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2015 Annual Report

2 • TALL TIMBERS RESEARCH STATION & LAND CONSERVANCY

PRESIDENT’S REPORT

Tall Timbers has always been known as a fire research station and the Red Hills region has been known for wise fire use. However, Tall Timber’s fire image was fading, when compared to growth of fire research around the country over the past several decades. Tall Timbers founders lit the fire torch, to be sure, and we have continued to carry the torch, but it was flickering. With growing threats to fire use, from development encroach-ment to air quality, a major question in our strategic planning was — could we rebuild our fire programs and if so, could they help protect fire use in the Red Hills, and expand its ecological use in the southeast? Can Tall Timbers improve the use of fire for the betterment of natural resources and a reduction in wildfires? The answer from a talented, engaged, and enthusiastic group in December was a resounding yes! We are invest-ing our resources in fire research and banking on critical collaborations with the nation’s top scientists and practitioners. Florida and Georgia, the greater Red Hills in particular, are an epi-center for fire. Our vision is to be the best at fire

use, fire research, and fire outreach. We can’t do this alone, therefore we are establishing a Center for Prescribed Fire Research. We can’t do this without landowners, as they are the ones that will help build a legacy longleaf landscape that improves natural resources, from quail to land conservation to water quality. We can’t do this without our members, as they provide the resources to achieve a better future for this amazing region. We hope you will join us to protect the region, improve its management, and create a landscape and knowl-edge base which demonstrates, collectively, that we are leading in the study and application of prescribed fire and natural resource management.

By Bill Palmer, PhD, President & CEO

ContentsChairman’s Message ...........................................................3Research & Land Management .........................................4Conservation ......................................................................6Support ..............................................................................8Staff ....................................................................................18Statement of Financial Position .......................................19Mission ...............................................................................20

On the cover: Barn at Dixie Plantation. Below: prescribed burn on the Wade Tract Preserve, an old-growth longleaf pine forest in Thomas County, Georgia. Photos by Rose Rodriguez

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CHAIRMAN’S MESSAGEBy Cornelia G. Corbett, Chairman TALL TIMBERS RESEARCH, INC.

2015 BOARD OF TRUSTEESChairmanMrs. Cornelia G. Corbett

Vice-Chairman and TreasurerMr. Tom L. Rankin

SecretaryMrs. Daphne F. Wood

Trustees Mr. Charles M. Chapin IIIMrs. Rosamond C. DavisMr. Kenneth D. HaddadMr. O. Mason HawkinsMr. Redmond IngallsMr. Rhett JohnsonMr. Robert H. (Rip) KirbyMr. John Wesley Langdale IIIDr. Karl Miller, PhDMr. David D. PerkinsMr. Timothy B. PirrungDr. George W. SimmonsMr. Reggie E. ThackstonMr. John ThompsonMr. Ebe WalterMr. George WatkinsMrs. Virginia Wetherell

New 2016 TrusteesMr. Remy W. TrafeletMr. George W. Willson

TALL TIMBERS FOUNDATION, INC. ChairmanMr. C. Martin Wood, III

TrusteesMr. Thomas A. BarronMr. O. Mason HawkinsMrs. Cornelia G. CorbettMr. Tom L. RankinMr. George C. WatkinsMr. J. Ben Watkins, III

2015 Board of Trustees. Seated L-R: John Thompson, Mason Hawkins, Cornelia Corbett, Daphne Wood, Virginia Wetherell,

Rhett Johnson; Standing L-R: George Watkins, Ebe Walter, Reggie Thackston,

Redmond Ingalls, Tim Pirrung, Tom Rankin, George Simmons. Not pictured: Charlie Chapin, Rozzie Davis, Rip Kirby,

Wes Langdale, and Karl Miller. Photo by Amanda Lanphere

Think Big. That was my message to our staff and board as we began our strategic planning process last fall and com-pleted this spring. This was the time in the history of Tall Timbers to launch new initiatives that built on our past suc-cesses and maintained our core beliefs, but challenged us to do more, take more calculated risks, be more proactive and engaged, and effect greater change. We tested our ideas with the help of over 100 conservation professionals from this region and around the country, and forged progressive goals for our Research and Conservation programs. These include: expanding exemplary land stewardship to more areas of the Southeast; engaging the local communities in conservation of their region; and creating a center for prescribed fire research that has national fire policy implications. In doing so, Tall Timbers will be reestablished as a leader in prescribed fire, proactive in our land conservation and planning pro-grams to help landowners and agencies protect the greater Red Hills region and its linkages, and unravel the remaining

mysteries in quail and wildlife manage-ment. I am so proud of where we ended up. Tall Timbers has kept its core values and mission, but, is awakened to today’s and tomorrow’s challenges and poised to take them on with all our might. As I reflect on my term as Chairman, it has been a wonderful three years leading Tall Timbers through a transition in leadership and new operat-ing strategies. I am thankful for the opportunity to serve and hopeful for the future of Tall Timbers and its role making a difference in the world.


