Title The legacy of a Red Hills hunting plantation : Tall Timbers Research Station and Land Conservancy / Robert L. Crawford and William R. Brueckheimer ; with editorial contributions by William Warren Rogers

Published Gainesville : University Press of Florida, ©2012

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Description 1 online resource Contents Part I: Tall Timbers: the plantation era -- 1. The Red Hills: from cotton to quail -- 2. The Beadels in the Red Hills -- 3. Herbert L. Stoddard and the Komareks -- 4. WCTV, the spark -- 5. The founding -- Part II; Ecological research and outreach -- 6. Classic and early long-term studies -- 7. Spreading the word -- 8. Invertebrate studies -- 9. Vertebrate studies -- 10. The red-cockaded woodpecker -- 11. Game bird research: the modern era -- 12. The Wade tract -- 13. Plant communities, fire, and land management -- Part III: Evolving the institution -- 14. Tall Timbers Land Conservancy: from association to accreditation -- 15. The present-day organization and its evolution -- 16. The next half-century -- Part IV: Real estate and resources -- 17. Holdings and intellectual resources Summary The Red Hills region is an idyllic setting filled with longleaf pines that stretches from Tallahassee, Florida, to Thomasville, Georgia. At its heart lies Tall Timbers, a former hunting plantation. In 1919, sportsman Henry L. Beadel purchased the Red Hills plantation to be used for quail hunting. As was the tradition, he conducted prescribed burnings after every hunting season in order to clear out the thick brush to make it more appealing to the nesting birds. After the U.S. Forest Service outlawed the practice in the 1920s, condemning it as harmful for the forest and its wildlife, the quai Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Print version record Subject Tall Timbers Research Station. SUBJECT Tall Timbers Research Station fast Subject Conservation of natural resources -- Red Hills (Fla. and Ga.) Conservation of natural resources -- Florida BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Development -- Sustainable Development. NATURE -- Environmental Conservation & Protection. HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- South (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV) Conservation of natural resources SUBJECT Red Hills (Fla. and Ga.) -- History Leon County (Fla.) -- History Subject Florida Florida -- Leon County United States -- Red Hills Genre/Form History Form Electronic book Author Brueckheimer, William R Rogers, William Warren, 1929-2017 ISBN 9780813042503 081304250X

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