LEADER 03437nam 2200601Ia 450 001 9910785746203321 005 20230801224347.0 010 $a0-8130-4250-X 035 $a(CKB)2670000000242051 035 $a(EBL)1023604 035 $a(OCoLC)811563582 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000721082 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11418031 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000721082 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10687218 035 $a(PQKB)11716990 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse23572 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1023604 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1023604 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10603019 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL513121 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000242051 100 $a20120404d2012 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe legacy of a Red Hills hunting plantation$b[electronic resource] $eTall Timbers Research Station and Land Conservancy /$fRobert L. Crawford and William R. Brueckheimer ; with editorial contributions by William Warren Rogers 210 $aGainesville $cUniversity Press of Florida$dc2012 215 $a1 online resource (353 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8130-4148-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aPart 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. 330 $aThe Red Hills region is an idyllic setting filled with long leaf 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 1920's, condemning it as harmful for the forest and its wildlife, 606 $aConservation of natural resources$zRed Hills (Fla. and Ga.) 606 $aConservation of natural resources$zFlorida 607 $aRed Hills (Fla. and Ga.)$xHistory 607 $aLeon County (Fla.)$xHistory 615 0$aConservation of natural resources 615 0$aConservation of natural resources 676 $a333.72759/88 700 $aCrawford$b Robert L$0168999 701 $aBrueckheimer$b William R$01512255 701 $aRogers$b William Warren$f1929-$01512256 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910785746203321 996 $aThe legacy of a Red Hills hunting plantation$93746065 997 $aUNINA