2019 Annual Report ANNUAL REPORT 2019 was a remarkable year for Tall Timbers, with this wasteful project (https://talltimbers.org/ strategic ventures and partnerships leveraging suncoast-connector/). By subverting the normal the regions fire culture and history to expand planning process that FDOT has used for the the use of prescribed fire and exemplary land good of Florida, the legislature decided to build stewardship. Collaborations convened by Tall a road in a flood plain, exposed to sea-level Timbers began exerting a powerful influence on rise and storm surge, through the last region of the direction the prescribed fire research and Florida that remains largely agricultural, forested management professions would take over the and healthy. And, there is already an under-uti- next decade. lized corridor that exists! We will continue to help Not since Herbert L. Stoddard’s tenure has provide unbiased information to decision makers such a seismic shift been felt in the fire world. until this is resolved. ROSE RODRIGUEZ Tall Timbers staff has helped to set this direction Ending 2019 and halfway through 2020, to understand and model prescribed fire, and and carbon sequestration is. This is why we the challenges from the coronavirus have been to develop predictive tools for managers and promote exemplary land stewardship across the daunting. But, Tall Timbers has been resourceful. prescribed fire trainers. The outcome over the country. This is why we continue to fight to pro- We have remained as productive as ever thanks next decade will be a new set of knowledge that tect the Red Hills. It is one of a kind, but doesn’t to a diverse group of stakeholders, collaborators, can improve predictions of fire behavior, smoke have to be. and our constituents. We will continue to meet dispersion, and management outcomes and Beyond fire, our bobwhite research and con- the challenges ahead in conservation and exem- promote the development of a workforce that servation program translocated the 6000th quail plary lands stewardship. We are ever grateful and has the knowledge to apply fire safely to achieve from the region to help establish 80,000 acres of mindful of how important your support is to our management goals. new quail lands across the eastern US, including quest. Thank you. The Red Hills region is a working laboratory, our first translocation to public lands. Research and the only landscape in the eastern U.S. where is our ground floor, and our scientists received frequent prescribed fire has not left — the results international recognition for their publications in speak for themselves. During the last 60 years, top academic journals. Our conservation program Tall Timbers has served the role of providing made great strides developing regional projects sound management information to landowners that will accelerate protection of critical natural and managers. This process continues today, but resources, such as the Aucilla River system. has been expanded to new regions. All of this happened under the cloud created Replicating the Red Hills is not possible, but by M-CORES. Tall Timbers has been working

replicating the high biodiversity, tremendous quail every day to convince lawmakers and the Flor- Tom L. Rankin Bill Palmer, PhD numbers, low wildfire risks, high water recharge ida Department of Transportation (FDOT) to kill Board Chairman President & CEO

2 • TALL TIMBERS TALL TIMBERS RESEARCH, INC. 2019 BOARD OF TRUSTEES Contents CHAIRMAN Research ...... 4 Mr. Tom L. Rankin Conservation ...... 10 VICE-CHAIRMAN Support ...... 13 Mrs. Cornelia G. Corbett Tall Timbers Foundation ...... 23 SECRETARY Honorariums/Memorials...... 24 Mrs. Daphne F. Wood Staff ...... 25 TREASURER Dr. George Simmons, DVM Statement of Financial Position ...... 27 TRUSTEES Mr. Charles M. Chapin III Mrs. Rosamond C. Davis Mr. Kenneth D. Haddad Mission Mr. O. Mason Hawkins The mission of Tall Timbers is to foster Mr. Redmond Ingalls Mr. Robert H. (Rip) Kirby exemplary land stewardship (ELS) through Mr. John Wesley Langdale III research, conservation and education. Our Dr. Rodman R. Linn, PhD Dr. Karl Miller, PhD primary research focus is the ecology of fire Mr. David D. Perkins and natural resource management including Mrs. Virginia Wetherell Scott Mrs. Kate Sullivan Scovil bobwhite quail and other wildlife in the Mr. Hewitt B. Shaw southeastern coastal plain. Our conservation Dr. George W. Simmons Mr. Wilton R. Stephens, Jr. efforts are dedicated to helping protect Mr. Reggie E. Thackston the distinctive Red Hills landscape of south Mr. Remy W. Trafelet Georgia and north Florida, and its traditional Mr. George Watkins Mr. George W. Willson (deceased) land uses. Our education program transfers TALL TIMBERS FOUNDATION, INC. research and conservation information for CHAIRMAN resource management. Mr. C. Martin Wood III TRUSTEES ON THE COVER: Annie Schmidt's conservation easement property, Crooked Creek, Mr. Thomas A. Barron contains rare Florida steephead ravines, which have formed a beautiful waterfall. Mr. O. Mason Hawkins This is among Annie's favorite spots to visit on her property. When asked if we could Mr. Tom L. Rankin use this photo for the cover, Annie's response was — WOW! — that she was honored, Dr. George W. Simmons and that her late husband Jack would have loved that their little Crooked Creek waterfall would be on the cover of our annual report. She added that it was too bad Mr. George C. Watkins Above, a bobwhite on Dixie Plantation with tag and radio transmitter collar. the photo wasn’t taken before Hurricane Michael, when the waterfall was two to Mr. J. Ben Watkins III Photo by Game Bird research biologist Alex Jackson. three times wider! Photo by Shane Wellendorf.

2019 ANNUAL REPORT • 3 BEADEL FELLOWS DIXIE

RESEARCH Where Science Meets Management STODDARD BIRD LAB (SBL) open an exciting avenue for future research into 2019 YEAR IN REVIEW Efforts continue to restore two rare bird species. how social information affects breeding systems.” Tall Timbers Research program had its most We had successful nests for Red-cockaed Wood- productive and impactful years in its history. OUTREACH IS FOR THE BIRDS: peckers on the Dixie property, and also successful The level of funding, number of partners, The Stoddard Bird Lab conducted frequent nests of Brown-headed Nuthatches on Jonathan and breadth of activities focused on our public outreach through field trips, presenta- Dickinson State Park in southeast Florida. mission to expand exemplary land stew- tions, eJournal, eNews, and Firebird e-newsletter ardship and the use of prescribed fire was publications, field events for landowners (Wade unprecedented. Tract Retrospective), and workshops for public Science Staff: land managers (Coastal Management Workshop; » Produced a total of 61 publications, Fla. Department of Environmental Protection including 29 published, 8 in-press, 13 Fire Workshop; Prescribed Fire Training Center submitted and 11 accepted; classes) and an article in Natural History Mag- azine. The SBL had four presentations at the » Gave 99 professional presentations; American Ornithological Society meeting in » Submitted approximately $13.4 million Anchorage, Alaska, including best student pre- dollars in research grant applications sentation in behavior (Mary Mack Gray). and were awarded approximately $9

million (including “multi-year” and “up to” In 2018, eight Red-cockaded Woodpecker sub-adults were translocated to our Dixie property; in May 2019, this nest with four eggs was discovered by amounts). Woodpecker Conservation Specialist Rob Meyer in this nest cavity.

INTERNATIONALLY-ACCLAIMED RESEARCH: Jim Cox and his colleagues’ publication on Brown-headed Nuthatch breeding behaviors was selected as the Editor’s Choice article in a recent issue of Behavioral Ecology. It was also the sub- ject of an article that appeared in Current Biology, which stated, “Cox and colleagues made a major step towards uncovering the role of a demo- graphic trait (adult sex ratio) in a puzzling social

Science staff at the 2019 Wade Tract event. L-R: Kevin Robertson, Shane behavior (cooperative breeding), and their results Wellendorf (Land Conservancy), Jim Cox, Rob Meyer, Tom Radzio and Scott Pokswinski. Photo by Rose Rodriguez

4 • TALL TIMBERS Key Publications: Radzio, T. A., Nicholas J. B., J.A. Cox, D.K. Del- aney, and M.P. O’Connor. 2019. Behavior, growth, and survivorship of laboratory-reared juvenile gopher tortoises following hard release. Endangered Species Research 40: 17-29. Cox, J.A., J.A. Cusick, and E.V. DuVal. 2019. Manipulated sex ratios alter group structure and cooperation in the brown-headed nuthatch. Behavioral Ecology 30: 883-893. Han, K, R.T. Kimball, and J.A. Cox. 2019. Testing hypotheses driving genetic structure in the coop- eratively breeding Brown‐headed Nuthatch Sitta pusilla. Ibis 161:387-400.

Thanks to a new grant from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s RESTORE Science Program, the Stoddard Bird Lab will be studying the effects that fire has in coastal marshes along Florida’s Big Bend Coast, like at St. George Island, pictured above. A lot of evidence suggests fires worked into these areas from adjacent pinelands, but how frequently and with what benefits for species such as Black Rail, Yellow Rail, Mottled Duck, Seaside Sparrow, and others is unknown.

FUNDING SUPPORTS CONSERVATION CAPTIVE BREEDING RESEARCH OF ENDANGERED BIRDS: SUPPORTS ENDANGERED BIRD: SBL was awarded two significant grants to study SBL’s research demonstrated that captive-bred the effects of fire in coastal settings along the juveniles can be successfully translocated and Big Bend of Florida and to manage Red-cockaded released to help augment wild populations. This Woodpeckers in the Red Hills region. research has implications for managing the criti- cially endangered Florida Grasshopper Sparrrow. At left. Mary Mack Gray with a Brown-headed Nuthatch. She gave the best student presentation at the 2019 American Ornithological Meeting. At right, a banded Florida Grasshopper Sparrow spotted through a scope.

2019 ANNUAL REPORT • 5 RESEARCH GAME BIRD PROGRAM (GBP) RAINFALL AND QUAIL CHICKS: Chick Ecology was the major research focus for In 2019, over 60 weather stations were deployed the Game Bird Program. Dr. Theron Terhune, GBP on the Red Hills, Albany Area, and Central Florida Director, oversaw radio-tagging and monitoring study sites to link the timing of rainfall with peak of over 350 chicks (>1500 to date) from Florida to hatches and habitat quality. This is important work North Carolina and was lead author on a critical given that an increase of only 10% in chick survival paper published in the Journal of Wildlife Man- may yield a 25% net gain in fall abundance. agement on chick survival. This 19-year study is LANDSCAPE CONSERVATION IN the largest, to date, on bobwhite chicks, and the ACTION: first to publish long-term annual and intra-annual Led by Theron Terhune and Clay Sisson, the survival estimates for this age group. 6,000th bobwhite was translocated in 2019, which helped to restore wild birds on more than 80,000 acres. In Florida, a first ever in trans- location to public lands occurred to assist in understanding how bobwhite navigate a land- scape managed largely by prescribed fire, and to identify limiting factors on public lands. EXPANSION OF HABITAT RESTORATION EFFORTS CONTINUES: Carolina Regional Game Bird biologist, Paul Grimes, helped to add more than 3,500 acres of wild quail lands in the Carolinas in 2019, for a total of more than 57,500 acres in the region. Paul documented a 1,011% increase in bobwhite abundance over a 3-year period, following trans- location to a property in South Carolina. Alabama regional biologist, Mark Sasser, now works with 6 properties on over 15,000 acres

At left, a bobwhite chick with radio-telemeter sutured to its back for monitoring the bird in the field. The suturing technique was developed at Tall Timbers by Game Bird Program director, Dr. Theron Terhune.

