{"id":2415,"date":"2011-02-10T11:08:26","date_gmt":"2011-02-10T16:08:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2011\/02\/your-local-fire-forest-longleaf-workshop-valdosta.html"},"modified":"2011-02-10T11:08:26","modified_gmt":"2011-02-10T16:08:26","slug":"your-local-fire-forest-longleaf-workshop-valdosta","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2011\/02\/your-local-fire-forest-longleaf-workshop-valdosta.html","title":{"rendered":"Your local fire forest: Longleaf Workshop, Valdosta"},"content":{"rendered":"<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/98706376@N00\/5433876710\/\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;\"   src=\"http:\/\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5137\/5433876710_b83cd189d6_m.jpg\"><\/a>\nThis sums it up:\n<blockquote>\n&#8220;Taking fire out of the longleaf forest is like taking rain out of the rain forest.&#8221;\n<\/blockquote>\nBut there&#8217;s a lot more to learn about the formerly largest-ranging forest in North America.\nThe <a href=\"http:\/\/www.longleafalliance.org\/\">\nLongleaf Alliance<\/a>\nis doing a series of\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.longleafalliance.org\/pdfs\/GAWorkshops.pdf\">\nLongleaf Workshops<\/a> around Georgia, in conjunction with the\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.gfc.state.ga.us\/\">\nGeorgia Forestry Commission<\/a>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/98706376@N00\/5433263963\/in\/photostream\/\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;\"   src=\"http:\/\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5054\/5433263963_0f3b5e7ea6_m.jpg\"><\/a>\nI went to the one at\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.valdostatech.edu\/\">\nWiregrass Technical College at Valdosta.<\/a>\n<p>\nHere is EJ Williams giving an overview:\n<p align=\"center\">\n<object type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" data=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/apps\/video\/stewart.swf?v=71377\" classid=\"clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000\"> <param name=\"flashvars\" value=\"intl_lang=en-us&#038;photo_secret=ffec979ab4&#038;photo_id=5433882464\"><\/param> <param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/apps\/video\/stewart.swf?v=71377\"><\/param> <param name=\"bgcolor\" value=\"#000000\"><\/param> <param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"><\/param><\/object>\n<br>\n<center>\n<small>\nLongleaf Workshop, Valdosta, 10 February 2011.\n<br>\nVideo by John S. 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