A cultural and natural history of the South's ancient primeval forest.
Towering stands of old-growth longleaf pine (pinus palustris) once covered over 90 million acres while stretching from southern Virginia to eastern Texas. Today, the total acreage is about two million, with only about two thousand of that considered old growth. As the South was settled and Northern timber supplies were exhausted, this incredible natural resource was very nearly extirpated from the South's landscape and collective consciousness. LONGLEAF: THE HEART OF PINE is a cultural and natural history of the South's ancient primeval forest and how it might still be saved.
TRAILERS
Janisse Ray on the literal and metaphorical meanings of heart pine.
Salem Saloom on the importance of systems thinking in longleaf restoration.
Paul Massey on the primeval feeling one gets in an old-growth longleaf forest.
Harry Warren on the history of the naval stores industry.
Salem Saloom on the role of prescribed fire in the longleaf pine ecosystem.
Mark Melvin on the diversity of groundcover in the longleaf pine ecosystem.
Salem Saloom on the importance of non-game species in the longleaf pine ecosystem.
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