6 • TALL TIMBERS in the state, and 2 translocation sites that combined are 6000 acres. NEW PROGRAM FLOURISHES: The East Texas Bobwhite Research Initiative was begun in 2019, designed to champion bobwhite population recovery using research as the as the basis to inform habitat management in the east Texas region. A generous lead gift was received in 2019 to launch the endowment funding efforts for this project; we have put habitat on the ground, and will make an impact in east Texas by mid–2020. CENTRAL FLORIDA PROJECT GROWS: The GBP was awarded $3.4 Million in grants and contracts during 2019, of which more than $1.2 million directly funded research. This included funding for a second study site in cen- tral Florida, added to our Central Florida Bobwhite Research Initiative. Led by regional biologist Geoff Beane, this project is expediting and fostering exemplary land stewardship on working pasturelands and mesic flatwoods. Key Publications: Terhune, T.M., Palmer, W.E. and Wellendorf, S.D., 2019. North- ern bobwhite chick survival and effects of weather. The Journal of Wildlife Management, 83(4), pp. 963-974. Terhune, T.M., Caudill, D., Terhune, V.H. and Martin, J.A., 2020. A Modified Suture Technique for Attaching Radiotransmitters to Northern Bobwhite Chicks. Wildlife Society Bulletin.

At left, is a twelve-day old bobwhite chick consuming mealworms as part of a feed trial to test the efficacy of using DNA metabarcoding to noninvasively sample diets of wild bobwhite chicks from fecal samples collected in the field. Using DNA with field collected samples allows us to take multiple samples from wild birds to see what they are actually eating in relation to where they are and what might be available to them. The purpose is to relate this research to chick survival. Photo by PhD candidate Bradley Kubecka, who is conducting this bobwhite chick research.

2019 ANNUAL REPORT • 7 RESEARCH PRESCRIBED FIRE RESEARCH With the growth of the Fire Ecology program (led by Dr. Kevin Robertson) and the Prescribed Fire Science program (led by Kevin Hiers), Tall Timbers created a new position and hired Dr. Morgan Varner as Director of Fire Research. Morgan served as Team Leader for the fire and fuels team at the U.S. Forest Service’s Seat- tle Lab. His goals are to coordinate the recent growth and broaden the national and interna- tional impact of Tall Timbers’ fire research and outreach programs. Morgan’s own research focus is on how trees survive fire and the impediments to prescribed fire, INTERNATIONAL VOICE FOR SAVANNAS AND GRASSLANDS:

Morgan Varner was among 48 international ecol- CO-PRODUCTION WORKSHOP – Morgan Varner and Kevin Hiers (pictured far left), were tapped by the Joint Fire Science Program to lead a national strategic workshop in Salt Lake City, UT (Oct 28-30, 2019), on how to improve and institutionalize scientist-manager co-production of actionable fire science. Co-production ogists who commented in the journal Science on between fire managers and scientists is a method used by Tall Timbers since its inception and is now being embraced by the broader fire science community. Photo by the overzealous tree planting campaigns in savan- Ellen Eberhardt, US Forest Service. nas, woodlands, and grasslands. The comment orated to produce recommendations for science LESSONS FROM THE WADE TRACT: was covered by more than 30 international media funders and internally for research organizations. Kevin Robertson’s work with graduate students outlets and sparked discussion over the plant and at Yale University and the University of Flor- wildlife value of open ecosystems. DOCUMENTING FLORIDA AS NATIONAL LEADER IN ida at the Wade Tract reveal the significance CO-PRODUCING SCIENCE WITH PRESCRIBED FIRE: of small unburned patches for plant species. In LAND MANAGERS: Dr. Kevin Robertson wrote an article in a special two papers published in a special issue of the Kevin Hiers and Morgan Varner led a national issue of Natural History on the history and role journal Forests, Kevin and collaborators found workshop for the US Joint Fire Science Program of Florida as the leader in national prescribed that unburned patches served as longleaf pine in Salt Lake City, to define directions of how sci- fire policy and implementation. This article and seedling safe sites, and that different species of entists can work with land managers to produce the collection reached a wide audience and plants were found across different aged patches actionable science. Over 40 participants from introduced them to the region’s fire ecology and of overstory trees. This work adds to the decades federal agencies, NGOs, and universities collab- history. of discoveries at the Wade Tract that reveal how old-growth forests function.

8 • TALL TIMBERS WORK WITH NASA ON PRESCRIBED FIRE LEADERSHIP: Kane, J.M., Varner, J.M. and Saunders, M.R., PRESCRIBED FIRE SMOKE: The Prescribed Fire Science Consortium, founded 2019. Resurrecting the lost flames of American Kevin Hiers, Kevin Robertson, Eric Rowell and at Tall Timbers by Kevin Hiers, continued to chestnut. Ecosystems 22(5): 995-1006. collaborators at Florida State University assisted lead the nation in the co-production of pre- with a large prescribed burn at Blackwater State scribed fire science. With partners at Los Alamos BEADEL FELLOWS: Forest. Tall Timbers coordinated the NASA National Lab and the US Forest Service, their Dr. J. Richard Carter continued the flyover, sampled fuels pre- and post-burn, and team finalized QUIC-Fire, a next generation fire Wade Tract florula project with Dr. sampled ground-based emissions during the fire. behavior model. QUIC-Fire is a faster-than-real- Kevin Robertson, Wilson Baker, and time simulation software capable of modeling Beadel Fellows Dr. William (Bill) J. Platt MAJOR GRANTS WON FROM and Dr. Gil Nelson, and completed a DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE: coupled-fire-atmospheric interactions such as multiple ignition lines used by prescribed fire 10-year survey on population dynamics Kevin Hiers was co-principal investigator on managers to achieve objectives. of Pteroglossaspis ecristata (coco orchid) six multimillion-dollar fire research projects to at Arcadia Plantation. advance fundamental understanding of wildland HOSTING SEMINOLE NATION OF Dr. Bill Platt continued studies of fire processes and the capacity to model them for OKLAHOMA: fungal and bacterial communities in managers. This collective, now termed the DoD Fire staff from across Tall Timbers hosted stu- pine savannas and long-term study Wildland Fire Science Initiative, represents a $23 dents from the Seminole Nation of Oklahoma and of tree populations in a mapped plot million investment in fire science which supports included the students’ involvement in a pre- Coco orchid. on the Wade Tract (1978-2017). With Photo by J. Ricard Carter Tall Timbers and many partners nationally. scribed burn and discussions on the connections colleague Dr. Ben Sikes, he continued to Florida ecosystems. research to understand the roles of Key publications: microbes in fire feedbacks in savannas on ground Robertson, K.M., Platt, W.J. and Faires, C.E., layer composition and dynamics, now running for 2019. Patchy fires promote regeneration of long- five years. leaf pine (Pinus palustris Mill.) in pine savannas. Drs. Jeff Glitzenstein and Donna Streng contin- Forests 10: 367. ued their long-term monitoring research with a Stephens, S.L., Kobziar, L.N., Collins, B.M., Davis, focus on propagation and planting of federal- R., Fulé, P.Z., Gaines, W., Ganey, J., Guldin, J.M., ly-endangered American Chaffseed (Schwalbea Hessburg, P.F., Hiers, K. and Hoagland, S., 2019. americana) bunchgrass for restoration on dis- Is fire “for the birds”? How two rare species influ- turbed sites. In addition, they are working with ence fire management across the US. Frontiers in Dr. Raelene Crandall at University of Florida to Operationalizing fire models is critical for advancing fire science. QUIC-Fire is Ecology and the Environment 17(7): 391-399. complete the 34th year census of fire plots at St. able to use FIRETEC inputs of 3D fuels and complex ignitions to produce fire behavior and wind flow. Marks Refuge.

2019 ANNUAL REPORT • 9 LAND CONSERVANCY

In 2019, the Land Conservancy continued to Last year, Tall Timbers was awarded a Margeson Farms with over four miles of Flint River increase the pace of land conservation in our $171,000 Healthy Watersheds Consortium frontage and another phase of Merrily Plantation. focus areas while responding to infrastructure grant from the U.S. Endowment for Forestry and Private landowners and Tall Timbers have now threats that could undermine the regions’ natural Communities. The grant provided funding to hire saved and steward over 155,000 acres of conser- resources and rural land-use traditions. biologist Peter Kleinhenz for the Aucilla River vation easement land and fee properties. We are We are making significant progress in diver- Watershed Coalition Coordinator position. Peter grateful to the following individuals and families for sifying our land conservation tools, including is working closely with consortium partners and protecting their land with a donated conservation strengthening a watershed level conservation private landowners to conserve the 89-mile-long easement to Tall Timbers:

coalition and applying to state and national Aucilla River watershed, which connects the nat- » Corbett Family, MEG PHP Tract, FL programs for purchase easements and landowner ural pine forests and private conservation lands » Chad Gunter, Flint River Place, GA stewardship funding assistance. of the Red Hills to the Florida Gulf Coast and extensive public lands. By the end of 2019, Peter » Gerry Hall, Hall-Albany Tract, GA and Conservation Coordinator Shane Wellendorf » Joseph C. Harvard, Harvard Tract, GA had submitted a number of other grant proposals » Joseph Lopez & Donald Stine, Fort Hill Farm, GA to augment Tall Timbers’ conservation work. » Richman M. Margeson, Margeson Farms, GA In April 2020, the Natural Resources Conser- » Dr. Jimmy & Kathy Maxwell, Maxwell Farm, GA vation Service (NRCS) awarded Tall Timbers a grant of up to $7 million to improve water quality, » Merrily Plantation, Inc., Phase II, GA wildlife habitat, and economic opportunities in » Richard G. Mooney, Hickory Head, GA both the Aucilla and St. Marks watersheds. In » Anne C. Schmidt, Crooked Creek, FL part, matching funds for these grants has been made possible by the generous donation value of conservation easements and in-kind match for land management activities in these watersheds by private landowners. Beyond grants, the Land Conservancy closed on ten donated conservation easements. These easements protect rare habitats, from steephead streams and ravines in the Florida Panhandle to high quality longleaf pine-wiregrass savannas on hunting plantations in Southwest Georgia. Woodstorks and egrets soar over the Flint River Place donated conservation easement property. Peter Kleinhenz, Tall Timbers’ Aucilla River Watershed Coalition Coordinator The easements include Flint River Place and Photo by Kim Sash taken with a drone camera.

