The sun sets between the longleaf pines of the Weymouth Woods Nature Preserve in Southern Pines on Sept. 23, 2021. The longleaf pine is an iconic tree species in North Carolina. It once covered 90 ...

Julie Moore, a board member for the Southern Conservation Partners, has no shortage of enthusiasm for the longleaf pine. This is in part because she has witnessed first-hand the intriguing systems and ...

The question seemed simple enough. We were asked as a church if we could create Thanksgiving-themed centerpieces that were inexpensive and simple to decorate the tables at the first annual ...

Talk to anyone who works with longleaf pine trees – which many agree are as iconic to the Southeast as redwoods are to California – and one number is bound to come up: 90 million acres. That’s the ...

I was tromping around last week in what I regard as some of the most beautiful forests in the world — mature, longleaf pine forests. With their stately trees in open, grassy settings, they look more ...

As a non-North Carolina native, I did not know the meaning of Tarheel. I am a self-identified tree-hugger environmentalist, so I was interested to learn. The long leaf pine is not the state tree of ...

One of the highest honors a citizen of North Carolina can receive — the highest one can receive directly from the governor, in fact — is the Order of the Longleaf Pine. This award is granted to ...

Environmental Science student at UNCW serving as an intern with the Alliance for Cape Fear Trees Growing up in North Carolina, I was used to seeing towering pine trees around every corner. Because of ...

It was a simple walk across the University of West Florida's manicured campus that brought Professor Frank Gilliam to what might be considered a professional epiphany. "I was amazed, especially by the ...

Back in 1963, North Carolina Governor Terry Sanford realized the state had no award to recognize people in our state who have ...