America’s Longleaf Restoration Initiative is thrilled to announce the release of the 2025 Range-wide Accomplishment Report! Thanks to the hard work and collaboration of our many dedicated partners, America’s Longleaf has made great progress in restoring and caring for longleaf pine forests, to the tune of over 1.9 million acres of management activities. This year’s report highlights the efforts of partners dedicated to improving habitats, supporting healthy land use, ensuring military training areas remain effective, and protecting the longleaf pine ecosystem.  Together, America’s Longleaf partners have enhanced and restored these unique forests, paving the way for positive outcomes for ecological, economic, and human health into the future. 

“Throughout the year, ALRI partners demonstrated
a continued commitment to restoring and sustaining longleaf pine ecosystems,” says Jamelle Ellis, 2025 Longleaf Partnership Chair. “Our collective ability to respond constructively to emerging needs reflects more than operational coordination. It reflects trust.”

Despite a projected seed shortage, a coordinated cone collection effort among the partners yielded over 34,000 bushels, securing future restoration needs. America’s Longleaf active management and partnerships also assisted in recovery from storms such as Hurricane Helene, with prescribed burning and sustainable timber harvest playing key roles.

In fiscal year 2025 (October 1, 2024, to September 30, 2025), America’s Longleaf partners:

• • Planted 94,797 acres of new longleaf pine 
  • Protected a record 80,817 acres long-term through acquisitions and easements
  • Applied prescribed fire to over 1.5 million acres 
  • Performed maintenance activities on 221,292 acres
  • Applied silvicultural activities to 12,707 acres to convert existing forestland to longleaf-dominant forests

The full findings, outcomes, and accomplishments of 2025 can be found here.

Note: The report covers FY 2025, which ran from October 1, 2024, to September 30, 2025.