STRATEGIC PLANTo Increase Frequent Fire, Stewardship and Land ConservationTall Timbers has established the field of fire ecol-ogy, permanently conserved more than a third of the Red Hills, helped make the region’s wild quail population among the healthiest in the nation, and expanded understanding of the complex relationship between biodiversity and fire. And yet, we must do more to conserve the rural land use traditions of the Greater Red Hills and expand and improve upon Exemplary Land Stewardship. Below is a synopsis of our 2016-2026 Strategic Plan which has four overarching goals.Preserve natural resources and rural land-use traditions in the greater Red Hills and Albany regions

» Increase conservation of high quality natural habitats and traditional working and hunting lands by approximately 100,000 acres within the greater Red Hills.

» Double the conservation acreage of the Albany region by permanently conserving an additional 50,000 acres.

» Create a Conservation Opportunity Fund to accelerate land conservation and attract collaborative resources to support land conservation.

» Communicate the ecological, economic, and recreational values of the Red Hills to a broad suite of partners and policy makers to accelerate land conservation.

» Highlight linkages to surrounding conservation lands and create agency and landowner collaborations to improve land conservation and stewardship across the Greater Red Hills Region.

» Enhance our successful education and planning programs to build political and community support for sustaining the rural character of the region.

Expand, improve, and protect the use of prescribed fire in our region and beyond

» Significantly increase our support for our prescribed fire research to provide a sound scientific basis for the continued use of prescribed fire.

» Establish a national consortium of fire scientists to quantify the behavior and ecology of fire in southeastern ecosystems, improve models predicting severity, spread, and emissions, and guide policies that affect its use.

» Create landowner association to increase fire use across a Legacy Longleaf Landscape and innovate methods of fire application and promotion that can guide other regions of the country.

Sustain and expand high-density bobwhite populations in the Red Hills and Albany regions, and in targeted, high-potential core areas across the Southeast

» Establish 50,000 acres of wild quail lands in key focal areas of the southeastern U.S.

» Connect bobwhite managers of the Greater Red Hills to empower a broader community with a century of management know-how

» Unravel the mysteries of bobwhite brood ecology to improve management and scientific understanding of game bird population ecology.

» Improve long-term sustainability of lands managed for quail through research and demonstration

Sustain rare wildlife and biodiversity associated with fire-maintained ecosystems in the Red Hills and Albany regions and across the Southeast

» Document and demonstrate the biodiversity benefits from frequent prescribed fire as one of the strongest arguments for its continued use.

» Enhance research on signature old growth longleaf forests in the Red Hills and develop an initiative to conserve representative old-growth longleaf forests across the Southeast.

» Establish research on fire management and biodiversity on public lands in Florida to encourage adoption of Exemplary Land Stewardship.

» Develop translocation techniques and other techniques to establish populations of declining and threatened species.

Why? To sustain a high quality of life for the citizens of the region. Together we will sustain the rural character and land use traditions of the Red Hills and Albany Region by conserving land, min-imizing development impacts through community and regional conservation planning, and improv-ing natural resources through science-based man-agement and increased use of prescribed fire.

The Greater Red Hills region is the leader in the use of prescribed fire. But, we cannot rest on history, rather we need to improve and expand our use of fire to conserve natural resources, enhance biodiversity, improve the quality of life for our communities, and serve as the leading model fire landscape in the nation.


RESEARCH

Key ResearchBurning on a scientific basis and improving longleaf management. We are learning how prescribed fire in the longleaf system affects air quality and ways to burn to reduce impacts to air quality. We are also learning how fire affects longleaf pine plant communities and carbon stor-age demonstrating the benefits of frequent use of prescribed fire.

Helping Conserve Threatened Species. Our researchers in the Stoddard Bird Lab developed an innovative new capture technique that helped establish a captive breeding population of rare Grasshopper Sparrows and developed new nest boxes that doubled the productivity of brown-headed nuthatches.

Innovating research techniques. Pioneered the development and refinement of a technique to radio-tag 12-day old bobwhite chicks. Tagging these young chicks will help us improve brood management as well as test scientific theory.

How to burn for bobwhites. A cooperative 5-year research study elucidated the role of fire and the impact of scale on bobwhite demograph-ics demonstrating that large scale fire can nega-tively impact bobwhite survival. Information to help improve management on our public lands.

Peer recognition. The National Bobwhite Tech-nical Committee Group Achievement Award was presented to Tall Timbers Game Bird Program and Georgia Wildlife Resources Division for collaborative efforts in developing and success-fully implementing a Northern Bobwhite Quail Translocation Policy in focal areas of southwest Georgia and northern Florida.

Conserving WildlifeExpanding wildlife populations. We helped to establish new quail populations in four states from New Jersey to Alabama. More than 680 bobwhites were translocated (trap and transfer of wild bobwhites) from the Red Hills to man-aged properties, including 80 birds moved to the

YEAR IN REVIEW » Our science team produced 21 publications in

2015 on wildlife management and fire ecology

» We raised over $1.1 million dollars in grants and projects to help fund innovative research and outreach.

