News

A recently published study in the journal BioScience reveals that endangered longleaf pine ecosystems—among North America's most biodiverse habitats—face mounting threats from intensifying hurricane ...
Pine savannas thrive because every plant plays a role in the ecosystem. In the same way, our gardens can become more than decorative, they can serve pollinators, filter stormwater, ...
In an old-growth longleaf pine savanna, the absurdly long pine needles sing in the wind. Once considered forests, these landscapes in the southeastern U.S. coastal plain are open-canopied and ...
Longleaf pine savannas provide habitat for many rare and globally significant species. LDWF anticipates that Louisiana’s 52nd WMA will be open to the public on July 1, officials said.
Prescribed fires are an essential part of Refuge management to restore the native wet pine savanna, which is home to the critically endangered Mississippi sandhill cranes and dusky gopher frogs.
Efforts to introduce captive-born pine snakes into the wild began at the zoo in 2010. ... The snakes prefer to live underground in pine savannas in parts of Louisiana and Texas.