Hatched from the egg of a female gopher tortoise tragically killed…
Read MoreWear the Legacy: Limited-Time Longleaf Apparel
Shop to Support Longleaf Celebrate the legacy of the longleaf pine and The Longleaf Alliance’s conservation efforts across the Southeast with our exclusive Longleaf Ecosystem apparel, available now through October…
Read MoreDevouring Beauties – The Remarkable Pitcherplants
Mysterious, captivating, and under threat. Carnivorous pitcherplants take center stage in this short documentary set in the fire-dependent longleaf pine ecosystems of Georgia and Florida. Devouring Beauties explores the hidden…
Read MoreCheers to 30 Years!
When Dean Gjerstad and Rhett Johnson co-founded The Longleaf Alliance in 1995, the trajectory of longleaf pines and its associated ecosystems was dire – only fraction of longleaf acreage remained.…
Read MorePoor Longleaf Pine Cone Prospects for 2025
Longleaf pine cone production is variable, with infrequent good crops, more so than other southern yellow pine species. The process is influenced by many environmental factors over the course of…
Read MoreAmerica’s Longleaf Celebrates 2 Million Acres Restored and 20 Million Acres Burned
America’s Longleaf Restoration Initiative and the Longleaf Partnership Council are thrilled to celebrate two major milestones achieved in 2024: the restoration of two million acres of longleaf pine through planting and…
Read MoreLongleaf Enhancement Fund for Seed & Seedling Production
The Longleaf Alliance (TLA) is requesting proposals that will increase the quantity or quality of longleaf pine seed or seedlings to help accelerate the restoration of the longleaf ecosystem. This…
Read MoreThe Longleaf Alliance Planting Funds
Because of the tremendous public benefits that flow from healthy private forests, many incentives (including “cost-share”) exist to encourage landowners to plant, grow and manage forests. This is especially true…
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