The mission of Tall Timbers Research Station & Land Conservancy is to foster exemplary land stewardship through research, conservation and education. Established in 1958, the upcoming year marks Tall Timbers’ 50th Anniversary and features yearlong activities to commemorate this historic milestone. Tall Timbers is a widely regarded information resource for the areas of fire ecology, game bird management, vertebrate ecology and forestry. Tall Timbers Research Station Tall Timbers is recognized as the home of the study of fire ecology and is an advocate to protect the right to use prescribed fire for land management. The Tall Timbers Land Conservancy is recognized as one of the nation’s leading land trusts, as it has protected traditional land uses in north Florida and south Georgia by conserving more than 100,000 acres in this region through conservation easements.
The history of Tall Timbers begins with Henry Beadel. The research station was originally his hunting plantation. Beadel had no heirs, so his will left his land and resources to create “a fire type nature preserve … to conduct research on the effects of fire on quail, turkey and other wildlife, as well as on vegetation of value as cover and food for wildlife, and experiments on burning for said objectives”. Today the historic Beadel House is open to the public for tours once a month. Check our web site, www.talltimbers.org for a schedule of dates and for information on all our programs and events throughout the year.
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