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May 2020

EcoAdventures Longleaf Pine & Fire Ecology Plants- From Wildflowers to Longleaf Pine Raising Kids with Nature
Family Hike in the Munson Sandhills | Spring Flowers in Bloom

by Rob Diaz de Villegas May 28, 2020

by Rob Diaz de Villegas May 28, 2020

We hike the Munson Sandhills in late March, finding early spring wildflowers in bloom, including two lupine species and new green blueberries.
Apalachicola River and Bay EcoAdventures Raising Kids with Nature
Garden of Eden Trail | Family Hike to the Apalachicola River

by Rob Diaz de Villegas May 26, 2020

by Rob Diaz de Villegas May 26, 2020

Our family hikes the Garden of Eden Trail through steephead ravines, a recently burned longleaf forest, and up to Florida’s highest river bluff.

We’ve been busy working on the north Florida part of the NOVA | PBS #ClimateAcrossAmerica initiative. Our first story for that initiative has just dropped, on protecting Florida’s coasts from storm surge. We’ve been out in the field recently for a few other stories you won’t want to miss

Fire and Black Carbon in the Longleaf Forest

Prescribed fire helps maintain biodiversity in longleaf ecosystems, but it releases carbon into the atmosphere. Despite this, burning might help these systems store carbon in the long term. This is our second story for the #ClimateAcrossAmerica initiative.

Black and Yellow Rails: the most secretive birds in North America

Fire also helps maintain biodiversity in coastal salt marshes. We head to the coast with Tall Timbers Research Station in search of two seldom seen birds that rely on fire: black and yellow rails.

The Brown-Headed Nuthatch, a bird with a unique family structure

Back at Tall Timbers, we visit the nests of one of the cutest inhabitants of the longleaf forest, the brown-headed nuthatch. It’s one of a few birds where extended family help raise young.

M	T	W	T	F	S	S
				1	2	3
4	5	6	7	8	9	10
11	12	13	14	15	16	17
18	19	20	21	22	23	24
25	26	27	28	29	30	31

May 2020

Family Hike in the Munson Sandhills | Spring Flowers in Bloom

Garden of Eden Trail | Family Hike to the Apalachicola River