Art of Managing Longleaf A Personal History of the Stoddard-Neel Approach

Name: Art of Managing Longleaf A Personal History of the Stoddard-Neel Approach
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ISBN: 9780820344133

ISBN-10: 0820344133

ISBN-13: 9780820344133

Edition: 2010

Authors: Albert G. Way, Leon Neel, Paul S. Sutter, Jerry F. Franklin

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Greenwood Plantation in the Red Hills region of southwest Georgia includes a rare one-thousand-acre stand of old-growth longleaf pine woodlands, a remnant of an ecosystem that once covered close to ninety million acres across the Southeast.The Art of Managing Longleafdocuments the sometimes controversial management system that not only has protected Greenwood’s “Big Woods” but also has been practiced on a substantial acreage of the remnant longleaf pine woodlands in the Red Hills and other parts of the Coastal Plain. Often described as an art informed by science, the Stoddard-Neel Approach combines frequent prescribed burning, highly selective logging, a commitment to a particular woodland…

Book details

List price: $27.95
Copyright year: 2010
Publisher: University of Georgia Press
Publication date: 3/1/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 224
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.50" long x 0.70" tall
Weight: 0.836

Albert G. Way is an assistant professor of history at Kennesaw State University. He is coauthor ofThe Art of Managing Longleaf: A Personal History of the Stoddard-Neel Approach(Georgia).



List of Illustrations


Introduction: Forestry beyond One Generation




Growing Up in the Woods



Time Well Spent with Mr. Stoddard



The Early Years of Tall Timbers Research Station



The Stoddard-Neel Approach: Managing the Trees for the Forest


Afterword The Legacy of Leon Neel



Notes


Index