» $1.0 million dollars spent on game bird research and outreach

» Over $1.0 million dollars raised for the Fire Ecology Endowment

» Worked with landowners on more than 250,000 acres of managed quail lands

» Helped landowners in 9 states with wildlife management

» Trained 171 national and international wildland fire professionals through the Prescribed Fire Training Center

» Hosted 156 outreach activities to educate people from around the country on fire ecology and management of frequently burned pine systems

» Collaborated with dozens of agencies, research organizations and universities

Garden State as part of a 3-year research project. Tall Timbers has recently helped establish over 80,000 acres of new wild quail lands through its translocation programs.

We established new Red-cockaded Wood-peckers populations on two Safe Harbor proper-ties that are capable of supporting a dozen new territories. The Red Hills is the largest population on private lands and most is under Safe Harbor protection.

Regional biologist hired. To help put habitat management, beneficial to bobwhites and grass-land obligates, on the ground in the Carolinas to provide technical assistance to landowners and land managers in South Carolina and North Car-olina, and infuse Tall Timbers methods into state wildlife initiatives through partnership.

Dr. Theron Terhune, the director of the Game Bird Program, at left, and Reggie Thackston, now retired from GADNR, at right, with their National Bobwhite Technical Committee Group Achievement awards. Reggie is now the Game Bird Program regional biologist.


LAND CONSERVANCYDixie’s LegacyWhen Gerald M. Livingston moved the Conti-nental Field Trial to his Dixie Plantation in 1937, area residents began their long love affair seeing world-class quail hunting dogs compete on the grand country estate. Straddling the Florida-Geor-gia border, Dixie served as the winter home of the Livingston family of New York who were heirs to railroad magnate and prominent investor Craw-ford Livingston II. Dixie quickly became a highly regarded wild quail plantation and one of the finest field trial venues in North America. Ger-ald’s wife Eleanor and daughter Geraldine later opened the main house to the public for historical tours and charity fundraising events.

Tall Timbers hopes to fully rehabilitate the Dixie Mansion and return it to its glory days as the centerpiece of the 9,100-acre estate. The Florida Department of State, with assistance from the Florida Historical Commission, awarded the organization two special category grants totaling $783,632. This funding will be used to restore the roof, re-point the exterior brick, and install a heat-ing and air conditioning system. Additional work will be needed. Planning for refurnishing the 1938 house is being led by Virginia Wetherell, Daphne Wood, and Rozzie Davis.

Designed by John Russell Pope (the architect for the Jef-ferson Memorial and National Gallery of Art in Washington, D. C.), the Dixie Mansion is considered a masterpiece of

YEAR IN REVIEW » Won historic victory for land conservation with

Congressional passage making the Federal Enhanced Tax Incentive for conservation easement donations permanent. Tall Timbers assisted the Land Trust Alliance in securing bipartisan support in Congress. Special thanks to Representatives Gwen Graham (D-Dist.2, FL) and Austin Scott (R-Dist. 8, GA) and Senators Bill Nelson (D-FL), Johnny Isakson (R-GA) and David Perdue (R-GA) for helping pass this critical incentive legislation.

» Secured 1,389-acre donated conservation easement for Hickory Grove Plantation located in Miller County, GA. The easement protects important species and habitats in the Buck Creek and Flint River watershed.

» Published The Economic Impact of the Quail Hunting Lands of Georgia’s Greater Albany Region. Some 70 hunting properties surveyed provide $125 million in annual economic impact to the region employing over 900 people.

» Completed 8 month biological survey of gopher tortoise habitat covering 33,220-acres on 18 Red Hills properties. Findings show population is thriving due to good stewardship of landowners using frequent prescribed fire and uneven-aged timber management.

» Published new Red Hills Region brochure and launched interactive website highlighting the cultural, historical and outdoor recreation sites and events in the region.

» Secured funding and began filming 10-part Roaming the Red Hills video series, with WFSU-TV, looking at important ecological and cultural features of the Red Hills Region.

NOTABLE NUMBERS » $272 million in combined economic impact

generated by quail hunting properties in the Red Hills and Albany regions, according to recent Tall Timbers studies.

» 141,584 is the new total acreage permanently conserved by Tall Timbers via fee property acquisition or donated conservation easements. This is equivalent to protecting an area more than twice the size of the St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge. Nearly 100 properties annually visited and monitored for compliance to ensure natural resources are protected.

» 53 stewardship requests from area landowners were responded to by Land Conservancy staff

» 33 state listed species and 15 Federally listed species of fauna call the Red Hills and Albany Plantation Belt home

» 23,352 gopher tortoises estimated in the Red Hills based on biological survey

» 23 Tallahassee Democrat blog stories and 2 featured articles on Red Hills Region featured in 2015

» 800 participants attended Greater Red Hills Awareness Initiative events, including 171 from the 2014 class of Leadership Georgia. John Russell Pope

PIERSON HILL


Neoclassical Revival architecture. Beyond the ornate entrance gate, a beautiful oak allee leads to the stunning main house, adorned with a two-story Ionic column portico.

