If you have cogongrass on your property, now is the time to start treating it with herbicide.
Forestry Research
Invasive grass control in upland pine forests
Bahia and Bermuda grass are invasive, exotic, sod forming grasses which develop into low-quality habitat for bobwhite and other wildlife. Read our tips for controlling their spread.
Maybe next year: 2024 longleaf cone crop outlook not great
The 2024 longleaf pine cone crop report is out and it spells out a poor year for those valued pine seeds.
Assessing your fire: Yes, you should do a post-burn evaluation
Examining information collected from fires at the end of the season can also shape tweaks to burn block prescriptions and can also be a good way to approach reducing potential costs of post-burn treatments.
Study: Thinning pines can help your stand weather hurricanes
Hurricanes can wreak havoc on pine plantings in the Southeast, but they can provide a unique opportunity to learn about timber management.
Managing overstory is vital to bobwhite, timber health
This updated article is based on content originally published in the Tall Timbers Bobwhite Quail Management Handbook Managing the overstory on a property can be the most important decision made by a landowner, as it affects not only habitat suitable for bobwhite quail...
How to: Reintroduction of flames in a fire-excluded landscape
This infrared image clearly illustrates how duff layers at the base of pine trees can smolder long after the surface fire has passed. Long-term residual heat can damage or kill these trees Southern pine stands that have undergone fire exclusion become overgrown and...
Are hurricanes a growing threat to longleaf and other rare species?
Hurricanes serve as a unique player in the long-term health of forests and endangered species but is their growing intensity a threat?