Quail Forever in Alabama

Happy Independence Day from our Quail Forever family to yours!! We hope you have a safe & fun holiday!! 🇺🇸🎆

🦋HAPPY POLLINATOR WEEK🐝

Today, we are talking about bridging the gap between pollinators and agriculture!
Our farmers feed the world, and pollinators play a vital role in accomplishing that! Of the 1,400 crop plants grown around the world, almost 80% require pollination by animals! More than 150 food crops in the United States depend on pollinators, including almost all fruit and grain crops.

In the U.S. alone, USDA estimated that crops dependent on pollination are worth more than 10 billion dollars per year.

In fact, visits from bees and other pollinators also result in larger, more flavorful fruits and higher crop yields!

Lucky for producers, we have some unBEElievable conservation practices that not only benefit native pollinators adjacent to cropland, but also wildlife that reside nearby as well!

Prairie strips and field borders are two conservation practices that incentivize producers to take areas of poor yield in (prairie strips) or around (field borders) their cropland and provide sections of native habitat for pollinators and wildlife.
These practices have many benefits to both the farmer's pocketbook and wildlife.

🐝They provide food and cover for native pollinators and wildlife.
🌱They aid in soil health and erosion as native plants have deep, extensive root systems.
💧They reduce sedimentation and protect water quality and nutrients in surface and ground waters.

If you are interested in implementing these conservation practices on your property, contact your local Farm Bill Biologist, Precision Agriculture & Conservation Specialist, or NRCS Service Center for more details!

Thanks for joining us to learn about our native pollinators this week!

For more information about our pollinators role in agriculture, fly over to this link: https://www.fs.usda.gov/managing-land/wildflowers/pollinators/importance #:~:text=Of%20the%201%2C400%20crop%20plants,fruits%20and%20higher%20crop%20yields

🦋HAPPY NATIONAL POLLINATOR WEEK🐝

Did you know that you could have a prairie in your own backyard? We like to call these, pocket prairies!

Pocket prairies are an incredibly cool way to teach your kids, neighbors, etc. about the benefits of native plant species and the pollinators and wildlife they support.

These little havens can serve as vital refuges for pollinators. Many of our native pollinators are at risk due to habitat fragmentation, which occurs when habitat is destroyed leaving behind small, unconnected areas. Therefore, pocket prairies have potential to provide connectivity and can sustain an array of native plants that bloom throughout the season providing a constant food source for these native pollinators.

So, let's talk about how to begin planning your pocket prairie...
🌻 First, you need to choose your pocket prairie site.
🌿Second, take some soil samples to your local Co-Op or AL Extension to test your soil type.
🚜Third, prepare the planting site by removing non-native grasses or clover that may currently be present. This can be done by spraying herbicide, hand-weeding, or mowing.
🦋Then, select some amazing native plants for your pocket prairie! Make sure you are using plants that are adapted to your soil type, soil moisture, sun exposure, and, of course, purchasing seeds that are from a native seed producer in your area!
🪻Once you have a clean seed bed, broadcast the seeds either by hand or using a seed broadcaster. Native plant seeds should not be planted more than 1/4 inches into the soil.
🌱Finally, roll or cultipack the soil to ensure successful seed to soil contact.

Managing your pocket prairie is pretty simple. Most prairie plants are most easily managed by prescribed fire, this can be done in a small setting, however, make sure you check with your community and neighbors first! A couple of alternatives are to manage the non-native species such as Eurasian white clover with spraying herbicide or hand weeding your plot. These invaders often take over in response to disturbance and will choke out the native species present.

Do you have a pocket prairie? Drop a photo in the comments below!

🦋HAPPY NATIONAL POLLINATOR WEEK🐝

This week we are giving you the latest BUZZ and first up is some selective pollinators and the plants they hold dear!

Many pollinators visit a myriad of plant species to pollinate, however, there are a few that rely exclusively on certain plants for either their entire life cycle or a crucial portion of it.

Monarch butterflies are a common example, as they lay their eggs on the leaves of milkweed species, and their caterpillars feed exclusively on the leaves. The leaves of milkweed plants provide monarch caterpillars with all the nutrients they need to make their wonderful transformation from caterpillar to butterfly.
Frosted Elfin butterflies lay their eggs on indigo species and their caterpillars feed on the leaves until they go into their chrysalis and emerge as butterflies to then repeat the process.

