The Longleaf Alliance Newsletter

Vo1.2, No.1 August 1998 Route 7 Box 131 Andalusia, AL 36426

hainds@alaweb.com THE LONGLEAF ALLIANCE

Comments From The Director Rhett Johnson, Co-Director

The comment was made during a recent review of the Alliance's membership since inception that the graphs resembled the Dow Jones average of recent years. Viewed graphically since May of 1996, the slope is relatively constant, with membership growing at a rate of about 5 new members per week over the period. Monthly membership totals over the two calendar years are remarkably similarly, with peaks in June, July, and August of each year and again in February of each year, probably in response to the two January editions of this newsletter. Renewal percentages have been very high, with only a few of the initial members opting to drop out of the Alliance. We hope that signals satisfaction with the services we provide, the quality of our publications, our responsiveness to requests for information, and, above all, your commitment to the retention of longleaf forests in the southern landscape.

There is a groundswell of activity and support for longleaf in the region today, and the Alliance has played a role in creating it. We are also poised to take advantage of that interest thanks to your continued support. As reported in greater depth elsewhere in this newsletter, we are currently engaged in a cooperative agreement with the Department of Defense which has regional implications for both military and private lands, reflecting the military's commitment to restoring the longleaf ecosystem. Evidence of increasing private landowner interest in longleaf was provided in the last CRP signup in Geneva County, Alabama, where over 5,000 acres of erodible cropland and pasture were signed up in the program to be planted in longleaf this year. That's 5,000 acres in one county! Because of our interest in the success of this effort, we helped organize and conduct. a very successful pair of workshops in Geneva County to help landowners, consulting foresters, tree planters, and nurserymen prepare for the job ahead. Outstanding support came from a variety of sources, especially from Ronnie Hickman, Alabama Forestry Commission Forest Supervisor for Geneva County. The success of these workshops prompted another in southwestern Alabama and plans for others in Georgia and Mississippi. A grant from funds generated by the

Alabama Forestry Commission's forestry license plate program supported these workshops. We also recently entered into a cooperative agreement with the Georgia Forestry Commission and the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service to help administer a cost-share and technical assistance program for landowners in Georgia who are planting longleaf on their lands. In July, the Alliance collaborated with other members of the "semi-official" Farm Bill Working Group of the Southeastern Section of the Wildlife Society to petition the Secretary of Agriculture to designate Longleaf Ecosystem Restoration as a National Conservation Priority Area. This designation would give longleaf priority status in the CRP program and remove the erodibility requirement for lands to be included in the cost-share program.

Although Alliance staff will continue to conduct what we consider pertinent research, we have come to the realization that outreach demands are outstripping our ability to respond to them. Consequently, we have made two personnel changes to improve our responsiveness to our membership and others interested in longleaf Mark Hainds, nominally our Research Coordinator, has been doing yeoman's work trying to cover virtually all bases for the Alliance. Reluctantly, we have asked Mark to concentrate more on assisting the ever-increasing number of landowners, foresters, tree planters, nurserymen, and others who ask for advice and technical assistance. De-emphasizing his research role was a hard decision and we hope that future staffing will allow us to return Mark to that role full time. In the meantime, he will continue to conduct and coordinate limited research and to track the research of others which may be of interest to the members of the Alliance. In addition, we were able to enlist the part-time aid of Marisa Lee-Sasser, an Auburn wildlife graduate and Alabama Agricultural Extension System employee, to assist in many of the outreach activities of the Alliance. We were able to "purchase ", through the use of funds made available by the School of Forestry at Auburn, 20% of Marisa's time from the Extension System. Marisa is stationed in the County Agent's office in nearby Escambia County, Alabama and will work out of both her present office and the Solon Dixon Forestry Center. We will continue to keep current on longleaf

qnd longleaf ecosystem research, using our network of university and private researchers for that purpose. For example, we organized and moderated a session dedicated to longleaf restoration research at the last Annual Meeting of the Society for Ecological Restoration held in Ft. Lauderdale in February. Through the efforts of John Kush, we were able to publish the proceedings from that session and that publication is available through the Alliance.

