Blog Articles from 2017

The Texas Longleaf Implementation Team sponsored Longleaf 201 “Fire and Longleaf” in Lufkin on November 14-16, 2017. We had 23 participants including landowners, consultants, and agency staff. Texas Parks and Wildlife Department assisted by hosting a one-day, hands-on prescribed burn demonstration a...

The Longleaf Implementation Team of Texas would like to work with private landowners to safely and successfully use prescribed burning on their lands in east Texas. Of particular interest is the application of fire in upland and wetland pine forests to reduce woodland fuels so that uncontrolled wild...

The Nature Conservancy and the Texas Longleaf Implementation Team hosted a field day at the Roy E. Larsen Sandyland Sanctuary for members of the Texas Longleaf Taskforce.  Located near Silsbee Texas, the Sanctuary (preserve) is on the banks of Village Creek and harbors diverse flora and fauna repres...

Texas Parks and Wildlife Department and the Texas Longleaf Taskforce provided a demonstration of forest prescribed burning for area landowners on March 3. About 30 persons gathered to see how to plan and execute an understory burn beneath 100 acres of mature loblolly pine on the Winston Ranch. The b...

I made a site visit February 22, 2017 to evaluate Theron Tate's 200 acre longleaf stand. Accompanied by Rusty Wood, TPWD, and Ike McWhorter, US Forest Service we provided an evaluation of the longleaf stand as part of our service with the Texas Longleaf Implementation Team. Our team is fortunate to ...