Flower Moths (Schinia spp.) rely on blazing stars as they lay eggs on the leaves and feed exclusively on these plants. In addition, their coloring mimics that of the blazing star stem and flowers so that they are less susceptible to predation as pictured below!

The Rattlesnake Master Borer Moth is an imperiled species that feeds exclusively on rattlesnake master plants. Larvae bore into the stems and roots and they lay their eggs underground. The moth's foodplant requires open prairie, barrens, and savanna, and these moths have faced steep declines due to habitat fragmentation, caused by lack of management. Entire populations can be lost because of the succession to dense woody habitat.

So, next time you're out and about and one of these pollinators catches your eye, snap a photo and share it with us! We would love to hear from you!🌻🪻

🦋HAPPY NATIONAL POLLINATOR WEEK🐝

What do you call a bee that doesn't cost anything?

A free-bee! 🐝

And boy do we have some tips for having a lot of free-bees, and other pollinators too!

There are many different ways we can help pollinators across the state of Alabama, whether you live in rural or residential areas!

Have you implemented some of these practices in your own backyard? If so, share some photos with us! We would love to see the buzzworthy things you've done for pollinators! 🐝🌻🦋🌾

🦋HAPPY NATIONAL POLLINATOR WEEK🐝

Today, we are going to talk about a pollinator's best BUDS!🌻🌼🌷

Native wildflowers are crucial for pollinators to do what they do best: POLLINATE. It is important to manage for a diversity of native species that bloom throughout the season, as opposed to a monoculture of the same species that only bloom for a short period. We want to maximize the food sources for pollinators all season long!

With that being said, if you are purchasing wildflower seeds to plant, make sure the species are native to your area! Below are some species native to Alabama that are the bee's knees!

When you provide habitat for pollinators, you are also providing habitat for a variety of wildlife! To name a few: wild turkeys, white-tailed deer, and our personal favorite, the bobwhite quail!

As you go about this week, keep an eye out for some of these plants and the pollinators that frequent them!

MANAGEMENT MONDAY

It's really not polite to ask people their age, but luckily bobwhites don't seem to get their feathers ruffled over it!

Bobwhites grow two sets of feathers, one when they are juveniles, and one after they molt, transitioning them into adulthood.

The outer flight feathers are called the primaries and they are counted inward, with the outermost primary being labeled as P10. Bobwhites molt flight feathers starting with P1, working outwards to P10. Once P1-P8 are fully molted and replaced with adult feathers, bobwhites are considered over 150 days old.

So how can we easily identify if a bobwhite is a juvenile or an adult if we are not sure if they have molted their juvenile feathers yet?

Another clue is the primary coverts. These are the small set of feathers that overlap the primaries. Juvenile bobwhite primary coverts have what we call buffy, or light-colored, tips, depicted in the graphic below. As bobwhites transition to adulthood, these buffy tipped primary coverts are replaced with uniformly colored feathers.

For more information visit this link: https://quailforever.org/BlogLanding/Blogs/Quail-Forever/Age-Your-Game-Bird.aspx

Did you know that we are currently in the midst of nesting season??

Bobwhites nest here in the midsouth from around May 1 - September 30, although the Farm Bill programmatic primary nesting season for ground nesting birds here in Alabama runs from April 1st - July 15th.

Bobwhites are ground nesters, making nests out of any herbaceous material and/or native bunch forming grasses.

Some important characteristics for an ideal bobwhite nest are:
🪹 Secure - Cover providing overhead and horizontal concealment from predators
🪹 Undisturbed - Free from both human (mowing, dog training) and weather related (flooding) disturbances
🪹 Diverse - Ideal nesting cover should contain several species of grasses and forbs at a minimum
🪹 Dynamic - Planning ahead to manage for diverse nesting cover yields the best results
🪹 Structure - Research has shown that quail prefer to nest within reasonable distance of an "edge" - an area where two habitats intersect

The typical incubation period for quail chicks is 23 days and the average clutch size is about 12. Quail chicks are the size of a bumblebee upon hatching, and they take their first small flights within three weeks.

