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Longleaf pine once covered an area of over 90 million acres from Virginia to Texas along the Southeastern coast and well inland. Today, only about 5% of that original habitat remains. Karl Etters works at Tall Timbers Plantation in Tallahassee, an organization committed to the use of fire ecology in land management. We discuss the history and biology of the longleaf pine, restoration efforts, and where to see longleaf pine today in Florida.

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