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Engaging at the scale needed for change»

  • As an internationally recognized research station with over 60 years of experience studying fire-adapted ecosystems and advocating for prescribed fire use.
  • As a national hub for prescribed fire science, bringing fire managers and researchers together to identify and fill the gaps needed to increase the pace and scale of prescribed fire use.
  • As a bobwhite quail research program working to recover this fire-adapted species throughout its range, by leveraging the land stewardship investment that comes with hunting opportunities.
  • As regional experts on management for many of the rare species associated with the fire-dependent longleaf pine ecosystem.
  • As one of the largest regional land trusts in the nation, permanently protecting over 145,000 acres of private land in the Red Hills and Albany regions.
  • As a local landowner directly managing over 13,000 acres in North Florida on our Tall Timbers and Livingston Place properties.
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Timeline

Building on Fire History

Tall Timbers is widely considered to be the birthplace of prescribed fire science. Our founders, including Herbert Stoddard and the Komarek family, were among the first to apply empirical research techniques to better understand the role of fire in nature. They also launched a critical series of Fire Ecology Conferences in the 1960s that provided the setting needed to establish the field of prescribed fire science, during a time when fire suppression ideology ruled. These interactive timelines provide a look at the history of the land Tall Timbers is built on and the organization that was established in 1958.

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Explore the Red Hills Region»

The Red Hills region is a 300,000-acre conservation focus area located between Thomasville, Georgia and Tallahassee, Florida. Recently referred to as the “100-year experiment,” much of the land has a management history that was heavily influenced by Herbert Stoddard’s arrival in the 1920s. These exceptional lands, with their nearly continuous fire history and conservation minded owners, are important for our fire and wildlife research, as well as a focal area for our land conservation work. The region serves as a lifeline between coastal and northern wildlands, providing important wildlife corridors. Explore more of the natural, historical, and cultural wonders of the Red Hills.

What’s New

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Join us for the 18th Annual Georgia-Florida Turkey Invitational 

Join us for our 18th Annual Georgia-Florida Turkey Invitational hosted once again at Osceola just outside of Thomasville. Register your team today and mark your calendars for April 10 and 11 for this fantastic event.

Stay tuned as we announce this year’s guest speaker in the near future. This is one event you don’t want to miss. 

The proceeds from the Georgia-Florida Turkey Invitational benefit the Tall Timbers Game Bird Program. Click here for more information about sponsorship opportunities and event details.

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RESCHEDULED! Covey Film Festival Event at Tall Timbers

Join the Covey Film Festival on Tuesday, February 18th with an evening of films about nature and efforts to protect it, hosted at Tall Timbers.
Devouring Beauties follows a team of botanists and conservationists as they rescue and relocate imperiled pitcher plants. Young Fires is a short award-winning trailer about the future of firelighting. Path of the Panther works to inspire land conservation through the Florida Wildlife Corridor —which serves both humans and wildlife. Join us to learn more about the efforts to expand wildlife corridors throughout northern Florida.
Tickets can be purchased at the door.

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The 2024 edition of Quail Call is out

Quail Call is Tall Timbers’ annual publication featuring the work of the Game Bird Program. It’s is your source for game bird research and management in the Southeast. In addition to updates on current research projects and initiatives, Quail Call features includes wild bobwhite quail hatch reports, feature stories from our biologists and more.

Read the digital version here

Want to listen to Quail Call? Check out the audio version with an in-depth discussion of the 2024 hatch report with Game Bird Director Dwayne Elmore by clicking here 

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Subscribe to our free bi-monthly email for land managers 

A Land Manager’s Notebook continues to grow as a resource for anyone managing land for wildlife in the Southeast. We provide a mix of seasonal articles that draw from Tall Timbers’ research through the years, discuss current questions, and highlight the people out there practicing land stewardship. 

Subscribe for free and start receiving A Land Manager’s Notebook. 

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Job Board for Quail Hunting Properties

Connecting job seekers with our private lands partners is the goal of our new Quail Hunting Properties Job Board. Visit the Job Board  to see open positions or post a job. We hope that providing a dedicated location for these unique job openings, will help attract qualified candidates and further highlight the opportunities wild quail lands create. Our past economic studies show that quail lands generate nearly $340 million in economic impact across the Albany and Red Hills regions, including over 2,600 direct jobs. Technical colleges are helping to spread the word and are valuable partners as we all consider the training and workforce development needed to maintain world-class quail hunting properties. 

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