Over the past two years, our store of knowledge about longleaf and longleaf ecosystems has increased dramatically. More importantly, our network of people who are knowledgeable about those forest systems has grown at an even faster pace. We can usually reel off the names ofseveral people who have experience with or who are experts on virtually every facet of longleaf forest resource management and ecology on a moment's notice and that network grows every day. One of the best sources for those contacts is meetings and the best of all is upcoming. The Second Regional Longleaf Alliance Conference is to be held in Charleston, S. C. in November of this year. You should have received registration materials already. If not, pertinent information is contained in this newsletter. The first Conference in Mobile was a smashing success and this promises to be an even bigger one. See you in Charleston in November!!

***** Regional Longleaf Alliance Conference

Mark your calendar for the upcoming conference Longleaf Pine: A Forward Look to be held on November 17-19, 1998 at the Charleston Sheraton in Charleston, Sc. This meeting is co-hosted by Clemson University from Steve Muzal with Clemson's Continuing Forestry Education program coordinating meeting arrangements and registration. The conference will consist of general sessions focussing on needs, successes, and opportunities in longleaf pine management for the private and public sectors. A field trip will be held at Medway Plantation near Goose Creek, SC some 20 miles from Charleston. This tour will demonstrate many aspects related to the management and restoration of longleaf and its ecosystems. Poster sessions will be open to a wide range of topics and will be used to foster partnerships between individuals and organizations in the public and private sectors. Poster inquiries and abstracts should sent to: John Kush, School of Forestry, Auburn University, AL 36849-5418, (3340844-1065, FAX (334) 844-1084 kush@forestry.auburn.edu. Do let us know if you need copies of the conference announcement and call for posters.

***** Longleaf Seedling Production and the

Longleaf Nursery List

A big shift is taking place in longleaf seedling production. Demand for, and production of container grown seedlings is increasing rapidly as landowners, foresters, and other natural resource managers realize increased survival and growth rates from planting container grown seedlings.

For many years, poor quality bareroot seedlings and insufficient planting knowledge resulted in low survival rates when planting bareroot longleaf pine seedlings. More than any other factor, frequent planting failures caused many landowners and foresters to switch from longleaf to other pine species, even on sites where these other pines performed poorly.

Today, many nurseries are producing better quality bareroot seedlings. Some foresters are consistently averaging 90% survival with today's bareroot seedlings. This year, the E.A. Hauss Nursery in Atmore, Alabama increased bareroot longleaf production by 800,000 seedlings and still sold out by March.

Despite some nurseries producing better quality bareroot seedlings, more foresters and landowners are shifting towards container grown seedlings. Container grown seedlings are easier and faster to plant than bareroot. The small, compact "plugs" that enclose all the roots are easier to handle than bareroot seedlings. Planting crews who have little experience with longleaf will probably do better with containerized seedlings.

To illustrate container grown seedlings relative hardiness: as a result of extremely dry weather this spring, the Longleaf Alliance received numerous reports of planting failures with bareroot loblolly from Louisiana to Alabama. However, early indications are that containerized seedlings, both longleaf and loblolly, are holding up pretty well despite the dry weather across much of the southeast. We still have 80-90% survival rates on two sites we planted with containerized longleaf this past winter. Likewise, International Forest Company (IFCO) reports good survival rates with containerized seedlings under these adverse conditions.

Planting container grown seedlings increases your overall chance of success. Warren Boyette with the N.C. Division of Forest Resources surveyed foresters and land managers from throughout the Southeast on longleaf pine restoration efforts. These natural resource managers reported 20% better survival rates with

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containerized longleaf seedlings, as compared to planting bareroot.

The Longleaf Alliance started tracking seedling production in 1996. Total seedling production increased by 2.2% from 1996-1997, and by 2.1% from 1997-1998, for a total increase of 2,720,000 seedlings. Container and bareroot production breaks out as follows.

