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Buying a bottle of whiskey (or rye, or gin) can create more than cocktails; it is becoming an investment in the very soil ...

This coverage is made possible through a partnership between WABE and Grist, a nonprofit environmental media organization. The number of longleaf pines is increasing across the Southeast, with some of ...

Talk to anyone who works with longleaf pine trees – which many agree are as iconic to the Southeast as redwoods are to California – and one number is bound to come up: 90 million acres. That’s the ...

BRUNSWICK COUNTY, NC (WWAY) — A large-scale prescribed burn is underway Monday at Orton as part of ongoing efforts to restore and protect the region’s longleaf pine ecosystem. Orton Plantation is ...

For thousands of years, one tree species defined the cultural and ecological identity of what is now the American South: the longleaf pine. The forest once stretched across 92 million acres from ...

I was tromping around last week in what I regard as some of the most beautiful forests in the world — mature, longleaf pine forests. With their stately trees in open, grassy settings, they look more ...

It was a simple walk across the University of West Florida's manicured campus that brought Professor Frank Gilliam to what might be considered a professional epiphany. "I was amazed, especially by the ...

One of the highest honors a citizen of North Carolina can receive — the highest one can receive directly from the governor, in fact — is the Order of the Longleaf Pine. This award is granted to ...