Just thought I'd share, I got an email about the long leaf alliance having a 3 day seminar on burning and managing long leaf tracts. It's Feb 20th-22nd, here is the link. https://longleafalliance.org/events/longleaf-academy-fire-longleaf-201-1

Long Leaf Alliance? Was this a Bill Boyer project? If so, I thought he died a few years ago?

I not really sure. I know it's been around since the late 1990's, not sure about who founded the project though. I think they work with the NRCS and the us endowment for forestry providing different programs and funding to help bring back long leaf pine to certain areas. I've only started dealing with long leaf within the last 3 years, most of my work has always been burning for site prep and planting Loblolly and slash, with a little understory on Loblolly. Which is why im going to try to attend this seminar, that is if im not still behind with work like I am now.

I've been to the Longleaf Academy herbicide workshop. They do a good job putting together some useful coursework for these longleaf academy classes.

OK, you long leaf gurus, what do they have to do with the gopher tortoise and the indigo snake? I remember them being intertwined but don't remember how. Also, something I've heard and don't believe, is it takes a long leaf to have a lighter stump? I think I've seen some produced from loblolly's.

Habitat type. Fire/grass and such.

‘Lighter stumps’ can come from any species of pine but predominantly long leaf produces pitch much at higher concentrates.
Loblolly lighter would be fine for starting a fire in your fireplace but it isn’t high enough resin count for commercial purposes, especially if hauling 300 miles as they do longleaf stumps.

Old growth Slash makes good lightered stumps.