1996 1997 1998 Bareroot 31,170,000 28,580,000 26,800,000 Container 31,190,000 35,170,000 38,280,000 Total 62,360,000 63,750,000 65,080,000

Geographic Variation in Seedling Production Considerably more seedlings are being produced in the eastern half of the longleaf range than in the western half of longleafs range. Less than 1.5 million seedlings are being produced for sale to the public when combining all nurseries in Louisiana, Texas, and Mississippi!! For comparison, the Alabama Forestry Commission-Hauss Nursery is growing 4.3 million seedlings with 3.2 million available to the public in 1998.

It appears that there is a shortage of seedlings, both bareroot and containerized, over most of the western half of longleafs natural range. For several years now, IFCO has been practically the only nursery supplying container grown longleaf to Mississippi and Alabama. In response to this decidedly uncrowded market, two new nurseries have sprung up in Alabama.

American Forest Seed Source, Inc . (1-800-650-7463) in Brewton, Alabama is producing longleaf for the first time in 1998. Mike Edwards and Philip Wilson are producing approximately 2 million seedlings for sale in 1998. Their containers are Stuewe & Sons ID-liO Rigi­Pots. These are 6.7 cubic inches in volume, and have a 5" cell depth. Their seed source is from Escambia County, Alabama. Their email address IS:

treesrus@frontier.net

Also in Alabama, Atkinson Nursery Inc. of Mobile is producing longleaf in expanded peat pellets measuring 1.43" X 3". These peat pellets are sold by Jiffy Products and are widely used for container seedlings in northern states. They are using a Florida seed source from the Blackwater River area. Call Bill Atkinson at: 334-973­1991, or email thematATKNURS@JUNO.COM

A new addition to the Longleaf Nursery List from Jesup, Georgia is Harper's Farm. They are producing about 300,000 containerized seedlings for sale in 1998. They use the Styroblock #6 wruch is 6.3 cubic inches in volume with a 6" deep plug. Call Larry Harper at 912­427-6391.

Seedling production is different in the north­eastern portion of longleaf s range. As far as we know, no seedlings are being grown in Virginia. Rather than private nurseries, state forestry commission nurseries produce most of the longleaf available in North and South Carolina. Both the North Carolina Division of Forest Resources and South Carolina Forestry Commission produce several million bareroot and containerized seedlings annually.

Future Production What will happen to longleaf seedling production in the near future? Supply tends to follow demand. Since interest in longleaf appears to be increasing, demand should continue to increase for the foreseeable future. Seedling supply is increasing, but not keeping up with demand at this time. Consumers that wait till mid­summer to order seedlings frequently have limited or no options remaining. Consumers in Texas and Louisiana have very few options at any time. Hopefully, existing or new nurseries will locate in one of these two states and start producing seedlings that do not require shipping across hundreds of miles.

With 19 nurseries producing longleaf, Georgia will continue to be a net exporter of longleaf pine seedlings until production picks up in Alabama and Mississippi. With incentives in the Conservation Reserve Program, good pole markets, and increasing interest in pine-straw production, longleaf pine planting should continue to increase in the Carolinas, Georgia, Florida and Alabama.

***** ALERT! - Longleaf Seedlings Are In

Short Supply.

Due to the demands from the Conservation Reserve Program, longleaf seedlings are in short supply for the 1998-99 planting season. If you are in need of longleaf seedlings, call Mark Hainds at (3341222-7779). Mark maintains regular contact with nurseries growing longleaf seedlings and can match your needs with appropriate seed sources .

***** Alliance Members Asked to Assist in

Monitoring 1998 Seed Crop

The 1998 longleaf cone crop appears to be moderate to heavy in our area. Nurserymen rely largely on the collection of wild seed to provide you with seedlings. Take a few minutes to survey the cone crop in your area and drop us a line or call us and let us know what the outlook is where you are. Write us at Rt. 7, Box 131,

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Andalusia, AL 36420, e-mail us at johnson@forestry.auburn.edu, or call us at 334-222­7779. Thanks!