10 • TALL TIMBERS Our Land Conservancy has a strong tradition of providing community planning and advocacy services to ensure the Red Hills region maintains its distinction as one of America’s cherished landscapes. That effort is facing its most serious challenge with the politically ill-conceived Sun- coast Connector Toll Road. In 2019 the Florida Legislature passed Senate Bill 7068, with only one committee hearing, to create the largest expansion of roadways in Florida since the Eisenhower Interstate System of the 1950s. As envisioned, three new toll roads would span around 350 miles — the proposed Suncoast Connector Toll Road, extending 150+ miles from Citrus County through Jefferson County would directly link the Red Hills to the Florida Turnpike. Critics maintain that the roadway is needless when Businesses and residents in Jefferson County display signs opposing the Suncoast Connector. US 19/27 sits largely empty and underutilized. » Create added challenges to the use of reach campaign to educate the public and com- Tall Timbers believes that if built, the new prescribed fire across the Big Bend and in munity leaders concerning the potential impacts. Suncoast Connector Toll Road will: Jefferson County; and As intended by the legislation, the toll roads » Fragment habitat along the route of the toll » Deprive existing rural communities like are on a fast track for route selection and design road corridor; Monticello of traffic to their historic with construction to start in late 2022 and full » Encourage new sprawling development that downtowns (via bypass roads). roadway completion by 2030. will threaten private and public conservation Thanks to our generous supporters (see 2019 The threat of this toll road project to the Red lands and critical wildlife habitat; Support section), Tall Timbers has been able to Hills has become Tall Timbers’ highest priority. devote considerable time and financial resources » Alter the flow of freshwater across the Our three-pronged strategy includes: (1) lob- for lobbyists and experts to help with this major extent of the Big Bend, affecting a number of bying governmental officials and suggesting advocacy issue. We welcome additional sup- designated Outstanding Florida Waterbodies alternatives, (2) developing white papers with port — our efforts over the next two years are (including the Aucilla and Econfina rivers) as consultants on the environmental and economic well as wetlands and estuaries; critical to avert the calamity this toll road could Woodstorks and egrets soar over the Flint River Place donated conservation easement property. impacts, and (3) conducting a multi-faceted out- Photo by Kim Sash taken with a drone camera. have on the Red Hills region.

2019 ANNUAL REPORT • 11 LAND CONSERVANCY YEAR IN REVIEW » Spearheaded Tall Timbers' efforts to oppose the proposed Suncoast Connector toll road through the Red Hills. The transportation project threatens to fragment the region's distinctive rural land and wildlife habitats. » Worked on mitigating impacts from Brooks County solar farm and assisted in the development of Leon County’s first utility-scale solar ordinance. » Completed the Albany Quail Lands Economic Impact Study. The study revealed that in 2018, over $145 million in economic impact was generated and supported 1,164 jobs from quail hunting properties. » Closed on ten donated conservation easement transactions. Now, 155,139 acres are permanently protected by Tall Timbers via donated easements and fee properties. » Awarded $171,250 Healthy Watersheds Consortium matching grant from U.S. Endowment for Forestry and Communities to support land conservation transactions and prioritization in the Aucilla River watershed. » Awarded $75,000 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service grant for wetland restoration at Tall Timbers and Dixie and Chemonie Plantations. » Collaborated with Wildland Fire Science Program to host field school for youth from the Seminole Nation of Oklahoma to help reconnect to Florida’s ancestral lands and deep history of managing land with fire. » Conducted first prescribed fire at the Longleaf Learning Landscape at Maclay School. » Hosted Red Hills Spring Dinner at the Dixie House on April 4, 2019. Some 200 guests enjoyed keynote speaker Stephanie Meeks, former President of the National Trust for Historic Preservation. Thanks to our dinner sponsors who raised $75,000 for the Dixie House restoration. » Tall Timbers recognized by Leon County Commission for outstanding research and conservation achievement and service for 61 years in Leon County, Red Hills, and the Southeast. Above, Brigita Leader, with the Seminole Nation of Oklahoma Historic Preservation Office, pauses during a prescribed fire to share stone flakes found during field school at Tall Timbers.

12 • TALL TIMBERS 2019 SUPPORT TALL TIMBERS SOCIETY Dr. and Mrs. Clifton J. Bailey Mr. Lowry Baldwin and Mr. Keenan Tall Timbers Society members are friends who make a significant Baldwin and sustaining impact on our ability to accomplish our mission Foundation for the Carolinas, Tom and Kathy Ewing Fund through their generous cumulative annual giving. Firman Fund KATE IRELAND SOCIETY HENRY BEADEL SOCIETY The Kate Ireland Foundation $100,000+ $50,000-$99,999 Jon Kohler & Associates Anonymous Anonymous R. K. Mellon Family Foundation Anonymous Bessemer National Gift Fund At the 2019 Red Hills Fall Field Day held at Four Oaks, attendees listen to a Mr. and Mrs. Michael D. Shea presentation during the wagon tour in the quail woods. Photo by Rose Rodriguez The William Stamps Farish Fund Mr. and Mrs. Richard A. Corbett Mrs. Maury F. Shields The Ma-Ran Foundation Four Oaks Plantation Southern Pines Plantations Mr. Frank D. Foley III Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Scovil Mr. and Mrs. Robert Nunnally Mr. and Mrs. Tom L. Rankin Mr. and Mrs. Witt R. Stephens Jr. Mr. Henry M. Goodyear III Dr. and Mrs. George W. Simmons The Orton Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Russell Turner Mr. and Mrs. Kevin Stump The Margie and Sam Gray Family Mr. and Mrs. Warren Stephens The Perkins Charitable Foundation Turner Foundation Mr. and Mrs. George C. Watkins Fund Mr. and Mrs. Timothy P. Sullivan Mr. Ogden Phipps II ED KOMAREK SOCIETY $25,000-$49,999 Mr. and Mrs. David F. Grohne The Remy Trafelet Foundation Mr. Chuck Ribelin HERBERT STODDARD SOCIETY Mr. and Mrs. Raymond J. Harbert Wade Research Foundation The Gary W. Rollins Foundation Anonymous $10,000-$24,999 Mr. and Mrs. G. Watts Humphrey Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Richard J. Arroll Mr. and Mrs. John B. Wagner Mr. and Mrs. C. Martin Wood III Anonymous Kevin’s Fine Outdoor Gear & Apparel Mr. Ben Wall Anonymous The Thomas M. Kirbo and Irene B. Mr. Lee Walters Anonymous Kirbo Charitable Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Virgil R. Williams The Archibald Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Robert H. Kirby William Howard Flowers Jr. Mr. Howard Armistead Mr. Rick B. Leverich and Foundation Ms. Sheree Lucero Mr. Robert G. Bearden Jr. Williams Family Foundation John and Susan Mullin Fund Ms. Wendy H. Bicknell Conservation & Preservation Fund The Curtis and Edith Munson Mr. Richard Burke Wood Associates Foundation Mr. James E. Butler Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey M. Nielsen Mr. and Mrs. Charles M. Chapin III The Parker Poe Charitable Trust Mr. and Mrs. Russell P. Chubb Mr. David D. Perkins and Mrs. Robert P. Crozer Mrs. Nancy Mackinnon Mr. and Mrs. James H. Dahl Mr. and Mrs. Leigh H. Perkins Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph H. Davenport III Mr. Charles D. Perry Dr. John B. Davis Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Colin S. Phipps Doe Run Plantation Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey S. Phipps

At Four Oaks, game bird program director Theron Terhune, and woods manager/hunt master Elisha-Bolton Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Timothy Phipps Clay Sisson gives the quail forecast at the Red Wyatt Epp discuss quail management during the 2019 Red Hills Fall Field Day. Photo by Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Flinn Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Randy Ringhaver Rose Rodriguez Hills Fall Field Day. Photo by Rose Rodriguez

