The aftermath of the 2011 wildfire season made many forest managers modify the manner in which they were utilizing fire and fire tolerant species in the forests of east Texas. As a result, Resource Management Service (RMS), in cooperation with the Texas longleaf Implementation Team, and with cost-s...
Blog Articles from 2020
Are Birds Benefitting from Texas Longleaf Conservation Efforts? (Preliminary Report)
The longleaf pine ecosystem is one of the most diverse communities in the world. It reaches its western limit in Texas, with numerous bird species finding the open longleaf woodlands to be ideal habitat. Well-known species like Eastern wild turkey and northern bobwhite reside in longleaf, as do less...
Asset Protection Part 2
In Part 1, we examined two wildfires that hit pine plantations in the severe drought of 2011. The Bearing Fire killed 20,000 acres of various aged loblolly plantations in Trinity and Polk Counties. We also discussed the Cypress Fire in the Angelina National Forest, a 15-year-old longleaf plantatio...
Asset Protection from Wildfire
Manage mid-story fuel loads to reduce fire damage in timber stands Consider longleaf pine as the most resilient pine to wildfire damage This blog post is to remind owners about the catastrophic damage done during the 2011 Bearing Fire in Polk and Trinity County and to discuss ways to develop pine st...