***** Memories ofW.G. Wahlenberg

For many longleaf enthusiasts, WG. Wahlenberg's Longleaf published 52 years ago is a treasured reference. In 1959 and 1960, Dr. Maxwell McCormack then a graduate student at Duke University, had th~ pleasure of working with Mr. Wahlenberg on his monograph on loblolly pine. The following are memories of Mr. Wahlenberg provided by Dr. McCormack. Dr. McCormack is Research Professor of Forest Resources (retired) at the University ofMaine.

Mr. WahJenberg was raised on a farm in Connecticut and earned a B.S. degree in forestry at the University of Maine and a master's degree in forestry at Yale yniversity. His career with the US Forest Service began m 1919 where he conducted research on a wide variety of silvicultural topics. Mr. Wahlenberg spent many years at the Crossett Experimental Forest in Arkansas. During those years he developed his interests in southern pines and prescribed fire. He had an abiding interest in longleaf pine as one of the great timber trees of North America; this resulted in his completion of the monograph, "Longleaf Pine," in 1946. In 1947, he moved to Asheville, NC and became the assistant Chief of the Division of Forest Management at the Southeastern Forest Experiment Station. He maintained his deep devotion to southern pines into retirement and, using the longleaf monograph as a model, he was commissioned by the School of Forestry, Duke ~niversity to compile a similar document on loblolly pme.

While a graduate student at Duke in the 1959, I was summoned to the office of the Dean, E. S. Harrar. Dr. Harrar asked me to consider working with Mr. Wahlenberg to assist with preparing the figures for his new monograph. They had a limited budget and were looking for a "low cost" means of preparing the figures and doing some of the basic layout on Loblolly Pine. It turned out to be one of the most rewarding and special experiences of my career.

Mr. Wahlenberg and I hit it off right away; we had a common bond of having earned forestry degrees at the University of Maine. The Maine connection seemed special. His long-time friends addressed him as Wally, to the rest of us he was always Mr. Wahlenberg. I met with him several times and our meetings were always extended in time and very intensive. As his manuscript

began to take shape, I went to Asheville and we spent a week of long, arduous days, going through every page and every figure in extreme detail. His attention to detail, his thoroughness in assembling background information, his preparation for each session, his devotion to accurate presentation, was uniquely impressive and inspiring. My memories of those sessions have remained clear through the years, a model to guide me in my own forestry career. Through the intensive, focussed sessions Mr. WahJenberg always possessed a patience and gentleness. He transmitted to hle a level of comfort and warmth that gave me, a young student in awe, confidence to carry out his wishes in the effort of publishing a 603 page technical reference. And his wishes were well defined; for each figure he had his own detailed sketch that we poured over in great detail. He was very particular in many matters of style; he liked his graphics to be' "just so" with the cross-hatched backgrounds; clear, broad bars in the bar-graph illustrations; and arrows always should have tapered tails because that is the way he learned to do them in his first drafting class.

Mr. Wahlenberg was an accomplished scientist with a deep passion for our forests, especially the southern pines. Even while working on the material for "Loblolly Pine" his interests in longleaf would surface. While reviewing text and illustration materials, he would show me photographs on longleaf pines or timbers, "I wish we could use this", he would say, "but, knowledgeable readers will recognize it as longleaf, not loblolly."

The opportunity of working with Mr. WahJenberg was a special privilege for me. He was a taskmaster, but a patient, caring gentlemen in the process. Including my own doctoral dissertation, a study of longleaf pine root systems, the project with Mr. Wahlenberg occupies a singular place as one of my largest, sustained professional efforts. W.G. WahJenberg, himself, occupies an extraordinary place in my professional development having served as one of the special significant mentors in my forestry career.