Unfortunately, quail nest success is greatly dependent on the avoidance of:
🚜 Human Disturbance
🦨Nest Predators (Skunks, Raccoons, Opossums, Snakes)
🌧Weather Impacts (Flooding)

Average nest success is said to range from 40-60%. Females will typically make up to 3 nests if the others are destroyed.

So, what can YOU do to aid in bobwhite nest success this year?
🌿Press pause on intensive management activities during nesting season.
🌻Manage for native grasses and forbs to provide protective nesting cover.

If you are interested in learning more about managing for native species on your property, give your local Farm Bill Biologist a call!

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🎉WE ARE BACK!!🎉

We hope no one’s feathers got too ruffled while we were gone! Unfortunately, something happened to our other page making our posts disappear, and eventually our entire page was not searchable. After many hours troubleshooting, Facebook informed us there was nothing they could do.

That being said, we are starting from scratch, and would appreciate y’all sharing our page far and wide to hopefully regain the following we had!

We are SO excited to share event updates, biologists’ stories, job announcements, Farm Bill program information, & of course LOTS of educational content!

‼️HAPPENING THIS WEEK‼️

We look forward to seeing all who RSVPed to the Eastern Indigo Snake Festival Landowner Field Day this Friday, May 3rd in Conecuh National Forest!!

This will be an amazing event to discuss a variety of opportunities for you and your property and engage with many conservation organizations as well as other private landowners! You won't want to miss it! We look forward to seeing you there!

🌎HAPPY EARTH DAY!🌞

For this special Management Monday, we are going to explore some out of this 🌎 topics, from the bobs, to the bees, to the weeds!

FOR THE BOBS

Bobwhites begin to nest in the early summer with an incubation period lasting anywhere from 23-25 days. Average nest success for bobwhites is anywhere from 40-60%, which is why we ask many of our landowners to put a pause on intensive land management practices such as bush hogging, mowing, and burning from April 15-July 1. While bobwhites are not always done nesting by July 1st, this widely recognized designated nesting period allows for a decreased probability of nests being destroyed throughout their nesting period by humans.

FOR THE BEES

Native bee species, such as the Eastern bumble bee (Bombus impatiens), and many other native pollinators, rely on wildflowers native to Alabama that provide nectar and pollen. It is important to provide, through natural regeneration or planting, a diversity of native plant species that bloom throughout the spring, summer, and fall so that they have a consistent food source. Prior to planting any native species, always be sure to do your research to confirm that the species you plan to plant are native to your region within the state.

FOR THE WEEDS

Many native plant species are often labeled 'weeds', however, many of these species serve important roles in the ecosystems in which they occupy. Many species native to Alabama are drought-resistant and have extensive root systems that aid in preventing erosion. In addition, they provide a crucial food source to many wildlife species such as bobwhites, pollinators, white-tailed deer, and wild turkeys. They also attract insects which makes up 90% of a bobwhite chick's diet! It is important to manage these species with frequent prescribed burns conducted every 2-3 years to set back succession. In addition, removing any non-native, invasive species is key so these native plants do not get outcompeted.

🐝🌳Native Bees in the Woods Series 🐝🌳

We wanted to end this series highlighting some of the lovely native plants that our native bees rely on!

Please share your favorites! If you have different early blooming plants in your state, please let us know in the comment section below!

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We hope you enjoyed this series, and hopefully you have a greater appreciation for our forested systems!

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Red Maple - Paul Wray, Iowa State University, Bugwood.org
Northern Spicebush - Phillip Bouchard, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0
Downy Serviceberry - usinggeorgianativeplants.blogspot.com

🐝🌳Native Bees in the Woods Series 🐝🌳

What can you do to help our native bees?

If you are a forestland owner, managing your forestlands is going to be CRUCIAL if you want to support our native bees! However, you don't have to own large acres of forestland to make a meaningful difference to our native bees.

🐝Even your yard could support our native bees! The major takeaway is to plant early blooming trees, shrubs, and/or forbs that are native to your state or ecoregion! It is important to have floral resources available Spring - Fall.

🐝Remove any invasive plants from your forestlands! Our native pollinators are intertwined with the species they pollinate, so having invasive species inherently disrupts that natural system and decreases biodiversity in our forestlands. Just think about a forest that has bush honeysuckle in the midstory. What does your understory look like?

