About Us
The vision of America’s Longleaf is to have functional, viable longleaf pine ecosystems with the full spectrum of ecological, economic, and social values inspired through a voluntary partnership of concerned, motivated organizations and individuals.
Guiding Principles
Strategic, Science-based Approach—The success of America’s Longleaf hinges on a strategic, science-based approach to conservation. The most current scientific information on ecological functions and services, community impacts, and climate will be considered.
Site-based Conservation Efforts in the Context of Sustainable Landscapes in the Face of a Changing Climate—The range-wide conservation of longleaf pine ecosystems is rooted in community-led, site-specific actions that contribute to resilient communities and are aligned with the Conservation Plan.
The overarching Goal of America’s Longleaf is to reach eight million acres of longleaf pine forest in the Southeast.
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Maintain: America’s Longleaf aims to have about three million acres of the eight-million-acre total in good or excellent condition.
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Improve: A goal of America’s Longleaf is to move acres in poor or fair condition, classified as “Improve” to the “Maintain” category.
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Restore: Almost 3 million new acres of longleaf pine need to be established to meet America’s Longleaf goal of eight million acres.
Implementation
Our conservation planning goals remain ambitious and achieving them will require many of our partners to accelerate conservation activity. Implementation is accomplished at multiple scales through voluntary collaborative efforts of partners represented on the Longleaf Partnership Council, the Federal Coordinating Committee, landowners, other agencies and organizations, private businesses, and research and extension institutions associated with longleaf efforts across the range.