We have had several inquiries regarding reprinting Wahlenburg's Longleafmonograph. This is a costly venture, but can be done ifdemand is adequate. Please let us know if you would like the Longleafmonograph to be reprinted.

***** Clemson University Hosts Longleaf

Restoration Workshop

On March 11-12, 1998 Clemson University and Outdoor Venture Associates hosted a Forest Ecosystem

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Restoration Workshop in Aiken, South Carolina. Over 110 attended this workshop from Alabama, Georgia, Florida, both Carolinas, Virginia, and Maryland. This conference provided participants with an understanding of forest habitat restoration with a focus on longleaf pine and Atlantic white-cedar ecosystems. Attendees were given an overview of work being done throughout the Southeast, information on the flora and fauna of the ecosystems, and programs that help fund restoration projects for both public and private landowners. Included in the workshop was a tour of restoration being done at the Bishop Gravatt Center near Aiken. Cecil Frost of Raleigh, NC, Dr. Dean Gjerstad of Auburn University and the Longleaf Alliance, Dr. Larry Nelson of Clemson University, and Dr. Gene Eidson of Augusta GA were among the fifteen speakers at the workshop.

***** More than 400 Attend Alabama Longleaf

Artificial Regeneration Workshops

In a cooperative effort between the Alabama Forestry Commission (APC) and the Longleaf Alliance, three workshops on artificial regeneration of longleaf pine were recently held. Geneva County APC forester, Ronnie Hickman, inspired these workshops in response to landowners in this county signing up to plant more than 5400 acres in longleaf this year in the Conservation Reserve Program. Ronnie recognized that most landowners and some planting contractors had little knowledge regarding the artificial regeneration of longleaf. These workshops were designed to educate planting contractors, consultants, landowners and agency personnel who provide advice to landowners. The goal of the workshops was to minimize the survival failures particularly common to longleaf plantings. The first day's session, oriented toward planting contractors, consultants, and state & federal agency personnel, attracted more than 80 attendees including a significant number from Florida. Approximately 120 Geneva County landowners involved in the CRP attended Saturday's session.

A third workshop on longleaf artificial regeneration was held at the APC's Hauss Nursery near Atmore, AL on June 19. APC's hosts .were Philip Wilson, Hauss Nursery manager and Madeline Hildreth, Forestry Management Specialist, Alabama Forestry Commiss~on. Approximately 215 individuals from Alabama, FlorIda, Georgia, Louisiana, and Mississippi attended the meeting.

The immediate feedback from attendees was that the workshops were very successful in addressing key issues related to the successful artificial regeneration of

longleaf pine. Such workshops are excellent examples on how the Longleaf Alliance can work jointly with other organizations on timely subjects to promote longleaf pine and its ecosystems.

***** AFOA Meeting Features Longleaf

Management

Nearly 300 Alabama forest landowners attended the Alabama Forest Owners Association Annual Meeting in April of this year at the Solon Dixon Forestry Education Center, headquarters for The Longleaf Alliance. Participants were offered seminars in a variety of topics, including timber inventories, herbicides, property lines, forest law, estate planning, GPS and mapping, wildlife food plots , and , of course, longleaf pine management. Longleaf Alliance staffers Rhett Johnson, Dean Gjerstad, Mark Hainds, and Dale Pancake conducted the longleaf, herbicides, wildlife food plot, and property line portions of the program.

***** The Longleaf Alliance Joins Three

Regional Longleaf Restoration Efforts

Funding of The Longleaf Alliance is dependent on receiving grants related to longleaf educational and outreach efforts. The following three projects are examples of current regional efforts.

