Importance of Longleaf Pine Restoration Efforts

Randall Weiseman October 22, 2014 Alabama, Forestry, General, USDA-NRCS

Leonard Jordan

Alabama landowners are being reminded about the Longleaf Pine Initiative through USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service. Associate Chief for Conservation, Leonard Jordan, explains why restoration efforts are so important.

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More information about the Longleaf Pine Initiative is available on the Alabama NRCS website.

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