A large entry hall on the first floor leads to the south wing featuring a bar, gun room, and library lined with English pine paneling. The large living room boasts ornate moldings imported from an 18th century London house. A screened porch overlooks the gardens designed by noted New York City landscape architect Robert Ludlow Fowler, Jr. The north wing includes a formal dining room, breakfast room and kitchen. A wide graceful staircase leads to the second floor with two master suites and five guest rooms, all with fireplaces. The “attic” housed the servants in smaller bedrooms.

The house and grounds have been a favorite site for social and educational events and Tall Timbers plans to continue that use. While the rehabilitation will be a challenge, once completed, the historic house will enable the institution to expand its research and public outreach programs.

Attendees at the 2015 Red Hills Spring Dinner at Dixie Plantation. Photo by Rose Rodriguez


2015 SUPPORT TALL TIMBERS SOCIETYTall Timbers Society mem-bers are friends who make a significant and sustaining impact on our ability to accomplish our mission through their generous cumulative annual giving, both monetary and in-kind.

Kate Ireland Level $100,000 and aboveMr. and Mrs. Richard A. CorbettOrton Foundation, LLCWilliam Howard Flowers Jr. Foundation, Inc.The William Stamps Farish Fund

Henry Beadel Level $50,000 - $99,999Mr. Rick B. Leverich and Ms. Sheree LuceroMr. and Mrs. Robert Nunnally

Parker Poe Charitable TrustThe Perkins Charitable FoundationMrs. Sallie P. SullivanWilliams Family Foundation of Georgia, Inc.

Ed Komarek Level $25,000 - $49,999Archibald Foundation, Inc.Mr. and Mrs. William F. D’AlonzoFirman FundMr. and Mrs. Lawrence Flinn Jr.Mr. Raymond J. HarbertMr. Mason HawkinsMr. and Mrs.Paul Tudor Jones IIMr. John E. PhippsMr. and Mrs. Michael D. SheaMr. and Mrs. Wallace E. Sholar Jr.The Kate Ireland FoundationTurner Foundation, Inc.Mr. Tom C. Weller Jr.Mr. and Mrs. C. Martin Wood III

Herbert Stoddard Level $10,000 - $24,999Ag-Pro, LLCAnonymousMr. and Mrs. Rich ArrollMiss Wendy H. BicknellMr. Gregory CallimanopulosMr. and Mrs. Pete CarpenterCommunity Foundation of South Georgia, Williams Family Foundation Conservation & Preservation FundMr. and Mrs. Joseph H. Davenport IIIMr. and Mrs. Edward A. Davis Jr.Mr. Frank D. Foley IIIFoundation of the Carolinas, Tom and Kathy Ewing Fund

Mr. Joseph S. FrasirGeorge S. Rich Family Foundation, Inc.Georgia Power Foundation, Inc.Mr. John D. GottwaldMr. and Mrs. Frederic C. Hamilton Sr.Henry F. Sears FoundationJ. C. Kennedy Foundation, Inc.Mr. John JohnsMr. Anthony JonklaasKolomoki Farm, LLCMac’s Wingshooting AdventuresMerrily Plantation, Inc.New Jersey Audubon SocietyPeter R. & Cynthia K. Kellogg FoundationPinebloom PlantationR. K. Mellon Family FoundationMr. and Mrs. Tom L. RankinSamuel E. Upchurch Jr. Charitable FoundationSenah Plantation, LLCDr. and Mrs. George W. SimmonsSouth West Georgia Quail ForeverTeco Energy, Inc.The Community Foundation Serving Richmond and Central Virginia, John and Susan Mullin FundThe Thomas M. Kirbo and Irene B. Kirbo Charitable TrustTides Foundation, Walter C. Sedgwick FundMr. Remy TrafeletMr. and Mrs. George C. WatkinsMrs. Robert C. Webster Jr.William H. Donner Foundation, Inc.Community Foundation of South Georgia, Williams Family Foundation Conservation & Preservation FundMr. and Mrs. Leonard Wood

I have been very fortunate to grow up in the “Red Hills” quail plantation area around Thomasville, Georgia and to make my living here. Over the years, I have had once-in-a lifetime opportunities to quail hunt with many of the original owners and managers of the great places in our area. These legacy properties were owned and managed for wildlife using the best science and whatever resources necessary to leave nothing to question.

The pride these individuals had in their horses, their mules, their dogs, their land and their employees was indeed “a bond they had made with the land.” If it were not for Tall Timbers, much of this tradition would have disappeared — as it is the science that allows us to manage the wildlife and the wild lands. My planned gift to Tall Timbers’ Corbett Fire Endowment will hopefully allow me to leave some small footprints among the tall longleaf pines that others may follow in future generations, and help make sure the good work continues.