LLAJDODfUSFS Regional Project: The Longleaf Alliance has joined into a cooperative agreement with the Department of Defense and the USDA Forest Service to develop a South-wide series of artificially regenerated longleaf field demonstration sites on public and private lands. Because longleaf acreage has been greatly depleted, longleaf restoration will require an aggressive tree-planting program. Unfortunately, many attempts by land managers and landowners to plant longleaf seedlings in the past have met with failure, basically due to a lack of technical knowledge. Through current technology, the problems related to artificial regeneration have been, for the most part, overcome. However this knowledge is not reaching many land managers and landowners due to limited regional outreach efforts. This project will develop plot installations on various public lands or with adjacent cooperating landowners to monitor the succe~s .of various methodologies related to the artIfiCIal regeneration of longleaf pine. These demonstration areas will be used to illustrate various artificial cultural techniques to landowners and land managers. . In addition, these plots will be utilized to mom tor

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stewardship objectives related to longleaf restoration, e.g., native ground cover restoration, wildlife habitat management, wildfire hazard reduction, hardwood management, timber production, and aesthetic quality.

Partners for Fish and Wildlife Project: The Longleaf Alliance has joined into a cooperative effort called Partners for Fish and Wildlife with the United States Department of Interior Fish and Wildlife Service and the Georgia Forestry Commission. This joint effort will provide cost sharing for nonindustrial private landowners in Georgia for planting longleaf pine seedlings. A workshop will be conducted on September 18th

, in Waycross, GA focussing on longleaf artificial regeneration to provide landowners, planting contractors, consultants, and natural resource managers i~formation on how to successfully regenerate longleaf pme.

Alabama Forest Stewardship Education Project: The Longleaf Alliance recently received a grant from the Alabama Forest Stewardship Education Committee to develop and conduct outreach programs on longleaf restoration. This project involves developing presentations, workshops, and publications related to longleaf recovery, such as, artificial regeneration, economics, wildlife habitat management, ground cover species recovery, and prescribed fire.

***** Bill Boyer Receives Highest USDA Award

At a June 10 ceremony in Washington, D.C., Dr. William D. (Bill) Boyer received a 1998 USDA Honor Award for Professional and Personal Excellence from Agriculture Secretary Dan Glickman. This award is the most prestigious and signific;mt award given to employees of the Forest Service and its parent organization, the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

Boyer was commended for "excellence in long­term research on the ecology and management of longleaf pine." He is best known for his achievements in longleaf pine natural regeneration and management alternatives and in establishing the role of prescribed fires in longleaf pine ecosystems. His research findings have contributed to a region-wide recovery of associated plant and animal species.

The award recognizes Boyer's work as research forester with the Southern Research Station of the USDA forest Service, a 43-year career that culminated with his retirement on June 1. For the last 22 years, his duty location was the G.W. Andrews Forestry Sciences Laboratory Auburn University, where he also served as an affiliate associate professor in the School of Forestry. Prior to his work at Auburn, he spent 21 years

conducting long-term longleaf pine studies on the Escambia Experimental Fo~est near Brewton, AL.

***** Georgia Forest Association

Annual Workshop

Mark Hainds, Research Coordinator for the Longleaf Alliance recently participated in the Georgia Forest Association's Annual Workshop. Addressing over 200 Southwest Georgia Forest Landowners, Mark presented information regarding the benefits of establishing and managing longleaf pine. He also explained the goals and services of the Longleaf Alliance. Of particular interest to the group were the publications and services available to landowners.

The day long workshop was held on the lchauway property near Newton, Georgia. This 29,000 acre site serves as the outdoor laboratory of the Joseph W. Jones Ecological Research Center. The mission of the research center is to provide a program of excellence in ecology and natural resource management, including research, education and conservation objectives. Working cooperatively with the Georgia Forestry Association, the J ones Center staff presented a program featuring the longleaf pine. Topics included planting, fire, forest economics and wildlife, as well as Mr. Hainds' presentation and the Longleaf Alliance booth.