🐝If appropriate for your forestland, CONDUCT PRESCRIBED BURNS! In our upland forests, fire is an important management strategy to maintain floral diversity! However, it is important to maintain a mosaic of burned and unburned areas on the landscape. By doing this, you maintain nesting and overwintering sites for bees and other pollinators.

What does the research say?

🔥 Scale and Timing Matters - https://besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/.../1365-2664...

🐝It is important to maintain overwintering and nesting habitat! Snags and downed woody debris make excellent nesting and overwintering sites for some our native bee species! Added bonus - maintaining snags and downed woody debris helps other insects, birds, and our native herps. 🐦🐛🪲🦎🐍

🐝If you are lacking floral resources in your forestlands, you may need to consider THINNING! It's all about sunlight! If sunlight is limited, think about reducing stand density. This will allow more blooming plants to grow. Again, just make sure thinning is a viable option for your type of forestland!

What does the research say?

🌳🌲Thinning positively impacts pollinators -http://msaf.forest.mtu.edu/Tours/23-BirdsBees/HanulaEtAl.pdf

Having a mosaic of different habitats and/or conditions is important. Remember, there are roughly 4,000 bees that are native to the United States. Each one has different habitat preferences.

🐝🌳Native Bees in the Woods Series 🐝🌳

How do our native bees use the woods?

From the understory to the canopy, bees rely on nectar and pollen resources from early blooming trees, shrubs, and spring ephemeral forbs. BUT, wooded habitats provide a multitude of other resources that our native bees need!
GROUND LEVEL to MIDSTORY 🐝🌱🌼

🐝Bees rely on floral resources such as spring ephemeral wildflowers
If you remember from the previous post, there are species of solitary native bees that are tied to the bloom period of spring ephemerals. Spring ephemeral forbs are also important floral resources for our overwintering queen bumble bees.

🐝The understory provides decaying woody material (e.g., downed logs, snags, etc.), standing dead stems, and undisturbed ground (with and without thatch) for nesting and overwintering habitat for solitary nesting bees and bumble bees.

Research has shown the importance of wooded habitats for our beloved bumble bees - https://academic.oup.com/biosc.../article/71/12/1234/6427255. The woods provides more than just nectar and pollen!

Here's a helpful bumble bee identification guide for the Eastern United States! This guide even shows the emergence timeline of queen, workers, and males and nest location preference. 👉https://www.xerces.org/.../12-052_01_Eastern_Bumble_Bee.pdf

🐝The understory to midstory level provides great nesting material for solitary nesting bees such as leaf cutter bees! Leaf cutter bees prefer soft flexible leaves from species such as Eastern Redbud!

MIDSTORY TO CANOPY 🐝🌳

🐝The trees and shrubs that flower early in the year provide much needed nectar and pollen to early emerging bees!

🐝The canopy trees act as a great windbreak against storms. The forest could act as a refuge for bees to take shelter in or allow for longer foraging times.

🐝There have been observations of native bees using the canopy as a preferred breeding location.

We cannot recommend this webinar enough! Kass Urban-Mead with the Xerces Society goes into incredible detail on how our native bees use the woods! Please check it out 👉https://landscapepartnership.org/.../wlfw-pollinator...

🐝🌳Native Bees in the Woods Series 🐝🌳

Why Are Wooded Habitats Important for Native Bees?

In the United States alone, there are 4,000 species of native bees! They all have different lifestyles, and are active at different times of the year. Some of our native bees are only active during the Spring, and they depend of early blooming trees, shrubs, and flowers! Our wooded habitats support some of our earliest blooming species which makes them SUPER IMPORTANT for our native bees!

There are numerous examples of native bees that rely on pollen and nectar resources from early blooming native plants! The bees listed below are tied to the bloom period of their namesake.

🐝Spring Beauty Miner (𝘈𝘯𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘢 𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘪𝘢𝘦) - Observed is multiple states in the Midwest, South, and East!

🐝Cranesbill Miner (𝘈𝘯𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘢 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘴) - Observed mainly in the Midwest and East Coast states.

🐝Trout-lily Mining Bee (𝘈𝘯𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘢 𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘪) - Observed mainly in East Coast states, but has been found in Arkansas, Missouri, and Tennessee.

And we cannot forgot about the 👑🐝!

