Tall Timbers Research Station and Land Conservancy
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Tall Timbers Research Station and Land Conservancy is a research and learning facility located in northern Leon County, Florida
, just off County Road 12
on the north side of Lake Iamonia
. Occupying the same acreage and location and operating from the old Beadel House, Tall Timbers researches the areas of fire ecology
, resource management
, forestry
, game bird management, and vertebrate
ecology
.
The Research Station was formerly a quail hunting plantation
of Tall Timbers Plantation
built in 1895 by Edward Beadel.
, specifically in the Red Hills Region
.
The Forestry Program is designed to meet the ecological forestry research needs of the Red Hills Region
between Tallahassee, Florida
and Thomasville, Georgia
.
The Game Bird Program is studying the Northern Bobwhite Quail
(Colinus virginianus) and its habitats.
s, Brown-headed Nuthatch
es, and Red-cockaded Woodpecker
s.
Leon County, Florida
Leon County is a county located in the state of Florida, named after the Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de León. At the 2010 Census, the population was 275,487. The county seat of Leon County is Tallahassee which also serves as the state capital. The county seat is home to two of Florida's major...
, just off County Road 12
State Road 12 (Florida)
State Road 12 is an east–west route in the Florida Panhandle, running from SR 20 in Bristol to US 27 in Havana.The route continues as county roads on both ends, on the western end running south as Liberty County Road 12 to SR 65, and on the east running as Gadsden and then Leon County Road 12...
on the north side of Lake Iamonia
Lake Iamonia, Florida
Lake Iamonia is a large, subtropical prairie lake in northern Leon County, Florida, United States created during the Pleistocene epoch.-Forming Iamonia:...
. Occupying the same acreage and location and operating from the old Beadel House, Tall Timbers researches the areas of fire ecology
Fire ecology
Fire ecology is concerned with the processes linking the natural incidence of fire in an ecosystem and the ecological effects of this fire. Many ecosystems, such as the North American prairie and chaparral ecosystems, and the South African savanna, have evolved with fire as a natural and necessary...
, resource management
Resource management
In organizational studies, resource management is the efficient and effective deployment of an organization's resources when they are needed. Such resources may include financial resources, inventory, human skills, production resources, or information technology...
, forestry
Forestry
Forestry is the interdisciplinary profession embracing the science, art, and craft of creating, managing, using, and conserving forests and associated resources in a sustainable manner to meet desired goals, needs, and values for human benefit. Forestry is practiced in plantations and natural stands...
, game bird management, and vertebrate
Vertebrate
Vertebrates are animals that are members of the subphylum Vertebrata . Vertebrates are the largest group of chordates, with currently about 58,000 species described. Vertebrates include the jawless fishes, bony fishes, sharks and rays, amphibians, reptiles, mammals, and birds...
ecology
Ecology
Ecology is the scientific study of the relations that living organisms have with respect to each other and their natural environment. Variables of interest to ecologists include the composition, distribution, amount , number, and changing states of organisms within and among ecosystems...
.
The Research Station was formerly a quail hunting plantation
Quail hunting plantation
A quail hunting plantation is a large tract of land typically with a natural wooded and grass habitat for the purpose of recreational hunting of bobwhite quail.-Range:...
of Tall Timbers Plantation
Tall Timbers Plantation (Florida)
Tall Timbers Plantation was a quail hunting plantation located in northern Leon County, Florida, United States established by Edward Beadle in 1895.-History:...
built in 1895 by Edward Beadel.
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 ecosystemEcosystem
An ecosystem is a biological environment consisting of all the organisms living in a particular area, as well as all the nonliving , physical components of the environment with which the organisms interact, such as air, soil, water and sunlight....
, specifically in the Red Hills Region
Red Hills Region
The Red Hills Region is a unique 300,000-acre area of the southeastearn United States overlapping parts of southwestern Georgia and north Florida.-Location:...
.
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
Red Hills Region
The Red Hills Region is a unique 300,000-acre area of the southeastearn United States overlapping parts of southwestern Georgia and north Florida.-Location:...
between Tallahassee, Florida
Tallahassee, Florida
Tallahassee is the capital of the U.S. state of Florida. It is the county seat and only incorporated municipality in Leon County, and is the 128th largest city in the United States. Tallahassee became the capital of Florida, then the Florida Territory, in 1824. In 2010, the population recorded by...
and Thomasville, Georgia
Thomasville, Georgia
Thomasville is the county seat of Thomas County, Georgia, United States. The city is the second largest in Southwest Georgia after Albany.The city deems itself the City of Roses and holds an annual Rose Festival. The town features plantations open to the public, a historic downtown, a large...
.
Game Bird Program
Bobwhite Quail
The Northern Bobwhite, Virginia Quail or Bobwhite Quail is a ground-dwelling bird native to the United States, Mexico, and the Caribbean...
(Colinus virginianus) and its habitats.
Vertebrate Ecology Lab
The Vertebrate Ecology Lab is studying Bachman's SparrowBachman's Sparrow
Bachman's Sparrow, Peucaea aestivalis, is a small American sparrow that is endemic to the southeastern United States. This species was named in honor of Reverend John Bachman....
s, Brown-headed Nuthatch
Brown-headed Nuthatch
The Brown-headed Nuthatch, Sitta pusilla, is a small songbird found in pine forests throughout the Southeastern United States. An endangered population occurs in the pineyards of Grand Bahama; some authorities consider it to represent a separate species, S. insularis...
es, and Red-cockaded Woodpecker
Red-cockaded Woodpecker
The Red-cockaded Woodpecker is a woodpecker found in southeastern North America.- Description :About the size of the Northern Cardinal, it is approximately 8.5 in. long, with a wingspan of about 14 in. and a weight of about 1.5 ounces...
s.