HISTORY
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RESOURCES
Much has been written and published both in print and online on the topic of Longleaf Pine. Below are some examples of helpful resources.
FURTHER READING
Lawrence S. Earley, Looking for Longleaf: The Fall and Rise of an American Forest (Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2004)
Karl Jacoby, Crimes Against Nature: Squatters, Poachers, Thieves, and the Hidden History of American Conservation (Berkeley: University of California Press, 2001), especially Part I.
Vandana Shiva, The Vandana Shiva Reader (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 2014), Chapter 5, “Monocultures of the Mind.”
J. L. Herring, Saturday Nights Sketches: Stories of Old Wiregrass Georgia (Tifton: Sunny South Press, 1978 Reprint of 1918 Edition)
Janisse Ray, Ecology of a Cracker Childhood (Minneapolis: Milkweed Editions, 1999)
Janisse Ray, Drifting into Darien: A Personal History of the Altamaha River (Athens: University of Georgia Press, 2011)
My own books on these, and other topics, are available here.
"Shanty Boat Louisville: Documenting a Lost Neighborhood," Filson magazine. (click PDF icon)
“Shantyboat Life.” Ohio Valley History, Vol. 19, No. 1 (Spring 2019). (click PDF icon)
ONLINE RESOURCES
The Longleaf Alliance
The Longleaf Alliance works throughout the range of longleaf pine to emphasize the ecological, economic, social, and historic importance of this once vast ecosystem. Since it’s original formation in 1995, The Longleaf Alliance has used outreach, education, research, direct involvement and hands-on experience to develop and provide the best available information and support in an unbiased manner to landowners, managers, policy makers, educators, and the public. Learn more.
United States Department of Agriculture - Southern Research Station
The Southern Research Station is one of seven units that make up the U.S. Forest Service Research and Development organization – the most extensive natural resources research organization in the world. Learn more.
America's Longleaf Restoration Initiative
America's Longleaf Restoration Initiative (ALRI) is a collaborative effort of multiple public and private sector partners that actively supports range-wide efforts to restore and conserve longleaf pine ecosystems. Learn more.
America’s Longleaf Restoration Initiative 2017 Range-wide Accomplishment Report (click PDF icon)
Sandhills Ecological Institute
Sandhills Ecological Institute (SEI) is a non-profit research organization established in April 1998, located in Southern Pines, North Carolina. SEI conducts research and monitoring studies of the longleaf pine and related ecosystems in North and South Carolina. SEI also promotes the study of and education about the longleaf pine and related ecosystems. Learn more.
North Carolina Longleaf Coalition
The mission of the North Carolina Longleaf Coalition is to promote the maintenance and restoration of North Carolina’s longleaf pine ecosystem, including its cultural and economic values, by forming a collaborative network of diverse stakeholders to provide strategic leadership across the historic range while also supporting local restoration activities. Learn more.
Georgia Photographic Archives
The Vanishing Georgia Photographic Collection of almost 18,000 images is the result of a Georgia Archives project begun in the mid-1970s to locate and copy historically significant photographs held by individuals throughout Georgia. Learn more.