Tall Timbers Research Station and Land Conservancy
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| Tall Timbers Plantation | |
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| IUCN Category V (Protected Landscape/Seascape) | |
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| Location: | Leon County, Florida, USA |
| Nearest city: | Tallahassee, Florida |
| Established: | April 7, 1989 |
| Governing body: | National Park Service |
Tall Timbers Research Station and Land Conservancy is located in northern Leon County, Florida just off County Road 12 on the north side of Lake Iamonia. Operating from the old Beadel House, Tall Timbers researches the areas of fire ecology, resource management, forestry, game bird management, and vertebrate ecology.
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[edit] History
The Research Station was formerly a plantation built in 1895 by Edward Beadel. In 1963, his cousin, Henry Beadel, established the Tall Timbers Research Station Foundation for land and wildlife management experimentation [1]. On April 7, 1989, 2,800 acres of the property was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places.
[edit] Fire Ecology Program
The Fire Ecology Program is designed to provide the public with applicable, science-based information on prescribed fire and vegetation dynamics in the southern pine ecosystem, specifically in the Red Hills Region.
[edit] Resource Management Program
The Resource Management Program's responsibility is to manage the land so that the upland forests are maintained in an open, park-like condition using prescribed fire, mechanical tools, and chemical techniques to accomplish land management goals.
The Forestry Program is designed to meet the ecological forestry research needs of the Red Hills Region between Tallahassee, Florida and Thomasville, Georgia.
[edit] Game Bird Program
The Game Bird Program is studying the Northern Bobwhite Quail (Colinus virginianus) and it's habitats.
[edit] Vertebrate Ecology Lab
The Vertebrate Ecology Lab is studying Bachman's Sparrows, Brown-headed Nuthatches, and Red-cockaded Woodpeckers.