Overwintering queen bumble bees emerge in early Spring to collect nectar and pollen to replenish their reserves and begin their colonies. Without early blooming native trees and shrubs, the queens would likely perish.

Food is definitely important for our native bees; however, wooded habitats also provide nesting sites, nesting materials, and overwintering sites for our native bees (and other pollinators)!

Want to do a deeper dive into the importance of wooded habitats for native bees? Check out this webinar - https://landscapepartnership.org/.../wlfw-pollinator...

Join us on June 12th in Mobile County for a Forestry Field Day! This event will cover pond management, pitcher plant bogs, timber management, and more. Register by calling 251-441-6505 Ext 3 or emailing [email protected]. The deadline for signing up is May 31st.

🐝 NEW SERIES ALERT 🐝

Over the next couple of days, we are going to highlight the importance of forestlands to our native bee community!

With winter seemingly behind us, some of our native trees, shrubs, and spring ephemeral forbs are beginning to bloom! In some areas, they are in full bloom!

Often our forestlands are a forgotten resource for our native bees (and other pollinators), but they are critical especially for our early emerging native bees.

Please follow along this week, and hopefully you will have a greater appreciation of our forestlands! 🌳

When planting anything, especially native plants, it is crucial to calibrate your seed drill! Planting at a lower seeding rate than required can result in thin stands and higher competition. Comparatively, higher seeding rates could result in better establishment, however, this doesn’t always lead to higher yields and cost efficiency decreases.

Some native plant seeds are fluffy or slick, which then impacts the flow of seed through the tubes of the drill. Calibration aids in this seed flow by adjusting the machine to what’s being planted.

There are many things to consider when calibrating a seed drill, including: ground speed, seed size and shape, density, weight, and purity. It’s important to calibrate your drill under field conditions, like these biologists, when possible, to ensure a higher success rate.

Ultimately, we recommend that you calibrate your drill every time you plant, whether it be the same seed variety or not, because seed lots are ever-changing.

If you are gearing up to plant and need assistance calibrating your drill, contact your local Farm Bill Biologist, or drop us a comment below!

Have you heard? Quail Forever is nominated as favorite non-profit at the EcoWild Outdoor Expo in Mobile, AL May 10-12!

This event is perfect for anyone interested in hunting, fishing, conservation, and 20 foot tall inflatable alligator slides. Sounds like a perfect weekend to us.

We would love if you would consider our organization when you cast your vote after purchasing tickets! Be sure to stop by our table and chat with some of our biologists!

For more information and to purchase tickets:
https://ecowildexpo.com

WHAT'S BLOOMIN' WHERE YOU'RE PLANTED?

If you've been out and about lately across our lovely state, these are some of the blooming plants you may encounter!

Many of these plants serve as a early season food source for some of our native pollinators, as well as an important food source to many bird and small mammal species!!

If you encounter some of these species as you explore this weekend, drop us a photo in the comments or send us a direct message! We love hearing from you!

You've heard about the circle of life, but today we are gonna talk about ecological succession and how to maintain the disturbance cycle required to manage early successional plant communities! 🌿🌻

Ecological succession is the series of progressive changes that make up a community over time.

Disturbance is the catalyst that begins this change in plant community. Disturbance can be initiated by man, for example, timber harvest, or it can be naturally occurring, for example, wildfire caused by a lightning strike.

Early successional plant communities are characterized by a herbaceous cover that is in a mix of beneficial annual and perennial forbs; perennial grasses that are clumpy and have an open canopy; and a variety of shrubs that can thrive after a disturbance.

This combination of factors is crucial for bobwhites as it provides nesting cover, brood-rearing cover, and escape cover.

There are a variety of ways to effectively manage early successional plant communities, a few of which being:
- Prescribed Burning
- Herbicide
- Disking
- Grazing

Timing and rotation is EVERYTHING when it comes to managing early successional communities.

If you have questions about managing different stages of succession on your property, contact your local Farm Bill Biologist today!

We had a great time participating in another Learn & Burn with Alabama Forestry Association, Alabama Forestry Commission, MTM Environmental, LLC, and Alabama Wildlife and Freshwater Fisheries Division in Calhoun county!

Today, we are exploring the basics of Crop Tree Release!