2019 ANNUAL REPORT • 13 2019 SUPPORT TALL TIMBERS PATRON: $2,500 - $4,999 Dr. Louis G. Lee Mr. and Mrs. Chas H. Cannon Mr. J. Mathieu Plumb Mrs. Kathy R. Archibald Mr. and Mrs. John B. Long II Mr. and Mrs. John M. Carlton Jr. Mr. Hugh S. Plumb ANNUAL FUND Mr. and Mrs. C. DuBose Ausley Dr. and Mrs. Douglas C. Mr. Craig Carnley Mr. Skip Poppell CONTRIBUTORS Mr. John D. Baker II McPherson Mr. Charlton H. Chatfield The Proctor Dealerships The Theo B. Bean Foundation The Pegasus Foundation, Mr. and Dr. John B. Davis Jr. Mr. Sonny Roberts LONGLEAF: $25,000 - $49,999 Mrs. Melville H. Ireland Jr. Mr. and Mrs. J. Palmer Clarkson Mr. and Mrs. Robert R. Feagin III Mr. Eli R. Sharp Mr. and Mrs. Richard A. Corbett Mr. and Mrs. C. Mark Pirrung Mr. Kenneth Allen Makowski Dr. and Mrs. Jerry G. Ford Mr. and Mrs. Michael Sheridan The Perkins Charitable Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Clifford M. Preston Elizabeth Ring Mather & William Ms. Bettie Jane Grant Dr. and Mrs. J. Orson Smith Gwinn Mather Fund, Mr. James D. Dr. and Mrs. David Saint WIREGRASS: $10,000 - $24,999 Mr. Robert Harper Mr. and Mrs. Harris Strickland Anonymous Ireland IV Sedgwick Family Fund, Mrs. Irene S. Briedis Mr. Nathan V. Hendricks III Mr. Richard B. Wagner Ms. Wendy H. Bicknell Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Mooney Ellery and Robin Sedgwick Fund, Mr. and Mrs. H. Don Horne Mr. Tyler Wallace Mr. and Mrs. Russell P. Chubb Mr. and Mrs. Steve Olsen Dr. and Mrs. Ellery Sedgwick Mr. and Mrs. Rhett Johnson Mr. Lee Walters Four Oaks Plantation Dr. and Mrs. Charles R. Sanders Ellery and Robin Sedgwick Fund, Mr. and Mrs. Harry T. Jones III Mr. and Mrs. Miles B. Watkins Mr. and Mrs. J. Ben Watkins III The Thomas M. Kirbo and Irene B. Mr. and Mrs. Ellery W. Sedgwick William Powell and Caren Dr. and Mrs. Philip C. Watt Kirbo Charitable Foundation SPONSOR: $1,000 - $2,499 Mr. and Mrs. Wallace Edward McKenzie Jones Charitable Fund Mrs. Virginia Wetherell Mr. David D. Perkins and Mrs. Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Commander Sholar Jr. Mr. and Mrs. W. Gates Kirkham Nancy Mackinnon Mr. and Mrs. Blair Williams III Dr. and Mrs. George W. Simmons Mr. John E. Ladson III Mr. and Mrs. Leigh H. Perkins Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Edward A. Davis Jr. Mr. and Mrs. John Slavic SUPPORTING: $250 - $499 Mr. and Mrs. Rob Langford Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Scovil Mr. Jeff Alexander Mr. Robert DeNeefe Mr. J. Vereen Smith Mr. R. Charles Loudermilk Sr. Mr. and Mrs. Kevin Stump Mr. Guy Anglin and Ms. Jan Blue Mr. Thomas R. Devlin Mr. and Mrs. Taylor W. Smith Mr. and Mrs. Roy McCraw Mr. and Mrs. Timothy P. Sullivan Mr. Bernard C. Baldwin III Doe Run Plantation Southeastern Wildlife Exposition MLM Private Forester Mr. and Mrs. George C. Watkins Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Balfour III Mr. William DuPre Mrs. Sallie P. Sullivan The Pegasus Foundation, Mr. Howell L. Ferguson and Mr. and Mrs. Sid Bigham BENEFACTOR: $5,000 - $9,999 Tim and Wendy Sullivan Charitable Mr. Peter M. Ireland The Alexander Foundation Dr. Sharon Maxwell-Ferguson Fund Mr. and Mrs. Charles M. Chapin III Mr. and Mrs. James L. Ferman Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Witt Stephens Jr. Mr. and Mrs. James K. Dobbs III The Gerry-Corbett Foundation, Mr. and Mrs. Charles M. Tarver Mr. William F. Gerry The Kate Ireland Foundation Mr. and Mrs. John Thompson Mr. Trey Googe Samuel B. Kellett Sr. Foundation Dr. and Mrs. Walter R. Tschinkel Mr. Samuel S. Gottwald The Melville Foundation Mr. and Mrs. C. Martin Wood III Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth D. Haddad Mr. and Mrs. Robert Nunnally Mr. Mark A. Worthey Mr. Edmund H. Hardy Diane W. Parker Charitable Fund Ms. Shannon Hargrove SUSTAINING: $500 - $999 Mr. and Mrs. Tom L. Rankin The 1772 Foundation Dr. and Mrs. Louis Hill Jr. The Katherine and Samuel Scovil Dr. and Mrs. J. Galt Allee Charitable Fund Mr. and Mrs. G. Watts Humphrey Jr. American Wildlife Enterprises Mr. and Mrs. Hewitt B. Shaw Mr. William J. Hurst Mr. Lamar Q. Ball III Samuel E. Upchurch Jr. Charitable Mr. and Mrs. Robert H. Kirby Mr. C. Victor Beadles Foundation Ms. Connie S. Kummer Mr. and Mrs. Warren Bicknell III Anna Johnson, Jeff Phipps and Tall Timbers Trustee Redmond Ingalls at the 2019 Kate Ireland Memorial 14 • TALL TIMBERS Dinner & Auction. Photo by Rose Rodriguez Mr. Joseph S. Brannen Savannah Community Foundation, Mr. William Eaton Dr. and Mrs. Clifford S. Bristol The Critz Family Fund Dr. R. Todd Engstrom Mr. James Browne Mr. John Sineath Mr. and Mrs. Edward Epp Mrs. Judith O. Burgert Mr. and Mrs. Chuck Smallwood Mr. Paul Faircloth Mr. Franklin L. Burke Mr. Michael Durham Terry The Family Farm Mr. Douglas M. Croley Mr. and Mrs. Reggie Thackston Mr. and Mrs. Pat Farrell Mr. Elliott Davenport Jr. Mr. Sam B. Waddill Mr. Monty C. Ferrell Mr. Robert H. Demere Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Ebe Walter Ms. Susan M. Fitzgerald Duck Haven Gun Club Mr. William R. Watson Mr. Richard Gilchrist Edwards Olson Architecture John L. and Linda Munroe Williams Mr. and Mrs. Lane Green Charitable Fund Mr. Neil Fleckenstein and Mr. Greg Hagar Mr. John S. Wise Mrs. Terri Williams Dr. and Mrs. Lynn Hagood Mr. Gerald R. Wolsfelt Mr. J. Todd Ford Mr. David H. Hardin Mr. and Mrs. Shane Wellendorf Mr. Elbridge T. Gerry Jr. Mr. Peter A. Hays CONTRIBUTING: $125 - $249 Mr. and Mrs. Benson Green Ms. Claire Herzog Mr. and Dr. Ken Allman Mr. George F. Grimsley Reverend David G. Hortin Mr. and Mrs. Bill Anderson Mr. and Mrs. Harper Hanway Mr. and Mrs. Bernie Hyde Dr. Robert L. Harbin Mr. David Arnold Mr. Clifford W. Johnson LONGLEAF LEARNING LANDSCAPE – In January 2019, Tall Timbers completed the Ms. Dyan Backe planting of a new longleaf and fire education plot with Thomas County Central High students. Mr. and Mrs. Michael S. Hartman Mr. Irv Kenyon Mr. and Mrs. Stan Barnes Brian Wiebler, the Red Hills Outreach & Education Coordinator spearheaded the project. Mr. and Mrs. John T. Hiers Mr. David A. Kidd Dubbed the Longleaf Learning Landscape, this plot was a year in the making and was funded Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Beach by the Georgia Forestry Foundation. The longleaf and wiregrass plugs were donated by the Mrs. Mart P. Hill Mr. Robert Ledbetter Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Joe Beverly International Forest Company. Photos by Brian Wiebler Mr. and Mrs. Sloan Howard Mr. William Lee Dr. and Mrs. John A. Blackmon Mr. Finnius Ingalls Lykes Bros. Ms. Catherine Burns Paris Mr. and Mrs. William Skylar Mr. George Brannen KD Charitable Fund Mr. and Mrs. Phillip L. Martin Mr. and Mrs. Jack R. Pierce Dr. Robert M. Snider Dr. Roland Bridges Mr. Edward C. F. Loughlin Mr. William A. Martin Mr. David B. Poole Thomas Farms Mr. Peter T. MacGaffin Mr. Dana C. Bryan and Ms. Mr. Wilbur Primos Mr. Theodore F. Thomas Jr. Gwendolyn B. Waldorf Mr. and Mrs. Eric J. McCollum Ms. Macye Maher Mr. Charles Redfearn Dr. Ben M. Turner Mr. and Mrs. Bob Carroll Mr. and Mrs. Ted McGraw Mrs. Patricia B. Manigault Mr. Francis P. Rentz Mr. Lewis C. Tyus Jr. Dr. J. H. Carter III Mr. Duncan McNeel Mr. Charles G. McDaniel Mr. and Mrs. John C. Roboski Ms. Virginia A. Vail Mr. and Mrs. C. Caleb Connor Mr. Steven McNeel Mr. and Mrs. Kevin McGorty Mr. and Mrs. David J. Middleton Ms. Rosalie Rodriguez Mr. Jody Walthall and Ms. Jennifer Cook Mrs. Donna Legare Mr. and Mrs. Richard G. Mooney III Dr. Oscar M. Mims Mr. Grant Rudolph Mr. and Mrs. James C. Crawford III Mr. Bill Weldon Dr. William E. Palmer Ms. Julie H. Moore Dr. and Mrs. John Sanders Dr. and Mrs. Gene L. Davidson Ms. Susan B. Whiting The Pegasus Foundation, Mr. Mr. and Mrs. Sandy Morehouse Mr. James L. Schortemeyer William L. Ireland Dr. and Mrs. J. Daniel Davis Mr. and Mrs. Brent Widener Northwoods Bird Dogs Mr. and Mrs. David C. Scott Ms. Melissa Proctor Mr. and Mrs. Endicott P. Davison Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Williamson Mr. C. Frederick Overby Dr. and Mrs. Terry W. Sherraden Mr. and Mrs. Joseph R. Rice Ms. Callie DeHaven Mr. Ben Willis Mr. and Mrs. Joel Padgett Mr. George Skipper Anna Johnson, Jeff Phipps and Tall Timbers Trustee Redmond Ingalls at the 2019 Kate Ireland Memorial Dinner & Auction. Photo by Rose Rodriguez 2019 ANNUAL REPORT • 15 2019 SUPPORT GRANTS, JOINT VENTURES, AND Additional Modeling & a Synthesis US DEPARTMENT OF THE US ENDOWMENT FOR FORESTRY of Ecosystem Process Model INTERIOR/FISH & WILDLIFE AND COMMUNITIES COST SHARE AGREEMENTS Performance Comparisons SERVICE Aucilla Watershed Conservation Collaborative Forest Landscape Private Lands Prescribed Fire Initiative CAPITAL CITY BANK GROUP NASA/FLORIDA STATE Restoration Project Training WADE RESEARCH FOUNDATION FOUNDATION UNIVERSITY NRCS: Restoring Fire to Benefit Amphibian Breeding Pond Reptile & Amphibian Work on Digitizing the Beadel Movie Film Air quality & climate impacts of Fire-Dependent Wildlife Species Restoration Greenwood Plantation Collection biomass burning in the Southeast US Southern Fire Exchange – Putting Restoration of Fire-dependent Tree & Lidar Measures for the Wade GEORGIA DEPTARTMENT OF Flight planning service for FIREChem Fire Science of the Ground Habitats in St. Sebastian River Tract Preserve Preserve State Park NATURAL RESOURCES NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF Provision of Ecosystem Services Through Pine Savanna Restoration Herps - South West Georgia AEROSPACE Wildland Fire Research to Improve GEORGIA ORNITHOLOGICAL FIREChem: Fuel from Below, Linking Military Land Use Efficiency SOCIETY Fire Fire and Smoke Model Evaluation Bill Terrel Grant – Red Cockaded NATIONAL FISH AND WILDLIFE Experiment Woodpeckers FOUNDATION Collaborative Prescribed Fire Expanding Red-cockaded GEORGIA POWER Training Woodpeckers in Georgia and Florida Land Conservancy Strategic Prescribed Burning on GG WADE CHARITABLE TRUST Private Lands Dendrochronology UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA STATE OF FLORIDA Nitrogen cycling in longleaf pine Florida Fish and Wildlife forests at Eglin Air Force Base Conservation – Developing Spatial Database of Prescribed Fire WESTERVELT ECOLOGICAL SERVICES Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation – Apalachicola Pensacola Bay Mitigation National Forest Translocation St. Marks Mitigation

