Louisiana Longleaf Pine Restoration Workshop Set for May 24
OutdoorHub 05.08.12
Private landowners, forestry professionals, wildlife biologists and managers are invited to a Longleaf Pine Workshop on Thursday, May 24 in Sheridan, La.
The event begins at 8 a.m. at the Lee Memorial Forest on LA 10, nine miles west of Bogalusa, and includes morning tours of the area, lunch and afternoon information sessions.
Participants will hear presentations on managing land after a natural disaster, ecosystem restoration and how to establish and manage longleaf pine stands. Information about state and federal cost share programs will also be provided to assist with restoration of longleaf pine.
Longleaf pine forests once covered millions of acres throughout the Southeastern United States. Today, longleaf pine habitat is limited to several thousand acres. Longleaf pine habitat can contain as many as 300 different species of groundcover plants per acre, and approximately 60 percent of the amphibian and reptile species found in the Southeast. Additionally, this forested habitat is home to at least 122 endangered or threatened plant and animal species including the red-cockaded woodpecker and gopher tortoise, plus the northern bobwhite, a species of concern.
This field day event will provide time to meet professionals who can share their knowledge of the longleaf pine ecosystem and wildlife habitat it supports. Participating partners include the Texas-Louisiana Longleaf Taskforce, National Wild Turkey Federation – LA Chapter, Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry, Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries, US Forest Service-Southern Research Station, US Fish and Wildlife Service, Natural Resource Conservation Service, the Farm Service Agency, LSU AgCenter, Larson-McGowin Forest Managers and Consultants, the Louisiana Society of American Foresters, The Nature Conservancy and Weyerhaeuser Company.
The pre-registration deadline for the workshop is May 16. For more information on registration or the workshop, contact Brian Chandler at 225-683-3101 or bchandler@agcenter.lsu.edu.
