Recent Articles & News
Quail Country CCAA looks to improve habitat for at-risk species
Over the last 11 years, Tall Timbers has worked to develop and implement the first-of-its-kind, multi-state plan that enhances habitat for at-risk species. The “Quail Country Candidate Conservation Agreement with Assurances,” gives private landowners reassurance that...
More than 4,800 acres of Leon County’s Cherokee property put into conservation
More than 4,800 acres of the Cherokee property in the Red Hills region will be permanently protected and provide ecological benefits to Florida’s capital city and beyond after Florida Forever funds easement.
Tall Timbers seeking landowner applications for land management funding support
Landowners within the basins of the St. Marks and Aucilla Rivers can apply for funding and technical assistance for prescribed fire implementation, longleaf pine tree establishment, timber stand improvements, invasive plant treatment and wildlife habitat improvement.
Return Dove Band Numbers for Recurring Study
The second year of a study by Tall Timbers and other partners hopes to capture data about movement patterns of mourning doves in the Red Hills and Albany regions of Georgia and Florida. During the 2022-23 hunting season, the initial year of the study done in...
Dwayne Elmore joining Tall Timbers to head Game Bird Program
Tall Timbers is proud to announce that Dwayne Elmore PhD., will be joining our team in September as our new Game Bird Program director. The size and breadth of our Game Bird Program will benefit from the leadership skills Dwayne has honed over the past 17 years at...
Jones Tenant Farm among stops for national historical program
By Anne McCudden, Executive Director of the Thomasville History Center Tall Timbers was honored to host over 60 K-12 educators from across the country during the first few weeks of July. The educators were here as part of a National Endowment for the Humanities grant...
Native snakes susceptible to northern spread of invasive lung parasites
By Cat Wigen, Biological Monitoring intern As invasive Burmese pythons make their way through Florida’s ecosystems, they carry a weapon that threatens our native snake species across North America. In these pythons' lungs are pentastomes (Raillietiella orientalis)...
Tune in: These prescribed fire-centric podcasts are worth a listen
From quail and prescribed fire to land conservation and long-term research, Tall Timbers staffers have a lot to say. Many have appeared on podcasts to relay their expertise in highly-specialized fields, but knowing where to find those episodes can be tough in the sea...
Birdsong Nature Center land is permanently protected
Originally published in The Cairo Messenger on July 5, 2023 Thanks to the collective efforts of conservation-minded voters and elected officials, along with public and private funding support, the long-term vision for Birdsong Nature Center has finally come to...
Albany smoke management training draws a crowd
Air quality standards are currently a big topic in the prescribed fire world, and Albany, Georgia, has unfortunately become a test case for protecting prescribed fire use. In January 2023, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency caught the attention of burn managers...
Tools to avoid housing, wildfire repeat
“We made too many wrong mistakes.” Yogi Berra. This quote from catcher/philosopher Yogi Berra is actually somewhat profound. We all make mistakes that have little bearing on our lives — thinking, for instance, that we look great in those cargo shorts! But it’s the...
Komareks’ international work lives on as Europe explores prescribed fire
Ed and Betty Komarek's boot prints remain in Portugal's soot more than 50 years after they went there to spread the gospel of prescribed fire. Fast forward to 2023, and the same areas around Mafra where one of the original Tall Timbers founders visited are still being...