{"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":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/98706376@N00\/5433876710\/\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;\"   src=\"http:\/\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5137\/5433876710_b83cd189d6_m.jpg\"><\/a><br \/>\nThis sums it up:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\n&#8220;Taking fire out of the longleaf forest is like taking rain out of the rain forest.&#8221;\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>But there&#8217;s a lot more to learn about the formerly largest-ranging forest in North America.<br \/>\nThe <a href=\"http:\/\/www.longleafalliance.org\/\"><br \/>\nLongleaf Alliance<\/a><br \/>\nis doing a series of<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.longleafalliance.org\/pdfs\/GAWorkshops.pdf\"><br \/>\nLongleaf Workshops<\/a> around Georgia, in conjunction with the<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.gfc.state.ga.us\/\"><br \/>\nGeorgia Forestry Commission<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/98706376@N00\/5433263963\/in\/photostream\/\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;\"   src=\"http:\/\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5054\/5433263963_0f3b5e7ea6_m.jpg\"><\/a><br \/>\nI went to the one at<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.valdostatech.edu\/\"><br \/>\nWiregrass Technical College at Valdosta.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\nHere is EJ Williams giving an overview:<\/p>\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><embed type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" src=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/apps\/video\/stewart.swf?v=71377\" bgcolor=\"#000000\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" flashvars=\"intl_lang=en-us&#038;photo_secret=ffec979ab4&#038;photo_id=5433882464\" height=\"225\" width=\"400\"><\/embed><\/object><br \/>\n<br \/>\n<center><br \/>\n<small><br \/>\nLongleaf Workshop, Valdosta, 10 February 2011.<br \/>\n<br \/>\nVideo by John S. Quarterman for LAKE, the Lowndes Area Knowledge Exchange.<br \/>\n<\/small><br \/>\n<\/center><\/p>\n<p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/98706376@N00\/5433263927\/in\/photostream\/\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;\"   src=\"http:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4074\/5433263927_54ff381524_m.jpg\"><\/a><br \/>\nGood crowd: more than 50 people.<br \/>\nMore later.<br \/>\nWe&#8217;re on break now.<\/p>\n<p>\n-jsq<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This sums it up: &#8220;Taking fire out of the longleaf forest is like taking rain out of the rain forest.&#8221; But there&#8217;s a lot more to learn about the formerly largest-ranging forest in North America. 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