Upland Ecosystem Restoration US DEPARTMENT OF Program AGRICULTURE State Wildlife Grant – Terrestrial Understanding the Fluid Dynamics Upland and Prescribed Fire of Fire Behavior and Effects Projects Prescribed Fire Science Florida Department of Agriculture Collaborative and Consumer Services – Longeaf Partnering for the Advancement of Legacy Prescribed Fire Science Across the State Wildlife Grant – Spatial Atlantic Coastal Plain Database, Prescribed Fire in EXPANDING RED-COCKADED WOODPECKERS Co-Production of Wildland Fire Florida In May 2019, woodpecker biologist Rob Meyer, Science: Models to Transform with the Stoddard Bird Lab, removed a pair of Red-cockaded Woodpecker hatchlings from a cavity MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY Longleaf Pine Initiative tree on Dixie Plantation to weigh and band them. Fire Effects in Gulf of Mexico Multi-Scale Wildland Fire This research is sponsored by the National Fish and Marshes Combustion Processes Wildlife Foundation. Photos by Rose Rodriguez

16 • TALL TIMBERS LAND CONSERVANCY CONSERVATION EASEMENT Mrs. Beckie Preston CONTRIBUTIONS Mr. and Mrs. Tom L. Rankin Mr. and Mrs. Richard A. Corbett, Ms. Anne Schmidt Pinckney Hill Plantation Mr. Bruce Stiftel Mr. Chad Gunter, Flint River Place Dr. William L. Tietjen Mr. Gerry Hall, Hall-Albany Tract Ms. Kathleen Villacorta Mr. Joseph C. Harvard, Harvard Tract Mr. and Mrs. Brent Widener Mr. Joseph K. Lopez & Mr. Donald K. RED HILLS PLANNING Stine, Fort Hill Farm PROGRAM Mr. Richman M. Margeson, Mr. and Mrs. Craig A. Bruner Margeson Farms Gulf Winds Track Club Dr. Jimmy & Kathy Maxwell, William Howard Flowers Jr. Maxwell Farm Foundation Merrily Plantation Inc., Merrily Plantation Phase II RED HILLS DEFENSE FUND Mrs. Robert P. Crozer Ms. Anne C. Schmidt, Crooked Creek Mrs. Maury F. Shields Hickory Head Mrs. Sallie P. Sullivan Stephanie Meeks, above, was the keynote speaker at the 2019 Red Hills Spring Dinner held at Dixie Plantation. Stephanie was the former president William Howard Flowers Jr. GENERAL PROGRAM SUPPORT - and CEO of the National Trust for Historic Preservation. In addition to celebrating land conservation in the Red Hills, the biennial event also raised Foundation funds to help complete the Dixie House restoration and rehabilitation project. Photo by Rose Rodriguez TOP DONORS The Archibald Foundation RED HILLS OUTREACH & The Perkins Charitable Foundation Benson’s Heating & Air American Friends of Attingham EDUCATION Elisha-Bolton Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Tom L. Rankin Conditioning Mr. and Mrs. Chas H. Cannon Capital City Bank Mr. and Mrs. Robert Nunnally Dr. and Mrs. George Simmons Mr. and Mrs. Charles M. Chapin III The Conservation Fund Chemonie Investors The Perkins Charitable Foundation Mr. and Mrs. George C. Watkins Capital City Bank Earl H. Bennett Forestry Georgia Forestry Foundation Turner Foundation Alston and Philip Watt Mr. and Mrs. Redmond S. Ingalls F.A. Boyd and Sons Tharpe Construction & William Howard Flowers Jr. Jon Kohler & Associates Remodeling Mr. and Mrs. C. Martin Wood III Mr. David E. Ferro Foundation Lake Windom Mrs. Virginia Wetherell Dr. and Mrs. Louis Hill Jr. 2019 RED HILLS SPRING DINNER GENERAL CONTRIBUTORS Whelchel & Carlton SPONSORS Anonymous Mr. and Mrs. G. Watts Humphrey Jr. Ms. Silvia Alderman Mrs. Diane Williams Parker Neo-Classical Ausley McMullen, P.A. MLD Architects Mr. and Dr. Ken Allman Oak Allee Childers Construction Company Mr. and Mrs. Edward A. Davis Jr. Dr. and Mrs. David Saint Dr. Cleve Bridges Anonymous Mr. and Mrs. Richard A. Corbett Mr. and Mrs. James Groover Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Hewitt Shaw EXPANDING RED-COCKADED WOODPECKERS Mr. and Mrs. Lane Green Ms. Georgia Ackerman and In May 2019, woodpecker biologist Rob Meyer, Edwards Olson Architecture Lanigan & Associates P.C. Thomasville Landmarks Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth D. Haddad Mr. Rick Zelznak with the Stoddard Bird Lab, removed a pair of Elisha-Bolton Foundation Messer Caparello, P.A. Ms. Kathleen Vignos Red-cockaded Woodpecker hatchlings from a cavity The Latt Maxcy Corporation Alexander & Vann, LLP tree on Dixie Plantation to weigh and band them. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Nunnally Mr. and Mrs. Witt Stephens Jr. Dr. and Mrs. J. Galt Allee This research is sponsored by the National Fish and Mr. Allen McMillen Parker Poe Charitable Trust Midnight Sun Wildlife Foundation. Photos by Rose Rodriguez Dr. and Mrs. Douglas C. McPherson Archbold Medical Center Mrs. Kathy R. Archibald

2019 ANNUAL REPORT • 17 2019 SUPPORT GAME BIRD Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Flinn Jr. Senah Plantation Mr. Frank D. Foley III Mr. and Mrs. Witt Stephens Jr. PROGRAMS Mr. and Mrs. T. Michael Goodrich Mr. and Mrs. Kevin Stump ALBANY QUAIL The Margie and Sam Gray Family George P. Swift Jr. Family Mr. Jeff Alexander Fund Foundation Mr. Robert G. Bearden Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Raymond J. Harbert T.R. Hall Land & Cattle Co. Checking out the wildlife at Kevin's and Holland & Holland's 4th Annual Southern Game Fair. Photo by Amy Allen Mr. R. William Becker Mr. Doug Ivester Tarva Plantation Partners Mr. Richard Burke Mr. Steven D. Johnson The Remy Trafelet Foundation Mr. H. Gordon Maxwell 2019 SOUTH CAROLINA Mr. James E. Butler Jr. Jones Family Fund Mr. Lewis C. Tyus Jr. Mr. George W. Mozingo III BOBWHITE FUNDING Mr. Christopher G. Campbell Mr. and Mrs. Keith Kelly Mr. E. John Whelchel PARTNERSHIP EVENT & Paschal Family Charitable Fund E. R. Campbell Family Foundation Mr. Duncan McNeel William Howard Flowers Jr. AUCTION SPONSORS Mr. Jesse L. Petrea CEC Georgia Properties Mr. Steven McNeel Foundation AgSouth Farm Credit Mr. William H. Prestage Mr. Henry L. Crisp R. K. Mellon Family Foundation Mr. John S. Wise American Forest Management Prestage Farms Ellen & Richard Cuda Family Nilo Plantation CAROLINA REGIONAL QUAIL Mr. Sam Bratton Queensborough National Bank & Foundation Fund PROJECT Deux Cheneaux Plantation Nonami Plantation Trust Company Mr. and Mrs. Joseph H. Davenport III Anonymous Farm Boys BBQ Mr. and Mrs. Robert Nunnally Robin Hollow Mr. and Mrs. Joseph H. Davenport IV Mr. Paul C. Aughtry III Hampton Wildlife Fund Mr. and Mrs. Jenks Parker Mr. and Mrs. M. Toddy Smith Doe Run Plantation Mr. F. Taylor Brennecke Jim Hudson Automotive Group Quick Trigger Southern Pines Plantations Mr. Robert S. Doochin Mr. Ansel C. Bunch Jr. Johnson & Lesley Construction Mr. Greer Radcliff Mr. and Mrs. Lewis M. Stewart Jr. Mr. Franklin L. Burke Company Mr. Ben Wall Dr. and Mrs. William Cain Jr. Kirk Commercial Construction Mr. Keith Williamson Cana Plantation Law Offices of Gedney M. Howe III Canfor Southern Pine 2019 ECONOMIC TRADE-OFFS Manchester Farms Quail AND QUAIL MANAGEMENT Mr. Jack A. Cooper Mr. Malloy McEachin FIELD WORKSHOP Mr. and Mrs. James C. Crawford III Mr. W. Brinkley Melvin Presented by Queensborough Mr. and Mrs. Stephen M. Creech National Bank & Trust Company Midstate Quail & Dove of Newberry Foundation for the Carolinas, Tom American Forest Management and Kathy Ewing Fund Milliken Forestry B & H Land & Timber Mr. Kirkman Finlay III Palmetto Natural Resources Harlem Java House Management Dr. Bryan Green James I. Alfriend Consulting Pineland Farm Hampton Wildlife Fund Foresters Mr. Britt Rowe Mr. James Heard Jon Kohler & Associates South Carolina Farm Bureau Mr. Larry M. Hodges Meeks’ Farms and Nursery Federation Mr. Frank Knox Springdale Land & Game Springdale Land & Game Management Mr. Charles G. Lane Management UGA Warnell School of Forestry Mr. Mike Lockhart World Acceptance Corporation Above, Regional Game Bird Biologist, Paul Grimes, speaks at the 2019 Carolina Field Day and Natural Resources Mr. and Mrs. Phillip L. Martin

