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It’s made up of 55,000 acres of private land, but in 300 years there is a plan is for it to be an old (almost) growth forest of longleaf pines. We explore the work that has already been done and what it looks like now.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n

Wandering through a sandhill looking for gopher tortoises, \u201cTurtle\u201d Bob Walker spots a young longleaf pine. This tree is in its bottlebrush stage, a knee-high teenager getting ready to bolt. Unlike Walker or I, it could very well witness the entirety of the 300-year plan here at Nokuse Plantation. It likely first sprouted during Nokuse\u2019s first habitat restorations in the early 2000s; in 2300, it might have grown to be a grandfather tree in an (almost) old growth forest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The three hundred year plan was M.C. Davis\u2019s vision. After making a living as a gambler in his 20s, Davis turned his winnings into hundreds of millions of dollars buying land and mineral rights. Then, one day, he stumbled into a rally for black bears in Florida. Learning about bears led to his devouring books on ecology and Florida habitats. He caught the conservation bug, and starting in 2000, he spent $90 million on land for a private preserve<\/a> along the Choctawhatchee River.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Nokuse Plantation founder M.C. Davis hugs a young adult longleaf pine. Davis passed away in 2015, but his three hundred year plan is underway. Photo provided by Nokuse Plantation.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Restoring and managing 55,000 acres of private land is an ambitious undertaking. A majority of the property was once timber land that Nokuse is returning to native longleaf pine ecosystems. As we\u2019ll see on our adventure today, there are also wetlands and waterways here; these would benefit from regularly burned pinelands.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Learn more about the 300 year mission and check out the EcoAdventure at the Nokuse Plantation Preserve. Click here to read the rest of the article on the WFSU Ecology Blog.<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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