-Monty Lewis

BUD BOSTICK


ANNUAL FUND CONTRIBUTORSFire Society Member $50,000 - $99,000Mrs. Sallie P. Sullivan

Longleaf Society Member - $25,000 - $49,999The William Stamps Farish Fund

Wiregrass Society Member - $10,000 - $24,999Miss Wendy H. BicknellMr. Gregory CallimanopulosMr. and Mrs. Richard A. CorbettMr. Raymond J. HarbertMr. Mason HawkinsMr. Anthony JonklaasParker Poe Charitable TrustThe Perkins Charitable FoundationPeter R. & Cynthia K. Kellogg FoundationSamuel E. Upchurch Jr. Charitable FoundationMr. and Mrs. George C. WatkinsMrs. Robert C. Webster Jr.

Benefactor Member $5,000 - $9,999Mr. and Mrs. Russell P. ChubbMr. and Mrs. Lawrence Flinn Jr.Mr. Terence M. GraunkeThe Kate Ireland FoundationMr. and Mrs. Samuel B. Kellett Sr.Mr. Rick B. Leverich and Ms. Sheree Lucero

Mr. and Mrs. Robert NunnallyMrs. Diane Williams ParkerMr. and Mrs. David D. PerkinsMr. and Mrs. Tom L. RankinCarol and Witt Stephens

Patron Member $2,500 - $4,999AnonymousMrs. Kathy R. ArchibaldMr. and Mrs. C. DuBose AusleyMr. Edward L. BakerMr. John D. Baker IIMr. and Mrs. Pete CarpenterMr. and Mrs. Charles M. Chapin IIIMr. J. Palmer ClarksonMr. John D. GottwaldMr. Redmond S. IngallsMr. John D. JohnsMr. and Mrs .Robert H. (Rip) KirbyMr. and Mrs. Charlie MayMr. Gordon MooneyMr. and Mrs. Michael D. SheaLeonard and Carla WoodMr. and Mrs. Thomas V. H. Vail

Sponsor Member $1,000 - $2,499Cleveland Foundation, Mrs. Irene S. BriedisMr. Franklin L. BurkeMr. and Mrs. Henry BushMr. and Mrs. Charles E. Commander IIIMr. Scott CorwonMr. and Mrs. William F. D’AlonzoMr. and Mrs. Joseph H. Davenport IIIMr. and Mrs. Edward A. Davis Jr.

Mr. and Mrs. Guy De La ValdeneMr. Thomas R. DevlinMs. Louisa DuemlingMr. Howell L. Ferguson and Dr. Sharon MaxwellMr. James L. Ferman Jr.Friends of Kickapoo PlantationThe Ford Family Foundation, Mr. David FordMr. Sam Gary IIMr. James C. GatewoodMr. Samuel S. GottwaldMr. and Mrs. Kenneth HaddadMr. and Mrs. Kenneth R. HartDr. and Mrs. Louis Hill Jr.Mr. and Mrs. G. Watts Humphrey Jr.Mr. William J. HurstThe Pegasus Foundation, Mr. and Mrs. Melville H. Ireland Jr.Mr. Summerfield K. Johnston Jr.Ms. Connie S. KummerMr. Monty LewisDr. and Mrs. John R. LewisMr. and Mrs. John B. Long IIMr. and Mrs. James N. McConnaughhayDr. and Mrs. Douglas C. McPhersonMr. Everall D. PerkinsMr. Leigh H. Perkins Jr.Mr. Jerry PionessaMr. and Mrs. C. Mark PirrungMr. and Mrs. Clifford M. PrestonMr. Simon B. Rich Jr.Dr. Charles R. SandersThe Katherine and Samuel Scovil Charitable FundCommunity Foundation of South Georgia, Dr. and Mrs. Ellery SedgwickCommunity Foundation of South Georgia, Mr. and Mrs. Ellery W. Sedgwick

Mr. J. Vereen SmithMr. and Mrs. Taylor W. SmithMr. and Mrs. William G. Smith Jr.Mr. David SpruntTheo B. Bean Foundation, Inc.Mr. John W. ThompsonDr. and Mrs. Walter R. TschinkelMr. and Mrs. J. Ben Watkins IIIWilliam Howard Flowers Jr. Foundation, Inc., Mr. and Mrs. C. Martin Wood IIIMr. Mark Worthey

Sustaining Member $500 - $999Dr. and Mrs. J. Galt AlleeMr. John G. AlstonMr. Lamar Q. Ball IIIMr. C. Victor BeadlesMr. and Mrs. Warren Bicknell IIIMr. and Mrs. William G. Bostick Jr.Ms. Adrian CampbellMr. R.R.M. Carpenter IIIMr. and Mrs. Pete CarpenterMs. Rebecca C. ChubbMr. Henry L. CrispDr. John B. Davis Jr.Miss Louise M. DunlapMr. and Mrs. C. David FonvielleDr. and Mrs. Jerry FordMrs. Hoke S. Grant Jr.Mr. and Mrs. Henry HilsmanMr. John K. HumphressMr. and Mrs. Harry T. Jones IIIMr. and Mrs. W. Powell JonesMr. and Mrs. W. Gates KirkhamJon Kohler & Associates, LLCMr. John E. Ladson IIIMr. and Mrs. Bernard Lanigan