18 • TALL TIMBERS MID-ATLANTIC QUAIL PROJECT Mr. William J. Hurst Figure 8 Southlands Mr. and Mrs. William F. D’Alonzo The Kate Ireland Foundation Flint Equipment Company Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey M. Nielsen Mr. Robert Jenkins Four Oaks Plantation Henry F. Sears Foundation Dr. Kristin E. Kentopp Jon Kohler & Associates PAMELA H. FIRMAN RED Mr. Irv Kenyon JMJ Group HILLS QUAIL MANAGEMENT Kevin’s Fine Outdoor Gear & Promise Habitat Services RESEARCH Apparel River South Plantation Dr. and Mrs. J. Galt Allee Mr. and Mrs. Robert H. Kirby Webb Properties American Wildlife Enterprises Mr. and Mrs. W. Gates Kirkham 2019 CENTRAL FLORIDA FALL Mr. Howard Armistead Jon Kohler & Associates FIELD DAY Mr. and Mrs. C. DuBose Ausley Mr. Rick B. Leverich and American Wildlife Enterprises Mr. Bernard C. Baldwin III Ms. Sheree Lucero Left to right: Tall Timbers President/CEO Bill Palmer, author and journalist Eddie Nickens, Chef Kenansville Country Store Chris Hastings and guest speaker, fishing legend and avid turkey hunter, Flip Pallot at the 14th Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Balfour III Mr. L. R. McGowan Annual Georgia-Florida Turkey Invitational. Photo by Gabriel Hanway Kent Custom Homes Ms. Wendy H. Bicknell Mr. and Mrs. Ted McGraw Mr. and Mrs. George C. Watkins Jon Kohler & Associates Kissimmee Valley Foresters Dr. and Mrs. Clifford S. Bristol The Melville Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Brent Widener Kevin’s Fine Outdoor Gear & Promise Habitat Services Mrs. Judith O. Burgert Dr. William B. Mulherin Mr. and Mrs. Blair Williams Apparel Mr. L. Hardwick Caldwell The Orvis Company Dr. and Mrs. F.P. Wirth Mitchell L. McElroy Private Mr. and Mrs. Charles M. Chapin III Dr. Michael C. Parker Forester 14TH ANNUAL GA-FL TURKEY Mr. and Mrs. J. Palmer Clarkson The Pegasus Foundation, Mr. and Solomon Construction Co. of Mrs. Melville H. Ireland Jr. INVITATIONAL Quincy Mr. and Mrs. Richard A. Corbett Long Beard Mr. and Mrs. Carl Pennington Jr. South Georgia Outdoors Mr. and Mrs. James H. Dahl Williams & Parker Family Mr. David D. Perkins and Mrs. Steven & Allison Stone Dr. and Mrs. J. Daniel Davis Gobbler Nancy Mackinnon Margaret Wetherbee & Slade Sikes Duck Haven Gun Club North Florida Animal Hospital Mr. and Mrs. Clifford M. Preston Ms. Ashlyn Williams Mr. Monty C. Ferrell Orvis Quail Forever Smoky Mountain Wiregrass Millwork & Lumber Firman Fund Tennessee Parker Poe Charitable Trust 2019 RED HILLS FALL FIELD DAY Mr. and Mrs. Lane Green Mr. and Mrs. Tom L. Rankin Triple Creek Farm SPONSORS Mr. George F. Grimsley Mr. Chuck Ribelin Mr. & Mrs. C. Martin Wood III American Wildlife Enterprises Mr. Michael A. Grimsley Mr. and Mrs. Randy Ringhaver Jake Aquatic Environment Services Mr. and Mrs. David F. Grohne Dr. and Mrs. John Sanders Anonymous Central States Enterprises Mr. and Mrs. James Groover Jr. Savannah Community Foundation, Mr. John M. Carlton Jr. Charles H. Cannon Company The Frederic C. Hamilton Family The Critz Family Fund Coastal Plywood Company Crowder Excavating and Land Foundation, Mrs. Christy McGraw Dr. Robert M. Snider Flint Equipment Company Clearing Mr. Matthew Haney Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. Sniffen Farm Credit of Northwest Florida Green’s Backhoe Mr. and Mrs. Michael S. Hartman Mr. and Mrs. Reggie Thackston Property manager Jay Kimbrell, above, Georgia Forestry Foundation Dermatology Associates of gave a presentation on the history and Mr. Nathan V. Hendricks III Mr. Vic Venters Tallahassee Harden’s Taxidermy management of Four Oaks, the host Ms. Faith Hoogs Mr. Ben Wall Earl H. Bennett Forestry property for the Red Hills Fall Field Day. Ireland Family Photo by Rose Rodriguez Mr. and Mrs. Sloan Howard

2019 ANNUAL REPORT • 19 2019 SUPPORT RESEARCH PROGRAMS FIRE ECOLOGY Dr. William L. Tietjen Anonymous STODDARD BIRD LAB Mrs. Sherri B. Amundson The Archibald Foundation Dr. Gail S. Baker Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Beach Mr. C. Victor Beadles Dr. Cleve Bridges Mr. and Mrs. Richard Benshoff Mr. Robert L. Crawford Ms. Wendy H. Bicknell Ms. Susan M. Fitzgerald Ms. Julieta Brambila Mr. and Mrs. Redmond S. Ingalls Ms. Lisa Bramlage The Jelks Family Foundation Ms. Jessica Depriest Denice Jones and Del Suggs FNPS Serenoa Chapter Ms. Marianne G. Korosy Ms. Bettie Jane Grant Mr. Eddy Maserati The Jelks Family Foundation Mr. Rob Myers Mr. John McFadden Ms. Ann F. Johnson Native Nurseries of Tallahassee Mrs. Diane Williams Parker Mr. Jonathan Miller and Orange Audubon Society Ms. Julie Morris Mr. and Mrs. John E. Phipps Mrs. Carol Sunny Phillips Mr. and Mrs. Robert Nunnally Ms. Melissa Proctor Robert K. Johnson Foundation Mr. William O’Laughlin Ms. Rosalie Rodriguez Sarasota Audubon Society Mr. Frank Powell Dr. and Mrs. George W. Simmons Ms. Anne Schmidt Ms. Anne Schmidt Mr. and Mrs. Ebe Walter Mr. Terry L. Sharpe Ms. Karen K. Schneider Mr. Jody Walthall and Ms. Sue Ellen Smith Ms. Cynthia Shore Mrs. Donna Legare Mr. Jody Walthall and Mrs. Donna Mr. and Mrs. George C. Watkins Ms. Jennifer S. Staiger Legare Mr. and Mrs. C. Martin Wood III Mr. and Mrs. Brent Widener Tall Timbers Trustee Mrs. Teresa E. Williams WADE TRACT RESEARCH Charlie Chapin speaking Wade Research Foundation at the Wade Tract Mr. John S. Wise Retrospective. WILDLAND FIRE BIRDQUEST Photo courtesy of Mr. Lamar Q. Ball III Julius and Julia Ariail. Anonymous Mr. and Mrs. Richard A. Corbett Mr. and Mrs. Warren Bicknell III Ms. Susan M. Fitzgerald Dr. Mark Boatright Mr. and Mrs. John T. Hiers Mr. and Mrs. Charles M. Chapin III Mr. Kevin Hiers Mr. Robert L. Crawford Mr. and Mrs. Robert H. Kirby Mr. and Mrs. Lane Green Mr. William O’Laughlin Mr. Peter N. Kleinhenz Ms. Anne Schmidt Above, attendees at the Wade Tract Restrospective Mr. Walter Matia held in January 2019. At right is Paddy Wade, owner of Arcadia Plantation, the location of the Wade Tract Preserve. Photos by Rose Rodriguez 20 • TALL TIMBERS The Grayson and Susan Hall Family Mr. and Mrs. Kevin Stump IN KIND GIFTS Charitable Fund Mr. Theodore F. Thomas Jr. Edwards Olson Architecture Mr. Greg Hagar Mr. and Mrs. David W. Thompson Mrs. C. K. Coles Mr. James W. Hamilton Mr. Vic Venters Mr. and Mrs. Edward A. Davis Jr. The Nancy Dunlap and Mr. Robert N. Walthall Mrs. Linda H. Kaufman John D. Johns Charitable Fund Mr. and Mrs. Todd Watkins Mr. Andrew Lybrook Mr. A. W. Jones III Ms. Jennifer Whiddon Mr. and Mrs. William W. Stahl Jr. Merriman Foundation, Mrs. Virginia Wetherell Mr. Michael A. Merriman Mr. Jason C. Williams John and Susan Mullin Fund Mr. and Mrs. Virgil R. Williams Mr. and Mrs. Steve Olsen DIXIE HOUSE Mr. Charles D. Perry RESTORATION Mr. and Mrs. William J. Ricci PROJECT Mr. Sonny Roberts TOP DONORS Mr. and Mrs. Michael D. Shea The State of Florida, Florida Below, American Friends of Attingham, Mr. John Sineath Department of State, Division of which supports the work of The Attingham Historical Resources, assisted by Mr. Jeff Sinyard Trust, a British educational charitable the Florida Historical Commission organization, toured Dixie House as part of Mr. and Mrs. Warren Stephens Mr. and Mrs. C. Martin Wood III a study trip on Red Hills' architecture.

Game Bird research biologist, Alex Jackson, with Dixie Research, holds a quail chick that has a tiny radio transmitter sutured to it's back. Photo by Michael Hazelbaker.

Doyle Hancock & Sons DIXIE RESEARCH Construction Ag-Pro Mr. and Mrs. Sean Derrig Mr. Bernard C. Baldwin III Mr. John R. Ethridge Mr. and Mrs. Henry Bush Four Oaks Plantation Colquitt Exterminating Mr. Greg Gaston Mr. Leon H. Corbett III Mr. William W. Goodrich Mr. and Mrs. Walt Davis Goodrich Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Walker D. Davis Mr. Henry M. Goodyear III Dr. Ron Deal Mr. John D. Gottwald Dixie Trace Field Trial Association Mr. George F. Grimsley

2019 ANNUAL REPORT • 21 2019 SUPPORT NEW SUPPORT Mr. and Mrs. G. Watts Humphrey Jr. Jon Kohler & Associates NATURAL RESOURCES AND LAND MANAGEMENT The Leigh H. Perkins Foundation Mr. Randall Chase Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Tom L. Rankin Palmer Forest Management The Katherine and Samuel Scovil Charitable Fund PRIVATE LANDS PRESCRIBED Mr. and Mrs. Hewitt Shaw BURNING PROJECT Attack-One Fire Management Mrs. Maury F. Shields Services Dr. and Mrs. George W. Simmons Ms. Anne Schmidt Mr. and Mrs. Rankin M. Smith Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Brent Widener Mr. and Mrs. Witt Stephens Jr. Ms. Katherine Willing Mrs. Sallie P. Sullivan

CENTRAL FLORIDA Mr. and Mrs. J. Ben Watkins III RANGELAND RESEARCH Mr. and Mrs. C. Martin Wood III INITIATIVE Anonymous TRUSTS Mr. Lowry Baldwin and Mr. Keenan Baldwin BENEFITTING The Ma-Ran Foundation TALL TIMBERS Beadel Trust Mr. Ogden Phipps II Tall Timbers Trust The Gary W. Rollins Foundation Above, fire ecologist Cinnamon Dixon is in a pre-fire plot in long fire-excluded pine flatwoods on the St. Joseph Buffer Preserve near Port St. Joseph. In 2019, the Fire Ecology Program began a study to quantify re-emergence of native plants upon re-introduction of fire to long fire-excluded native PRESCRIBED FIRE MARKETING pine communities like this site at the Buffer Preserve. Florida. Photo by Kevin Robertson. CAMPAIGN Bessemer National Gift Fund State of Florida Division of Forestry

SUNCOAST CONNECTOR TOLL ROAD Anonymous Mr. and Mrs. Thomas A. Barron Mr. and Mrs. Charles M. Chapin III Lee & Russell Chubb Fund Community Foundation of South Georgia Conservation & Preservation Fund Mrs. Robert P. Crozer Mr. and Mrs. John M. Dunlap Jr. Wade Tract Preserve Burn, April 2019. Photo by Rose Rodriguez Mr. and Mrs. James Groover Jr.