***** South Carolina Signs Safe Harbor

Agreement to Protect Red Cockaded Woodpecker

On March 26, Secretary Babbitt of the Department of Interior signed a state-wide Safe Harbor Agreement to protect the endangered red cockaded woodpecker. With the signing of this agreement, South Carolina joins Texas as the second state to provide safe harbors for the woodpecker. Safe Harbor programs provide incentives for landowners to protect endangered species on their property. Already, 15 SC landowners have committed to participate in this program, bringing 84,000 acres of land into protection for the woodpecker. This agreement will instantly protect 30-40% of the endangered wo~~peckers known on private lands in the state. Many addItIonal landowners are expected to join in this conservation partnership. Six other southeastern states are also pursuing similar state-wide initiatives. Agreements such as Safe Harbor are expected to reverse the decline of red cockaded woodpeckers and contribute to their eventual recovery.

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***** Society for Ecological Restoration, Ninth Annual International Conference. Fort Lauderdale, FL. 85p. Membership Update MembersINon-members: $6.00/copy.

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***** Upcoming Meetings

September 18, 1998. Artificial Regeneration of Longleaf Pine. A workshop for landowners and tree planters. Waycross College Building C Auditorium, Waycross, GA (On US 82). Contact: Mark Hainds 3341222-7779.

November 17-19, 1998. Longleaf Pine: A Forward Look. Longleaf Alliance Regional Conference, Charleston, Sc. Contact: Steve Muzal 864/656-4842.

***** PublicationslBooks of Interest:

TREASURES OF THE LONGLEAF PINES

NAVAL STORES

NEW: Butler, Carroll B., Treasures of the Longleaf Pines, 1998. 270 p. Topics range from how tar and pitch were produced over a period of 2,500 years to how gum was extracted and collected on longleaf pines. Cost: $40.00. Available at book stores.

NEW: Kush, John S., Compiler, 1998. Proceedings of the LongleafPine Ecosystem Restoration Symposium, Longleaf Alliance Report No.3. Conducted at the

NEW: Longleaf Note:3 Keys to successfully planting longleaf pine. Longleaf Alliance. Solon Dixon Forestry Education Center, Andalusia, AL. 2p. Members: free, Non-members: $1.00/copy.

Barnett, James P. and John McGilvray. 1997. Practical guidelines for producing longleaf pine seedlings in containers. USDA Forest Service General Technical Report SRS-14. 28p. Members: free, Non-members: $2.00(S&H).

A Working Forest: A Landowner's Guide for Growing Longleaf Pine in the Carolina Sandhills. The Sandhills Area Land Trust. Southern Pines, NC 32p. Members: $4.00, Non-members: $5.00.

Biondo, Brenda. 1997. In Defense of the Longleaf Pine in Nature Conservancy, October 1997, pp 10-17. Postage: $1.00.

Boyette, Warren G. 1996. 1995 Survey of Longleaf Pine Restoration Efforts in the South. North Carolina Division of Forest Resources, Raleigh, NC. SIp. Members: Free, Non-members: $2.00 (S&H).

Franklin, Robert M. 1997. Stewardship of Longleaf Pine Forests: A Guide for landowners. Longleaf Alliance Report No.2. Solon Dixon Forestry Education Center, Andalusia, AL. 44p. Members: 1 copy free; additional $4.00/copy, Non-members: $8.00/copy.

Kush, John S., Compiler. 1996. Proceedings of the First Longleaf Alliance Conference. Longleaf Pine: A Regional Perspective of Challenges and Opportunities. Mobile, AL. Longleaf Alliance Report No.1, Solon Dixon Forestry Education Center, Andalusia, AL. 178p. Members: 1 copy free: additional $4.00/copy, Non­members: $6.00/copy.

Kush, John S., R.S. Meldahl, W.D. Boyer, c.K. McMahon. 1996. Longleaf Pine: An Updated Bibliography. Forestry Departmental Series No. 15, Alabama Agricultural Experimental Station, School of Forestry, Auburn University, AL. 35p. Members: free, Non-members: $3.00/copy.

The Longleaf Nursery List and Longleaf Seed Source List. The Longleaf Alliance, Solon Dixon Forestry Education Center, Andalusia, AL. lOp. Members: free, Non-members: $3.00/copy.

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