Texas Longleaf Team

It's getting to be that time of year! Check out this drone footage of a recent prescribed burn in mature #Longleaf at our Trinity County Brushy Creek project! Be sure and tag us in your photos and videos of #Fire in Longleaf this winter! #LongleafLovesFire Brett Lawrence Texan by Nature Arthur Temple College of Forestry and Agriculture Matthew McBroom Caitlin Tran Taylor Keys Jenny Sanders

We are hiring a part-time Technical Assistance and Outreach Manager Position! Looking for someone with experience in Longleaf Pine restoration, landowner technical assistance, outreach and education and communications! Come join our Team in East Texas! Remote position - must live and work in the 20 county service area of the Texas Longleaf Team. https://lnkd.in/gxtPcybE

“Big Thicket National Preserve Fire Ecologist [and Texas Longleaf Team Member] Conor McInnerney’s job literally is to put fire back onto the landscape.” Read more from the Beaumont Enterprise below.

Our Brushy Creek #longleafpine ecosystem restoration project is expected to produce 200 million gallons of water a year via infiltration! But how can a tree make water? ?? ??A healthy Longleaf pine ecosystem can “make it rain”. Trees and understory vegetation release water into the air through a process called transpiration. That added moisture can encourage rainfall and influence local weather patterns! ??Forest soils are like sponges and account for 57% of the state’s forest-water supply. ??Forests can direct rainwater to the places where it’s most needed like creeks, aquifers, and streams WHILE preventing water from flooding places like our homes and businesses. Over the next 5-10 years we are planting 100,000 longleaf pine seedlings and restoring 2000 acres of the longleaf ecosystem on Brushy Creek to accomplish these water goals and more! Read all about it: https://lnkd.in/gnZPPgux Texan by Nature, Arthur Temple College of Forestry and Agriculture, Jenny Sanders, Taylor Keys, Caitlin Tran, Brett Lawrence, Matthew McBroom, Ross Carrie

Texas had a great showing at the 15th Biennial The Longleaf Alliance Conference in Miramar Beach, FL this week. Big congratulations to Team members at the East Texas Plant Materials Center and to Mike Oliver for their special recognitions, to outgoing TLA Chair, Amanda Haralson, and new board member, Holly Henderson!

A huge thank you to the Apache Corporation for their continued support of the Texas Longleaf Team! 106,000 #Longleaf seedlings will be planted on 175 acres in East Texas this year due to this support! #apachelovestrees

You can graze a Longleaf pine savannah?? Who knew?! Thanks to landowners who are willing to take risks, we now know the answer. This longleaf landowner story, featuring the Tate family, proves that longleaf restoration is way more than a feel-good project! Huge thanks to Ben Cecil and his team for another great production! #LongleafPine #LongleafRestoration #Cattle #Grazing

Meet Jesse Wimberly - somewhat of a legend in the longleaf restoration world. his story is one that started with a clearcut. A clearcut of Longleaf Pine that he initiated and immediately knew he "had to put it back". Read More: https://lnkd.in/gf-ND2XC

More great news for #TexasLongleaf restoration from Texan by Nature and Google! If you have land in the Trinity River Basin and are interested in replanting in #LongleafPine, please reach out to us! You could be next!

#Longleaf is good business! A $1 investment in #LongleafRestoration can yield a $41.80 return on conservation! Contact us to learn more!