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History Plants- From Wildflowers to Longleaf Pine The Red Hills of Florida & Georgia
Live Oaks in Tallahassee Part 1 | History, Age, and Exceptional Trees

by Rob Diaz de Villegas September 22, 2019

by Rob Diaz de Villegas September 22, 2019

Tallahassee loves its live oaks, and has a history of fighting to preserve them. We look at our history with this iconic southern tree.
Ecology in Art & Literature Farms and Agriculture History The Red Hills of Florida & Georgia
Eluster Richardson | Painting Life on a Red Hills Tenant Farm

by Rob Diaz de Villegas April 14, 2016

by Rob Diaz de Villegas April 14, 2016

Eluster Richardson recreates scenes from his childhood, as he paints watercolors of tenant farm life for the Jones Tenant House Exhibit at Tall Timbers.
EcoAdventures Ecology in Art & Literature History Lakes The Red Hills of Florida & Georgia
Cycling Monticello’s Historic Canopy Roads

by Rob Diaz de Villegas April 13, 2016

by Rob Diaz de Villegas April 13, 2016

We cycle down canopy roads through historically black communities in Monticello. Dr. Flossie Byrd recounts the invaluable education she received there.
EcoAdventures History Rivers and Streams
Green Guides and the Lost City of Magnolia

by Rob Diaz de Villegas December 27, 2011

by Rob Diaz de Villegas December 27, 2011

EcoAdventures North Florida travels up the St. Marks River in search of some local history in this video featuring Captain James Hodges, a Wakulla Green Guide.

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

History

Live Oaks in Tallahassee Part 1 | History, Age, and Exceptional Trees

Eluster Richardson | Painting Life on a Red Hills Tenant Farm

Cycling Monticello’s Historic Canopy Roads

Green Guides and the Lost City of Magnolia