Mr. and Mrs. J. Philip Leabo Sr.Mr. Robert C. Loudermilk Sr.Love Family FoundationHaile and Ben McCollumMr. and Mrs. Kenneth G. McDermottMr. Mitch McElroyMr. Walter E. Melton Jr.Mr. John W. Mettler IIIMr. Leigh H. Perkins Jr.Mr. J. Mathieu PlumbMr. Hugh S. PlumbThe Proctor DealershipsRed Hills Spaniel Club, Inc.Mr. Franklin Reinstine Jr.Mr. Sonny RobertsMr. and Mrs. David SaintMr. Eli R. SharpDr. and Mrs. J. Orson SmithMr. William G. Smith IIIMr. and Mrs. Timothy P. SullivanMr. Michael Durham TerryMr. and Mrs. John C. Thomas IVMr. Lee WaltersDr. and Mrs. Philip C. WattMr. and Mrs. Blair Williams

Supporting Member $250-$499Jeff Alexander, Ga. Forest Products, Inc.Mr. and Mrs. Jack Allen Jr.Mr. Kenneth L. Allman and Dr. Carol AllmanMr. Bernard C. Baldwin IIIMr. R. C. Balfour IIIBalfour Land CompanyMr. Craig Barrow IIIMr. and Mrs. Sid C. Bigham Jr.Mr. Edward S. Bonnie


Contributing Member $125 - $249Mr. and Mrs. Bill AndersonMr. and Mrs. Mark BaldinoMr. Stan BarnesMs. Elizabeth BarronMr. and Mrs. Douglas BeachMr. C. Duncan BeardMr. Keith L. BerryJoe and Mary Beverly Charitable FundMr. and Mrs. Sid Bigham IIIMr. and Mrs. Hal BrannenMr. Joseph S. BrannenDr. Roland BridgesMr. Bobby B. Brown, Forest Resource Services, Inc.Mr. Willard W. Brown Jr.Burge Plantation Club, IncMrs. Judith O. BurgertMr. Stan CannonDr. and Mrs. Michael CarneyMr. Andrew ChaseMr. Randall Chase Jr.Citizens Community Bank, HahiraMr. and Mrs. Oscar T. Cook Jr.Ms. Ellen CorrieMr. and Mrs. James C. CrawfordMs. Jenny CrispMr. James A. DalyDr. and Mrs. Gene L. DavidsonMr. and Mrs. Don DavisMr. and Mrs. Walker W. DavisDr. and Mrs. J. Daniel DavisMr. Daniel P. Davison Jr.Mr. and Mrs. Endicott P. Davison Jr.Mortiz and Penelope DehlerMr. Gary W. DietrichMr. Thomas H. Dollar

Mr. Andy McMullian IIIMr. and Mrs. David J. MiddletonMr. and Mrs. Doug MillerMr. and Mrs. Richard G. MooneyMr. Brad MuellerMr. and Mrs. Charles Newlin Jr.Willem Noltes FamilyDr. Bill PalmerMr. George Peagler Jr.Plantation Marketing Group, LLCMr. Sammy PrimMs. Melissa ProctorRed Hills Land CompanyMr. Francis P. Rentz Randall and Marilyn RheaMr. James M. Robinson IVThe Rose & Walter Montgomery Foundation, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Montgomery Jr.Mr. and Mrs. David C. ScottMr. John SineathMr. and Mrs. William P. Smith Jr.Mr. Steve StorickMr. and Mrs. Reggie ThackstonSavannah Community Foundation, Inc., The Critz Family Fund, Mr. Dale Critz Sr.Mr. and Mrs. William L. TietjenMr. and Mrs. Richard S. VannMrs. Kathleen Vignos Mr. Sam B. WaddillMr.and Mrs. James W. Warren Jr.Mr. Miles B. WatkinsMr. Roland WetherbeeDr. and Mrs. Dale A. WickstrumMr. and Mrs. Brent WidenerMr. and Mrs. Joseph H. WilliamsMr. and Mrs. Jerry WilliamsonMr. John S. Wise

Mr. and Mrs. Allan M. Bostick Jr.Dr. and Mrs. Clifford S. BristolMr. Craig CarnleyMr. Charlton H. ChatfieldMr. Cader B. Cox IIIMr. Douglas M. CroleyMr. Elliott Davenport Jr.Mr. and Mrs. Jed DavisMrs. Endicott P. DavisonMr. Robert H. Demere Jr.Mr. Robert S. DoochinDuck Haven Gun ClubMr. and Mrs. J. Colin English Jr.Mr. Neil Fleckenstein and Mrs. Terri WilliamsMr. Daniel FletcherMr. Todd FordMs. JoAnn FrickMs. Dale E. FullerMiss Patricia GaineyGrady Electric Membership Corp.Mr. Benson T. GreenMr. and Mrs. Greg HamilMr. Frederick HancockMr. Harper HanwayDr. Robert L. HarbinMr. J. Madden Hatcher Jr.Dr. Jack B. HobsonMr. and Mrs. Sloan HowardCherokee Plantation, Mr. Duncan HuntThe Pegasus Foundation, Mr. William L. IrelandMr. and Mrs. Gary LandrumMr. and Mrs. A. Lawton LangfordMr. and Mrs. G. Mayo LivingstonMrs. Peter ManigaultDr. Robert McDavidMr. Kevin McGorty

