2015

The National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) is seeking proposals to expand, enhance and accelerate longleaf pine ecosystem restoration across longleaf pine’s historical range.

The USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service recently announced that $10.6 million in funding will be made available to the Longleaf Pine Ecosystem.

Learn about how prescribed burning has effected the Quail environment.

The new documentary about Longleaf Pine is set to premiere. Check out the dates and times here!

Interested in what the longleaf local implementation teams are up to? Read further for updates, and see all the great work that is being done across the range!

Discover this great event that the National Wildlife Federation is sponsoring to connect people to the great outdoors.

Longleaf Pine made a recent appearance in the New York Times.

America the Beautiful Quarters Program released the upcoming coins that will begin circulation this year. Kisatchie National Forest in the state of Louisiana was honored as one of the five National Forests to be on the coins.

Jean Huffman has been decoding tree stumps in Florida to help land managers restore the Longleaf Pine ecosystem.

On June 30, 2015, The National Fish and Wildlife Foundation announced that $4.6 million was awarded in grants to support 22 projects across nine states. This funding will help restore 11,600 acres of Longleaf pine and enhance additional 163,000 acres.

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On May 4, 2015, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced an investment of up to $235 million to improve the nation's water quality, combat drought, enhance soil health, support wildlife habitat and protect agricultural viability. The funding is being made available through the Regional Conservation Partnership Program (RCPP), the newest conservation tool of the USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS).

Members and friends of the America’s Longleaf Restoration Initiative convened in Pensacola, Florida on April 6-7, 2015 in conjunction with the 12th Annual Stewardship Partners Meeting by Southern Company and National Fish and Wildlife Foundation.

Interested in what the longleaf local implementation teams are up to? Read further for updates, and see all the great work that is being done across the range!

A new Farm Bill program named the Regional Conservation Partnership Program, or RCPP, is providing support to the longleaf restoration effort.

On January 14, 2015, the United States Department of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced that 115 high-impact projects across all 50 states and Puerto Rico will receive more than $370 million in Federal funding as part of the new USDA Regional Conservation Partnership Program (RCPP).

The Longleaf Partnership Council concluded another successful two day semiannual meeting in Baton Rogue, LA on Nov 2-3, 2015.