One of the most challenging parts of longleaf restoration is what to do with years of fire suppressed fuels that have accumulated in our forests from years of fire exclusion. One of the strongest parts of the SPBA program has been to work with our landowners to conduct thinning operations in advanced of using Rx Fire to reduce fuel loads.

Join us Tuesday, November 14th in Moore County for a thinning tour where we will see a recently thinned mixed-stand of pines and hardwoods. We will be meeting with forester David Halley, who designed this unique thinning, along with landowner David Casey, who will talk about his strategy to reintroduce Rx Fire to this long-unburned stand. This will be a short 2-hour tour. No RSVP necessary.