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America’s Longleaf Restoration Initiative

Longleaf Partnership CouncilFall 2013 Meeting Update

Clay WareUS Fish and Wildlife Service

Fall Longleaf Partnership Council Meeting

• Held in conjunction with SAF Conference

• North Charleston, SC

• October 21-22, 2013

• SAF Conference Oct. 23-26

• Longleaf Pine Panels requested

• Two panels; 90 minutes each

• Display booth

SAF Conference Participation

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Panel One

• Vernon Compton – America’s Longleaf Restoration Initiative

• Suzanne Sessine – Longleaf Stewardship Fund Overview

• Kevin McEntire – Metrics for measuring LSF accomplishments

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Panel Two

• Luke Lewis - Longleaf Restoration Delivery; One Landowner at a Time

• Eric Krueger - Evolution of an Iconic Landscape: The Conservation of Longleaf Pine Forest in the Sewee-to-Santee Landscape near Charleston, SC

• Ryan Elting – Expanding Longleaf Restoration and Prescribed Fire in the NC Sandhills

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See you in Charleston!