Crop Tree Release is a selective thinning method that can be used in both even-aged and uneven aged stands in which selected, undesirable trees are harvested in overstocked forests to create a faster-growing, healthier forest with a greater number of desirable crop trees which are trees that will be either harvested or retained for any number of years, depending on how they provide desired benefits (wildlife, etc.) or meet management objectives.

There are several factors to consider when selecting crop trees, some of which include:
- Species (You want to choose species that are suitable hard and soft mast producers for wildlife & if timber value is an objective, commercial species that are relatively valuable in local markets)
- Crown Class (Dominant, Co-Dominant, and Strong Intermediate)
- Crown Form (Live Crown Ratio >30%)
- Bole Characteristics (Normal Bark Pattern)
- Risk (Good health and vigor, no low forks, cankers, or other visible indications that it will not live long enough to meet objectives)
- Age (Works best in stands between 15-30 years old)
- Other (Bark texture suitable for bat roosting or supplying insects and shelter for birds)

Crop Tree Release has a variety of benefits including:
- Improving stand value
- Increasing understory diversity with the allowance of sunlight to the forest floor
- Improving wildlife habitat
- Improving aesthetics

This method can help landowners and managers meet a variety of area-wide management objectives! If you are interested in this management technique, contact your local Farm Bill Biologist for guidance!

Calling all Covington and Escambia County landowners you don't want to miss this event! ‼️

‼️🔥 LEARN AND BURN EVENT ALERT 🔥‼️

🔥 There are still a few spots open! The burn will take place on Wednesday, March 20th.🔥

Join MTM, Alabama Forestry Foundation, Alabama Forestry Commission, Quail Forever in Alabama and our partners, in White Plains. This event is perfect for landowners that are new to forest and wildlife habitat management and would like to learn how to implement fire on their property. Be sure to RSVP as we have limited spots to ensure a quality learning experience for all attendees.
Register today by clicking the link below.
https://www.alaforestry.org/events/EventDetails.aspx?id=1834246&group=

Let's talk about recreational mowing.... 🌾🌾

Mowing a field may look aesthetically pleasing, and even may accomplish some management goals of preventing woody encroachment, BUT mowing can be detrimental to plant and wildlife diversity on the landscape!

Reasons to minimize mowing include:
- It reduces the diversity of plant species (wildlife food sources) and can cause your field to become dominated by grass
- It decreases the number of potential nesting sites
- It reduces the amount of thermal winter cover and escape cover for many wildlife species

If mowing is necessary on your land, it is important to consider a few wildlife-friendly practices:
- It is important to always leave some cover standing for wildlife, so consider mowing a quarter to a third of any area at any one time.
- Consider mowing some areas high, topping plants at least 12 inches above the ground.
- Remember that not everything needs to be mowed every year, unless it is solely for safety purposes (e.g. roadsides).
- Remember that the best time to mow, if necessary, is February and March because it allows cover to remain through the winter.
- To benefit grassland wildlife during nesting and brood-rearing seasons, consider not mowing between April 1-August 1
- If you are mowing in strips, make sure they are at least 15 feet wide.

Thank you to all of the landowners that came out to our Learn & Burn in Heflin this past Monday!

We also want to thank our partners that made this event possible--
Cleburne County Soil and Water Conservation
Buck Haven Land Solutions
Central Alabama Prescribed Burn Association - CAPBA
Alabama Forestry Commission
Native Habitat Project
MTM Environmental, LLC
U.S. Department of Agriculture

Let us know in the comments what topics you would be interested in for future events!

Another funding option for landowners

If you are interested in financial assistance for seedlings for the 2024-2025 planting season, The Longleaf Alliance is accepting project requests until June 1st.

Submission details and FAQs can be found at https://longleafalliance.org/longleaf-planting-funds/

Note - Most funds are available to cover the cost of SEEDLINGS ONLY and submission does not guarantee funding.

📷 The Longleaf Alliance works with multiple partners to provide seedling funds to landowners. In fiscal year 2023, The Longleaf Alliance, planted 7.9 million longleaf pine seedlings on private and public lands in collaboration with restoration partners!

See below from Central Alabama Prescribed Burn Association!

Join CAPBA - Alabama Prescribed Burn Association We are a neighbor helping neighbor educational organization. We learn and train to apply fire to the landscape for public safety, ecological restoration, and habitat improvement.