Throughout the month of October, public television stations will air a new documentary about longleaf pine and longleaf pine ecosystems entitled Secrets of the Longleaf Pine.
From the Emmy Award winning producers of Chattahoochee Unplugged, the documentary takes viewers on an adventure of the coastal plain of the southeastern United States, highlighting the longleaf pine ecosystem. Viewers will see the ways in which conservationists work to restore this biologically diverse ecosystem and help animal species such as the Gopher Tortoise, Eastern Indigo Snake, and Red Cockaded Woodpecker survive and thrive.
Watch Secrets of the Longleaf Pine on the following public broadcasting schedule:
- Alabama Public Television, October 21, 2015 at 8:00 p.m. CST
- Georgia Public Broadcasting, October 21, 2015 at 8: 00 p.m. EST
- SC Educational TV, October 21, 2015 at 7 p.m. EST
- WFSU Tallahassee, Florida, November 16, 2015 at 10:00 p.m. EST
- WFSU Tallahassee, Florida, November 22, 2015 at 2:00 p.m. EST
Monitor the following website to get more information about when airings will happen across the US: http://longleafpine.org/airings-across-the-u-s/.