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Healthy Forests Reserve Program

NRCS Restores and Creates Longleaf Pine Forests in Mississippi

June 07, 2011 Justin Fritscher, NRCS Mississippi

Mississippians know the strength of longleaf pines. These native trees braved Hurricane Katrina 48 percent better than their loblolly cousins. Even so, the ancient longleaf pine forests of the South are a threatened ecosystem.

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