One of North America’s richest ecosystems, sustained and shaped by Native peoples before European contact, nearly disappeared. A recovery is underway.

This is in part because she has witnessed first-hand the intriguing systems and ecological significance of the habitats of the pine — which is the North Carolina state tree. The themed educational ...

The Florida State Parks Foundation and partners plant nearly 1,000 longleaf pines at Wakulla Springs State Park.

The burn is part of an ongoing longleaf pine restoration project at the park, which is a recognized North Carolina Natural ...

The sun sets between the longleaf pines of the Weymouth Woods Nature Preserve in Southern Pines on Sept. 23, 2021. The longleaf pine is an iconic tree species in North Carolina. It once covered 90 ...

YEMASSEE — Making the sweeping right turn from U.S. Highway 21 onto Savannah Highway, a faint column of pale gray smoke began to build a couple miles to the east. A controlled burn was getting ...

Talk to anyone who works with longleaf pine trees – which many agree are as iconic to the Southeast as redwoods are to California – and one number is bound to come up: 90 million acres. That’s the ...

I was tromping around last week in what I regard as some of the most beautiful forests in the world — mature, longleaf pine forests. With their stately trees in open, grassy settings, they look more ...

The question seemed simple enough. We were asked as a church if we could create Thanksgiving-themed centerpieces that were inexpensive and simple to decorate the tables at the first annual ...

The sun sets between the longleaf pines of the Weymouth Woods Nature Preserve in Southern Pines on Sept. 23, 2021. The longleaf pine is an iconic tree species in North Carolina. It once covered 90 ...