22 • TALL TIMBERS TALL TIMBERS FOUNDATION The Tall Timbers Foundation manages the Tall Timbers Endowment Funds, those long-term assests that help fund research, conservation and support programs at Tall Timbers.

ENDOWMENT DONORS TALL TIMBERS FOUNDATION Dr. and Mrs. Clifton J. Bailey ENDOWMENT FUNDS Mr. and Mrs. Charles M. Chapin III » Albany Quail Endowment Mr. and Mrs. Walter Hatchett, Jon Kohler & Associates » Bird Window Endowment Mr. and Mrs. Robert Nunnally » Chuck Ribelin Brood Mr. David D. Perkins and Ecology Research Mrs. Nancy Mackinnon Fellowship Mr. Chuck Ribelin Board Chairman, Tom Rankin, presents a bronze plaque to honoree Gene Phipps at the Tall Timbers' 22nd Annual Kate Ireland Memorial » Clifton J. Bailey Endowment Dinner & Auction. Photo by Rose Rodriguez KATE IRELAND » Corbett Fire Endowment MEMORIAL DINNER & Parker Poe Charitable Trust Benson’s Heating & Air Conditioning Baekgaard USA » Dixie Plantation Laurie and Tom Patrick Annie & Warren Bicknell Mr. & Mrs. Charles M. Chapin III Endowment AUCTION LONGLEAF SPONSORS Bruce W. Kirbo Jr., Attorney at Law Dr. Buck & Lisa Davis » Forestry Endowment AUCTIONEER Mr. Charlie Whitney Benners Contracting Mr. & Mrs. Chas H. Cannon Demont Insurance Agency » Gerry Game Bird Chubb Realty Centennial Bank Fleming & Riles Insurance Endowment KATE IRELAND SPONSORS Blue Springs Plantation Mr. & Mrs. Edward A. Davis Dr. & Mrs. Jerry Ford Fontaine Maury Brand Design » General Operating Mr. and Mrs. Richard A. Corbett Farm Credit of Northwest Florida Grant & Cook Equipment Helena Chemical Endowment Four Oaks Plantation Jon Kohler & Associates Mr. & Mrs. Redmond Ingalls Julie & Don Horne » Land Conservancy Renee & John McNeill International Forest Company (IFCO) Jack Kelly Asphalt Services Endowment Kate Ireland Foundation North Florida Animal Hospital Mr. & Mrs. Robert Nunnally Keith McNeill Plumbing Jonathan Vines, Landscape » Red Hills Land Architecture Radey Law Firm Lanigan & Associates P.C. Conservation Opportunity Anne & Colin Phipps Ring Power Corporation Cathie & Michael Ledyard Fund Mr. and Mrs. Timothy Phipps The Southern Group Mac’s Wingshooting Adventures Kay & Tom Rankin Southwest Georgia Farm Credit Shaffield Building Specialties » Tall Timbers Land Miller’s Tree Service Conservancy Stewardship Cyndi & George Watkins Tallahassee Pediatric Dentistry SouthPointe Builders Anne & Jeff Nielsen TC Federal Bank Synovus Fund BOBWHITE QUAIL SPONSORS Lisa & Louie Perry III, Tyson Steel Thomasville Animal Hospital » Texas Piney Woods Quail Ashley HomeStore Pineywoods Farm WCTV Turner Creek & Bombay Hook Farms Endowment Childers Construction Southern Home Consultants Wiregrass Millwork & Lumber Mr. & Mrs. C. Martin Wood III » Wade Tract Endowment Caroline Hill Thomasville National Bank The Wright Group » Wildlife Research Mr. & Mrs. Rip Kirby WIREGRASS SPONSORS Triple Creek Farm Alexander & Vann Endowment The Northern Trust Company RED HILLS SPONSORS Whitaker Construction Group Ameris Bank Orchard Pond Greenway Barnes Capital Group Wiregrass Electric ASP2 2019 ANNUAL REPORT • 23 2019 SUPPORT HONORARIUMS /MEMORIALS Remembering George W. Willson HONORARIUMS Mr. Michael H. Sheridan in honor Mr. Allen McMillen in memory of When Board member George W. Willson of Jim Cox George Willson Mr. Bernard C. Baldwin III in honor passed in 2019, Floridians and the Tall of Susan and John Mullins Mr. Reggie Thackston in honor of Dr. Douglas C. McPherson in Dr. and Mrs. William Cain Jr. in Dr. George and Lindi Simmons memory of Dr. H.L. Cheney, Jr. Timbers community lost one of the most accomplished land honor of Edmund “Beaver” Hardy Sid Weatherly, The Little Garden Prime Meridian Bank in memory of conservationists in the state. Mr. Roy J. McCraw Jr. in honor of Club in honor of Dr. Sam Gray Robert Thomas Land, Sr. George has been attributed with saving nearly one mil- Tom Rankin Mrs. Teresa E. Williams in honor of Mr. and Mrs. Tom L. Rankin in lion acres of environmentally sensitive land from the Keys Mr. and Mrs. Hugh A. Merrill in Jim Cox memory of George Willson honor of Edmund “Beaver” Hardy to the Panhandle. “Probably nobody that’s has ever been MEMORIALS Mr. Bruce Stiftel in memory of George Willson John and Susan Mullin Fund in Ms. Silvia Alderman in memory of involved in land acquisition in Florida has done more than honor of Clay Sisson George Willson Thermo-Kool Mid-South Industries George Willson. He spent four decades fighting to preserve in memory of Robert Thomas Orange Audubon Society in honor Mr. Mack A. Barfield Jr. in memory Land, Sr. Florida’s ecology,” said Estus Whitfield, former principal of Jim Cox of Alvin Grubbs Mr. Richard Vann in memory of Mr. environmental advisor to four Florida governors. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Patrick in Mr. Monty C. Ferrell in memory of Dan Whitehurst honor of Dr. George and Lindi Walter Sidney Gainey With laser precision of his Marine Corps training, George Simmons Ms. Kathleen Villacorta in memory Mr. Bernie Hyde in memory of of George Willson was the consummate “deal maker,” negotiating fairly with Mrs. Beckie Preston in honor of Peggy Post Cliff Preston Ms. Susan B. Whiting in memory of private landowners to save incredible tracts of land from Ms. Ann F. Johnson in memory of Flip Harrington Sarasota Audubon Society in George Willson development threat. As Director of Land Acquisition for honor of Jim Cox Mr. John S. Wise Jr. in memory of Dr. Kristin E. Kentopp M.D. MPH the Florida chapter of The Nature Conservancy (TNC) from Henry A. Wise, V Mr. and Mrs. James L. in memory of Kate Ireland Schortemeyer in honor of Jim Cox Mr. Gerald R. Wolsfelt in memory 1984-1999, he was in command in securing vast proper- The Latt Maxcy Corporation in and Eric Staller of M.A. Victoria Chubb Wolsfelt memory of George Willson ties, like the 18,000-acre Walton County tracts that later became Topsail Hill Preserve State Park and Point Washing- ton State Forest. After leaving TNC, George became Vice-President for Conservation Lands at the St. Joe Company; at that time, the company transferred from its portfolio to the State key holdings for public benefit and enjoyment. Since 1989, George had a long association with Tall Tim- bers. He was one of the founding members of the Red Hills Conservation Association, the precursor of today’s Tall Tim- bers Land Conservancy. He was instrumental in guiding Tall Timbers to become one of the nation’s leading accredited land trusts. His spirit will live on and his lasting legacy will be enjoyed by this and future generations who experience the Consortium meeting of the Red Hills Conservation Association at Tall Timbers, c. 1989. George Willson is pictured second from left in white shirt. special natural places he so dedicatedly saved and loved.

