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My Longleaf Pine Restoration Story
Saloom Properties, LLC is a 1762 acre Tree Farm in the coastal plains of south Alabama—an area in the natural longleaf range. Historically the longleaf pine was the dominant species of tree at an estimated 60 million acres. This has been reduced to its existing 3.4 million acres. We have seen a resurgence of restoration of the longleaf back to its natural ecosystem. Each year more acres are being planted and managed by private family forest owners.
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Family Forests Vital to Longleaf Pine Restoration
In April, President Obama established the Great Outdoors Initiative to develop a conservation and recreation agenda “worthy of the 21st Century and to reconnect people to the great outdoors.”
Read More >Categories: News News for Forest LandownersUsing Market Forces to Protect Nature’s Benefits
Using market forces to protect and restore America’s air, water and land was the theme of the 3rd Annual Conference on Ecosystem Markets, sponsored by the American Forest Foundation and World Resources Institute.
Read More >Categories: News News for Forest LandownersTom Vilsack: Unlikely Partnership for Our Clean Energy Future
In an opinion article published today in the Richmond Times Dispatch, Tom Vilsack, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture, says the tremendous economic and environmental costs of the Gulf oil spill make more apparent than ever the need to make the president’s vision for a 21st century clean energy economy a reality. “America can no longer rely on energy sources that are growing increasingly difficult to find and utilize,” he writes.
Read More >Categories: News News for Forest Landowners Policy8th Grader Describes his Energy-saving GreenSchools! Project to Iowa Senator
Yesterday, one of Project Learning Tree’s Iowa GreenSchools! families, the Isbells, along with AFF’s Melissa Harden (far right) and James McGirt (far left), were afforded the opportunity to meet with Iowa Senator Tom Harkin and his staff. The gathering, which was held to allow the Senator to connect with his constituents, had about 25 people in
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