Alliance members are working to encourage better management practices and to reverse the decline of the longleaf ecosystems. Members include private landowners, forest industries, state and federal agencies, conservation groups, university researchers, outreach personnel, and others interested in promoting a region-wide recovery of longleaf pine forests. The Longleaf Alliance serves as a clearinghouse for a broad range of information on regenerating, restoring, and managing longleaf pine. A primary focus is providing economically viable and voluntary options for recovery of longleaf on private lands where most of the losses are occurring.
Information is targeted to natural resource managers who interact with non-industrial landowners.
Through the Alliance, landowners and managers are connected regionally with peers or other sources who have successfully addressed similar problems, or with researchers with similar interests and questions. The Alliance helps facilitate communication and build networks among landowners, managers, consultants, industries, researchers, and longleaf proponents. Newsletters and technical bulletins emphasizing the bottom line on management techniques are distributed to the Alliance s membership. Since its inception, the Longleaf Alliance has conducted critical research aimed at improving artificial regeneration of longleaf pine. Studies conducted by the Longleaf Alliance on planting methods, site preparation, herbaceous release, and planting depth have led to vastly improved planting techniques and establishment rates.