24 • TALL TIMBERS 2019 STAFF ADMINISTRATION Shane D. Wellendorf, Conservation Coordinator William E. Palmer, PhD, President/CEO Brian Wiebler, Red Hills Outreach/Education Coordinator Melissa Proctor, Controller, Chief Financial Officer Michael Zang, Conservation Technician Lisa Baggett, Facilities Coordinator RESEARCH & LAND MANAGEMENT Rachelle Culpepper, Accounting Assistant William E. Palmer, PhD, Director of Research Jerome Golden, Facilities Billy Atkins, Central Florida Rangeland Research (CFRRP) Kurt Haffner, IT Systems Coordinator Thomas Anderson, Joint Training Academy Instructor Stephen Macdonald, Bookkeeper Mary Armstrong, Fire Ecology Outreach Specialist Rosi Nichols, HR/PR Coordinator Robert Bale, Sr. Wildland Fire Specialist Joe Noble, GIS/Information Technology Program Director Andrea Barstow, P/T Office Manager, Dixie Plantation Jennifer Roberts, Facilities Director, Executive Assistant Geoff Beane, Research/Program Manager, CFRRP Hunter Taylor, Accounting Assistant Steven Bennett, Joint Training Academy Instructor Jenny Taylor, Receptionist/Administrataive Assistant Shannon Braden, Land Management Technician, Dixie Plantation Sarah K. Brown, Public Lands Monitoring Coordinator DEVELOPMENT Staff who helped at the 2019 Georgia-Florida Turkey Invitational. From left to Crystal Rice Development Director Jeremiah Cates, Private Lands Burn Team Coordinator right, Jennifer Roberts, Amy Allen, Crystal Davis, Katie Hooker and Shelby Simons. Amy Allen, Development Coordinator Andrew Chase, Assistant Land Manager Corbin Holder, Game Bird Technician, Orton Plantation INFORMATION RESOURCES Missouri Cook, Carolina Development Coordinator Kelsey Hoskins, Wildlife Technician Rose Rodriguez, Communications Director Philip Coppola, Post Doctorate Scholar Alex Jackson, Game Bird Biologist, Dixie Plantation Juanita Whiddon, P/T Archives, & Historical Resources Jim Cox, Stoddard Bird Lab Director Dixie Davis, Geospatial Data Base Administrator Maren Johnson, Fire Research Technician LAND CONSERVANCY Austin Dixon, P/T Fire Science Technician Charles Kressler II, Prescribed Fire Technician Kevin McGorty, Director Cinnamon Dixon, Ecosystems Services Project Coordinator Christopher Kunkle, Game Bird Technician, CFRRP Neil Fleckenstein, Red Hills Planner Victa Edge, Joint Training Academy Instructor Matthew Kunkle, Rollins Ranch Research & Program Manager Jessica Coker, Administrative Assistant Nathan Eldridge, Game Bird Technician Michael Lamb, Wildlife Technician Josh Gamblin, Conservation Stewardship Manager Alexis Everland, Lead Fire Ecology Research Technician William H Lewis, Land Management Technician, Dixie Plantation Brian R. McClain, Lesson Plan Developer Steve Flanagan, Post-doctoral Fellow William Lutz, Game Bird Technician, CFRRP Peter Kleinhenz, Aucilla Watershed Coalition Coordinator Randy Floyd, Plantation Manager, Dixie Plantation Kyle Magdziuk, Game Bird Lead Technician Kim Sash, Conservation Biologist Troy Floyd, Joint Training Academy Instructor Steven Matta, Wildlife Technician Maris Gabliks, Sr. Wildland Fire Specialist John-Michael McCormick, Asst. Land Manager, Dixie Plantation Jimmy Gray, Joint Training Academy Instructor Diana McGrath, Game Bird Biologist Mary Mack Gray, Stoddard Bird Lab Biologist Rob Meyer, Woodpecker Conservation Biologist Paul Grimes, Regional Game Bird Biologist Molly Neely-Burnam, P/T Game Bird Technician David Grimm, Land Management and Private Lands Burn Team Milton Neu, Assistant Land Manager Robert Gundy, Stoddard Bird Lab Field Technician Matthew Nolasco, Lidar Analyst Research Technician Robert Guse, Joint Training Academy Instructor Kodi Osborn, Wildlife Technician Gloria Hagan, Facilities, Dixie Plantation Richard Paulhamus, Assistant Program Manager, CFRRP Tommy Hawkins, Joint Training Academy Instructor Scott Pokswinski, Research Biologist, Prescribed Fire Science Christie Hawley, Fire Science Technician Matthew Portwood, Game Bird Technician, Dixie Plantation Tucker Heaberlin, Wildlife Technician Grayson Reinbott, Land Management Technician, Dixe Plantation Berlynna Heres, Fire Science Technician David Reid, Joint Training Academy Instructor J. Kevin Hiers, Wildland Fire Scientist Hannah Redford, Wildland Fire Science Technician Kevin M. Robertson, PhD, Director, Fire Ecology Program At left from L-R: Neil Fleckenstein, Tall Timbers Planning Coordinator, Bryan Desloge, Leon County Commissioner, and Bill Palmer, Tall Timbers President/CEO. Eric Rowell, PhD, Wildland Fire Scientist Tall Timbers was honored by the Leon County Commission for its contributions over more than 60 years as a leader in natural resource research, land P/T = Part Time conservation, and education. 2019 Staff continued on next page

2019 ANNUAL REPORT • 25 2019 STAFF Elliot Schunke, Stoddard Bird Lab Techician (Temp) INTERNS Greg Seamon, Fire Training Specialist, Prescribed Fire Training Center Jakob Ackerman, FL, Fire Science Sierra Sico, Game Bird Research Technician, Orton Plantation Alicia Arsenault, MA, Game Bird, Rollins Ranch Clay Sisson, Director Albany Quail Project/DPR Rachel Bockrath, CA, Game Bird Matt Snider, Private Lands Prescribed Fire Coordinator Shannon Braden, TN, Game Bird, Dixie Plantation Allison Snyder, Fire Ecology Technician Matthew Burke, FL, Game Bird Kyle Spells, Public Lands Vegetation Technician Alexis Chavez, FL, Game Bird Eric Staller, Director of Land Management and Fire Operations Matthew Cooper, GA, Game Bird Lindsey Stawowy, Stoddard Bird Lab Field Assistant Darlene Coppe, SD, Game Bird Larkin Stiles, Wildland Fire Science Technician Bethany Frantz, CA, Game Bird, CFRRP Jason Stockstill, Fire Science Technician William Harp, GA, Game Bird, CFRRP/Rollins Ranch Destinee Story, Stoddard Bird Lab Woodpecker Technician Hayden Jakob, NC, Game Bird, Orton Gianna Tarquinio, Stoddard Bird Lab Field Technician Kelsey Hoskins, KY , Game Bird Austin Taylor, Land Management Technician Nichole Itzkowitz, CT, Game Bird CFRRP Game Bird Program intern, Destinee Story, holds a quail chick that has been Theron M. Terhune, PhD, Director Game Bird Research Program tagged on his wing. Photo by Brad Kubecka Charles Jacobi, TN, Herpatology Christopher Terrazas, Wildlife Technician Maren Johnson, FL, Fire Science Casey Teske, PhD, Spatial Fire Ecologist Susan Wilder, Joint Training Academy Instructor Madeleine Kaleta, NY, Game Bird, CFRRP Miles Threadgill, Herpetology Technician Robert Wilken, Joint Training Academy Instructor Jonathan Kearney, MD, Game Bird, CFRRP James Tucker, UERP Field Technician Seth Williams, Fire Technician Dakota Kempken, TX, Game Bird, CFRRP J. Morgan Varner, PhD, Director of Fire Science Audrey Wilson, Fire Science Research Biologist Megan Kruse, WI, Game Bird, Rollins Ranch Dauten Vaughn, Land Management Technician, Dixie Plantation William Woodyard, Joint Training Academy Instructor Aubrey Langston, GA, Game Bird Stoney Vickers, Field Technician, CFRRP Juliana Ofalt, PA, Game Bird, Orton Plantation Derek Wallace, Fire Science Research Assistant GRADUATE STUDENTS Elizabeth Patterson, NC, Game Bird, Orton Plantation Scott Ward, UERP Field Technician Bobbi Carpenter, University of Florida, Game Bird Maya Payne-Wiens, NC Fire Science Leslie Whiddon, Land Management Technician, Dixie Plantation Dana Carpenter, University of Georgia , Fire Science Matthew Portwood, GA, Game Bird, Dixie Plantation Research Adam White, Game Bird Technician, Albany Quail Project Laura "Ellie" Fowler, University of Georgia, Fire Science Gracie Rivera, FL, Game Bird, Dixie Plantation Research Charles Wilder, Jr., Joint Training Academy Instructor Michael Hazelbaker, University of Georgia, Game Bird Antonio Rodriguez, FL, Fire Ecology Justin Hill, University of Georgia, Game Bird Louie Sandstrum, FL, Fire Ecology Katie Hooker, University of Florida, Game Bird Erin Saylor, FL, Stoddard Bird Lab Heather Levy, University of Georgia, Stoddard Bird Lab Amanda Schmidt, NM, Game Bird, CFRRP Adam McClure, Virginia Tech, Fire Science Sierra Sico, MA, Game Bird, Orton Plantation Morgan Morehart, Auburn University, Game Bird Jason Stockstill, GA, Fire Science Emily Prosser, University of Georgia, Game Bird Destinee Story, GA, Game Bird Justin Rectenwald, University of Georgia, Albany Quail Program Christopher Terrazas, GA, Game Bird David Robinson, Florida State University, Fire Science Ream W Thomas, GA, Fire Science Daniel Rosales-Giron, Florida State University, Fire Science Katelyn Thompson, KS, Game Bird, CFRRP Shelby Simons, University of Georgia, Game Bird Miles Threadgill, GA, Game Bird Andrew Ward, University of Georgia, Game Bird Zach Vickers, GA, Stoddard Bird Lab Trenton Voytko, NC, Game Bird Breanne Ward, FL, Fire Ecology Sarah Welch, TX, Game Bird Hunter Williams, NC, Game Bird, Orton Plantation

Staff who helped with check-in and check-out at the 2019 Kate Ireland Memorial Dinner & Auction. From left to right: Rosi Nichols, Melissa Proctor and Jessica Coker. Photo by Rose Rodriguez

26 • TALL TIMBERS 2019 STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION ALLOCATION OF FUNDS TALL TIMBERS RESEARCH, INC. Includes Subsidiaries

TOTAL ALL FUNDS TOTAL ALL FUNDS

ASSETS 12/31/2018 12/31/2019

Current Assets Cash & Cash Equivalents $2,115,929 $2,734,724

Accounts Receivable 438,334 505,976 Grants/Projects Receivable 21,500 – Due from Tall Timbers Foundation, Inc. (Net) 40,613 – Prepaid Expenses 30,011 19,652

Management & General Program Program Fundraising Depreciation $504,208 General Operating Grants & Projects $152,991 Expense Total Current Assets $2,646,387 $3,260,352 5.18% $3,398,832 $5,147,510 1.57% $532,959 34.91% 52.87% 5.47% Property & Equipment At Cost less Accumulated Depreciation $36,016,578 $37,126,302 Other Assets 34,419 34,419 SOURCES OF REVENUE TOTAL ALL ASSETS $38,697,384 $40,421,073 LIABILITIES & NET ASSETS Liabilities Accounts Payable 199,114 375,578 Accrued Liabilities 37,789 21,084 Notes Payable 119,105 143,903 Deferred Revenue 166,289 133,652 Total Liabilities $522,297 $674,217 NET ASSETS

Without Donor Restrictions 34,385,959 32,381,722

With Donor Restrictions 3,789,128 7,365,134 Other Revenues Tall Timbers Contributions & Beadel Trust Grants & Projects Total Net Assets $38,175,087 $39,746,856 $849,271 Foundation Contributions Membership Contribution $3,790,282 7.51% $1,427,972 $4,917,983 $322,761 33.52% 12.63% 43.49% TOTAL LIABILITIES & NET ASSETS $38,697,384 $40,421,073 2.85%

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