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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.
Archeology Aucilla/ Wacissa Watershed Native Culture Rivers and Streams
Underwater Archeology | Excavating the Wacissa River

by Rob Diaz de Villegas October 22, 2015

by Rob Diaz de Villegas October 22, 2015

Archeologists scuba dive the Wacissa River to uncover artifacts that could be 12,000 years old or older. Also, we ponder the “First Floridians.”
Archeology Aucilla/ Wacissa Watershed Native Culture Rivers and Streams
Archeology on the Wacissa: Solving Underwater Mysteries

by Rob Diaz de Villegas June 17, 2015

by Rob Diaz de Villegas June 17, 2015

Volunteering on Wacissa River excavations led to a Tallahassee man entering a Ph.D. program at Texas A&M. We visit his 12,000 year old site, being dug now.
Archaeology, Paleontology, History, and Indigenous Cultures Aucilla/ Wacissa Watershed EcoAdventures Kayak and Canoe Adventures Rivers and Streams The Red Hills of Florida & Georgia
Canoeing the Aucilla: A Red Hills River Steeped in History

by Rob Diaz de Villegas May 27, 2015

by Rob Diaz de Villegas May 27, 2015

The Aucilla River’s black waters hide archeological treasures, having served Floridians for thousands of years. It’s also a challenging kayak & canoe trail.
Archaeology, Paleontology, History, and Indigenous Cultures Aucilla/ Wacissa Watershed EcoAdventures Kayak and Canoe Adventures Rivers and Streams
Paleo River Adventure on Slave Canal

by Rob Diaz de Villegas June 19, 2013

by Rob Diaz de Villegas June 19, 2013

Slave Canal has been a popular Florida kayak and canoe destination for, I don’t know, a few thousand years. Explore with us on our latest EcoAdventure.
Archeology Native Culture Seagrasses and Sand Flats
Shells, Buried History, and the Apalachee Coastal Connection

by Rob Diaz de Villegas May 29, 2012

by Rob Diaz de Villegas May 29, 2012

Have you ever found oyster shells in the dirt of your backyard? If you have and you live in Tallahassee’s Myers Park neighborhood, then you might be looking at the remains of a powerful native village that rose to prominence over 500 years ago.
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.
Salt Marsh Ecology | In the Grass
Preserving Our Coastal History

by Mike Plummer November 23, 2010

by Mike Plummer November 23, 2010

While the focus of this site is of course the science and ecology of our…

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.