Research, Conservation, and Education Updates | April 2025

This month, we have news about big changes to one of Tall Timbers' longest-running research projects, work with the U.S. Forest Service to study bees and their use of the landscape, guest articles detailing research into fire history using tree rings and efforts to retrieve data from a coyote collared at Tall Timbers that embarked on an extraordinary journey to the Apalachicola River. We also have information on staying up-to-date on efforts in Georgia to monitor Chronic Wasting Disease in deer populations.

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Changes at NB66 shift research focus to restoration

NB66 hasn't seen prescribed fire since the winter of 1966. The research plot has been the subject of dozens of research papers and the source of a dynamic body of work studying what happens to the Red Hills ecosystem when fire is excluded from the landscape. Now, it provides a unique chance to learn  about the process of restoring an area to upland wildlife habitat.

Burn Smart video gives newcomers a jump start on fire safety

This new video from the Tall Timbers’ Private Lands Prescribed Fire Initiative provides first-time prescribed fire participants with a look at what to expect and how to prepare themselves for a safe day on the fireline. This is a great resource for introducing your new staff members to fire safety, inviting friends and family to help with a burn, hosting learn-and-burn events to introduce more people to safe prescribed fire use, and more

Bees in the trees a study of resource use

Tall Timbers Fire Ecology Lab is working with the U.S. Forest Service to figure out which plants bees are eating pollen in different locations, including close to the

ground and high in the tree canopies and between frequently burned upland pine and beech-magnolia bottomland communities.

A history of fire captured in tree rings

In this guest article from WFSU in Tallahassee, Tall Timbers dendrochronologist Jean Huffman discusses her efforts to study the history of fire recorded in tree rings.

The journey of a riverbound Coyote

A coyote collared at Tall Timbers in 2024 made its way to the Apalachicola National Forest. In this guest story from the Apalachicola Riverkeeper, the University of Florida PhD student working on the project details the path of the coyote and efforts to retrieve valuable data.

First positive case of Chronic Wasting Disease confirmed in Georgia

In January, the first positive case of Chronic Wasting Disease was discovered in Georgia's deer population in Lanier County. The Georgia Department of Natural Resources has established a CWD management area around the region and is offering guidance to hunters and landowners. Stay up to date on CWD in Georgia and learn what you can do at georgiawildlife.com/cwd

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