Authors: Texas A&M Natural Resources Institute

The 2025 America’s Longleaf Restoration Initiative Accomplishment Report highlights progress made by partners across the Southeast to restore, manage and protect the longleaf pine ecosystem. In fiscal year 2025, partners established nearly 95,000 acres of new longleaf pine, implemented prescribed fire on 1.5 million acres and protected more than 80,000 acres of land. The report summarizes conservation accomplishments, partnerships and measurable outcomes supporting wildlife, working lands and resilient landscapes across the region.

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Threatened and endangered species

Compiling the best available science that will serve as the basis of ESA decisions from listing, delisting and down-listing.

Regional conservation partnerships

Supporting access to well-managed DOW lands, waters, and airspace by safeguarding natural ecosystems critical to the military mission.