IN THIS ISSUE...
FEATURE
- Tall Timbers Receives Preservation Award
- Archaeologist L. Ross Morrell Passes
- Suncoast Connector Toll Road August Update
RESEARCH & LAND MANAGEMENT
- Targeted Management Reduces Wildfire Risk
- Red Hills Program to Control Feral Swine
- Tall Timbers and Southern Fire Exchange Partnership
- Frequent Fire and Hardwood Encroachment
- Newly Described Species Found at Tall Timbers
- Quail Hatch Report
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Summer 2020 | Vol 13 | No 3
Tall Timbers is deeply concerned about the potential impacts of the Suncoast Connector toll road, a proposed 150-mile toll road corridor extending from Citrus County through Jefferson County in the Red Hills. In this update, we will share key results from recent studies by subject matter experts who are helping shed light on this risky project.
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Tall Timbers is pleased to announce that the John Russell Pope designed house at Dixie received a 2020 Florida Preservation Award for Restoration/Rehabilitation by the Florida Trust for Historic Preservation. The awards recognize people, organizations and communities who have worked to protect Florida’s extraordinary history and heritage.
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Staff, volunteers and former tenant family members at Tall Timbers were saddened to learn of the death of Ross Morrell on July 9, 2020. He had a long history of work with Tall Timbers as the State Historic Preservation Officer and later at the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission.
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The quail hatch is shaping up to be a good one! Plenty of adult bobwhites and broods are being observed and reported across the Red Hills and Albany area quail properties, as well as our study sites on central Florida Ranches, the Carolinas and Alabama.
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Extreme fire weather events are the major driver of wildfire in the Southeast, and prescribed fire is our best tool for mitigating those wildfires. Some specific landscapes in the region are particularly prone to large wildfires, including the swamps and pine flatwoods connecting the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge to the Osceola National Forest.
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Tall Timbers received the Florida-Georgia Red Hills Region Pilot Feral Swine Control Grant in July of 2020. This is a joint project between Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) – Wildlife Services (WS), and Tall Timbers.
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Tall Timbers scientists partnered with the Southern Fire Exchange this spring to share cutting-edge fire science research and information through a series of free online webinars. The webinars covered topics ranging from an introduction to prescribed fire to the latest in research on longleaf pine forest ecology and fire behavior modeling.
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A recent publication predicted that old-field pinelands, much like those of Red Hills region, will ultimately lose their pine component and become closed canopy hardwood forests, even if treated with frequent fire. We are challenging that notion by revisiting data from the Stoddard Plots on Tall Timbers Research Station, to see how forest structure has changed over time under a frequent fire regime.
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It’s not every day we find a new wildlife species in our backyards. But that’s the case with the Intricate Satyr butterfly at Tall Timbers.
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Tall Timbers staff have visited several properties with tremendous conservation value, but where a donated conservation easement is not an option. To address this potential barrier head-on, Tall Timbers staff wrote and received a $7,066,860 Natural Resources Conservation Service-Regional Conservation Partnership Program (NRCS-RCPP) grant to, among other things, help fund the purchase of conservation easements in the Aucilla and St. Marks River watersheds.
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Tall Timbers' Game Bird Program is honored to be a 2020 Park Cities Quail Coalition grant recipient in the amount of $75,000. The grant will fund work to restore bobwhite quail in East Texas, by working cooperatively with landowners to manage habitat and reintroduce wild quail.
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SAVE THE DATE - SEPTEMBER 27. Our new virtual auction format will still feature competitive bidding for world-class artwork, unparalleled hunting and fishing opportunities, as well as unique offerings from around the country. Subscribe to our email list for the latest information and an announcement when the auction website goes live.
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