The Longleaf Alliance Inc.

The Longleaf Alliance Inc. is a non-profit organization headquartered in Andalusia, Alabama, that specializes in conservation and restoration of the longleaf pine ecosystem and associated endangered species recovery throughout the southeastern United States. The organization serves as a prime recipient of federal contract and grant awards, delivering technical expertise, habitat restoration services, and ecosystem management support to multiple federal agencies. The Longleaf Alliance's work is deeply rooted in collaborative conservation efforts, addressing the recovery of threatened and endangered species while promoting sustainable forestry practices and supporting private landowners across the historical longleaf pine range spanning North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana.

The Longleaf Alliance Inc. has received a limited number of federal contract awards, consisting of two purchase orders from the U.S. Forest Service, Southern Region (Region 8). Both contract awards were for membership dues payments totaling $5,000 each, awarded on September 9, 2021, with a completion date of June 30, 2022, and on August 26, 2024, with a completion date of August 25, 2025. These were firm fixed-price purchase orders with no set-aside designations. While the contract vehicles represent a minimal portion of the organization's federal engagement, the awards reflect The Longleaf Alliance's established relationship with the Forest Service and its recognition as a trusted partner in forest management and longleaf pine conservation initiatives.

The Longleaf Alliance Inc. has received substantial federal grant funding through multiple cooperative agreements from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, U.S. Department of Interior, and related agencies. Current and recent prime federal grant awards include a $1,845,857 cooperative agreement from the U.S. Forest Service under the Inflation Reduction Act Landscape Scale Restoration program (CFDA 10.731) extending through August 2029 to support forest landowner assistance and emerging environmental market opportunities; a $150,000 cooperative agreement from the Natural Resources Conservation Service under the Environmental Quality Incentives Program (CFDA 10.912) through September 2028 for NRCS staff training and producer outreach on longleaf pine management; and a $1,476,265.71 cooperative agreement from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service under the Endangered Species Recovery Implementation program (CFDA 15.657) extending through September 2027 focused on restoring habitat for the federally endangered reticulated flatwoods salamander and state-threatened species including the Florida bog frog, gopher frog, gopher tortoise, eastern indigo snake, and eastern diamondback rattlesnake. The organization has also received multiple cooperative agreements supporting wildland fire management at military installations including Eglin Air Force Base and Naval Air Stations Whiting Field and Pensacola, as well as grants for red-cockaded woodpecker habitat restoration on Fort Jackson and Fort Stewart, forest inventory work at Tyndall Air Force Base, and wetland restoration initiatives across the Southeast. Additionally, The Longleaf Alliance serves as a sub-awardee under numerous cooperative agreements administered through the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, Clemson University, and other prime grantees, delivering restoration services that include prescribed burning across tens of thousands of acres, longleaf pine plantings, invasive species control, gopher tortoise relocations, rare species recovery and monitoring, landowner outreach and technical assistance, and establishment of longleaf pine tree improvement programs to expand seedling capacity. These grant-funded efforts collectively address habitat restoration, endangered species recovery, and sustainable ecosystem management across hundreds of thousands of acres of longleaf pine habitat in collaboration with state wildlife agencies, universities, conservation organizations, and private landowners.