2015 SUPPORT


Mr. Scott ShealyDr. and Mrs. Terry W. SherradenMr. George SkipperMr. Drane SmithDr. and Mrs. Robert Mason SniderMr. and Mrs. Robert J. SniffenSouth Jersey Quail ProjectMr. Greg SpoonerMr. and Mrs. Reggie ThackstonMr. Theodore F. Thomas Jr.Mr. Reese J. ThompsonMr. Robert M. Trulock Dr. Ben M. TurnerMr. Lewis C. Tyus Jr.Ms. Virginia A. VailRep. Michelle Rehwinkel VasilindaMr. and Mrs. Ebe WalterMr. Jody Walthall and Ms. Donna LegareMr. Robert N. WalthallMr. William R. WatsonMr. Richard D. WebbMr. Shane WellendorfMr. Frank WetherbeeMr. and Mrs. Douglas WilcoxDr. and Mrs. John L. WilliamsMr. Myron WilliamsMr. Mike WillisMr. Gerald R. WolsfeltMr. Robert D. WoodwardWoodward Family FarmMr. and Mrs. Geoffrey P. Young

Mr. Michael DouglasMr. and Mrs. Marc DoyleMr. Edward EppMr. Chester W. Fannon Jr.Mr. Grayal E. FarrMr. and Mrs. Pat FarrellMr. Monty C. FerrellMs. Susan M. FitzgeraldMr. Franklin W. FosterMrs. Beverly FrickMr. Mark FriedmanMr. Richard GilchristMs. Susan P. GlennMr. and Mrs. Lane GreenMr. and Mrs. Ralph G. GreeneMr. George F. GrimsleyMr. Stefan GrowMr. Greg HagarDr. and Mrs. Lynn HagoodMr. David H. HardinCol. Ross HarrisonMr. and Mrs. Michael S. HartmanMr. Jay C. HarvardMr. Peter A. HaysMr. Robert K. HendersonMr. and Mrs. Don P. HicksMr. Grover Hicks Jr.Hiott Forestry Consultants, Inc.Reverend David G. HortinMr. Daniel E. HowellDr. and Dr. Thomas C. HulseyMr. and Mrs. Bernie HydeMs. Rebekah W. IngallsThe Pegasus Foundation, Mr. Peter IrelandMr. Clifford W. JohnsonMr. and Mrs. Rhett JohnsonMr. Chris Johnston, International Forest Co.

Mr. and Mrs. Chad JonesMr.and Mrs. Lou KellenbergerMr. G.J. KimbrelMr. William M. LeeMr. Fred Leggett Jr.Mr. and Mrs. Logan M. LewisDr. J. Leonard Lichtenfeld and Dr. Sandra B. ReedMr. Robert E. Livingston IIIMr. Charles P. Lykes Jr.Mr. and Mrs. Phillip L. MartinMr. Charles G. McDanielMr. and Mrs. Mark E. McEwenMr. and Mrs. Ted McGrawMr. Duncan McNeel & Mr. Steven McNeelSarah and Margaret McPhersonMr. and Mrs. Raymong MendezMr. and Mrs. David J. MiddletonMr. and Mrs. Emmett Mitchell IIIMr. and Mrs. Nigel E. MorrisMr. and Mrs. Perry MustianMr. Erle NortonOlson Architects, Inc.Mr. and Mrs. Joel PadgettMr. and Mrs. Albert M. ParkMr. William L. ParkerMr. Vann ParrottMr. Jack R. PierceMr. and Mrs. Timothy B. PirrungMr. Phillip PomeroyMr. and Mrs. William PonderRed Oaks Plantation, LLCMr. James W. Reid Jr.Mr. David RivenbarkMrs. J. B. Roddenbery Jr.Dr. and Mrs. John SandersMr. John SappMr. James L. SchortemeyerDixie Plantation

At right, 2015 Continental Derby Field Trial particpants, pointer and his handler, at Dixie Plantation. The Continental Field Trial has been run at Dixie since 1937. Photo by Rose Rodriguez


GAME BIRD PROGRAMS2015 SUPPORT GRANTSGeorgia Power -Land Conservancy

Capital City Bank-Webster Art Gallery

Georgia Department of Natural Resources-Gopher Tortoise Monitoring/survey-Red Cockaded Woodpeckers at Silver Lake

State of Florida-Upland Ecosystem Restoration Program-Gopher Tortoise Monitoring/Survey-Northern Bobwhite Research at Babcock Webb Wildlife Management Area-Cooperative Wild Turkey Research

State of Louisiana-Bobwhite Recovery Plan

Sweetgrass Foundation-Red Hills Awareness Initiative Program

USDA (Department of Agriculture)-American Chaffseed/Canby’s Dropwart Recovery Project-Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration Project

USFWS (Fish & Wildlife Service)-Upland Ecosystem Research Restoration (UERP)/St. Sebastian

USFS (Forest Service)-Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration Project

Westervelt Ecological Services-St. Mark’s Mitigation

Wildlife Foundation of Florida, Inc. -White Oak/Grasshopper Sparrow

Southern Fire Exchange-Putting Fire Science on the Ground

Albany Quail ProgramAnonymousMr. R. William BeckerCEC Georgia Properties, LLCChokee PlantationMr. and Mrs. Joseph H. Davenport IIIEllen & Richard Cuda Family Foundation Fund of the Cape Cod FoundationMr. and Mrs. Lawrence Flinn Jr.Mr. Frank D. Foley IIIFord Farms - Todd FordFranklin Family FarmGeorge P. Swift, Jr. Family FoundationGeorgia Forest Products, Inc., Mr. Jeff AlexanderMr. Mike GoodrichMr. Raymond J. HarbertMr. Nathan V. Hendricks IIIMr. M. Douglas IvesterIvey’s Ourdoor & Farm Supply, Inc.James C. and Norma T. Edenfield FoundationMr. Hank JohnsThe Johnston Family FoundationJones Family FundMr. and Mrs. Keith KellyJ.C. Kennedy Foundation, Inc.Kolomoki Farm, LLCMr. Milton E. McGregorMr. and Mrs. David J. MiddletonArthur V. Moore, D.V.M.Mr. and Mrs. Nigel E. MorrisNilo PlantationMr. Ted TurnerMr. and Mrs. Robert NunnallyPinebloom Plantation

Mr. and Mrs. C. Mark PirrungQuick Trigger, LLCR. K. Mellon Family FoundationSenah Plantation, LLCSouth West Georgia Quail ForeverT.R. Hall Land & Cattle Co.Mr. Remy TrafeletMr. Lewis C. Tyus Jr.Mr. and Mrs. Thomas V. H. VailMr.and Mrs. James W. Warren Jr.Mr. and Mrs. Leslie WexnerWilliam Howard Flowers Jr. Foundation, Inc.

Mid-Atlantic Quail ProgramMr. and Mrs. William F. D’AlonzoHenry F. Sears FoundationNew Jersey Audubon Society

Pamela H. Firman Red Hills Quail Management Research ProgramMr. Rick Zelznak and Ms. Georgia AckermanMr. John E. Akridge IIIMr. Kenneth L. Allman and Dr. Carol AllmanAmerican Wildlife EnterprisesMr. and Mrs. C. DuBose AusleyMr. Bernard C. Baldwin IIIMr. and Mrs. Robert W. BalfourMr. R. C. Balfour IIIMiss Wendy H. BicknellMr. and Mrs. Allan M. Bostick Jr.Mr. Willard W. Brown Jr.Mr. and Mrs. Joe E. BrownMr. and Mrs. W. Wheeler BryanMrs. Judith O. Burgert

Mr. Robert F. Burgin IIIMr. L. Hardwick CaldwellMr. R.R.M. Carpenter IIIMr. J. Palmer ClarksonMr. and Mrs. Richard A. CorbettMr. and Mrs. Joseph H. Davenport IIIMr. Oscar S. DavisMr. and Mrs. Walt DavisDr. and Mrs. J. Daniel DavisMrs. Endicott P. Davison

Duck Haven Gun ClubMr. Grant DuttonMr. Chester W. Fannon Jr.Mr. Monty C. FerrellFirman FundThe Fonvielle Foundation, Inc.Dr. T. Gray FountainMiss Patricia GaineyMr. Sam Gary IIMr. Terence M. Graunke

Graduate student Kyle Lundsford with FLIR (Forward Looking Infrared) camera.


Lane and Susan GreenMr. and Mrs. Ralph G. GreeneMr. George F. GrimsleyMr. Matthew HaneyMs. Linda HarpMr. and Mrs. Michael S. HartmanMr. J. Madden Hatcher Jr.Mr. Mason HawkinsDr. and Mrs. Rudolf HehnMr. Grover Hicks Jr.Mr. William J. HurstThe Pegasus Foundation, Mr. and Mrs. Melville H. Ireland Jr.Mr. Robert JenkinsMr. Steven D. JohnsonMr. and Mrs. Rhett JohnsonMr. and Mrs. Richard H. JohnsonMr. and Mrs. Chad JonesMr. Ralph Jowett Jr.The Kate Ireland FoundationDr. Kristin E. KentoppMr. Irv KenyonMr. and Mrs.Robert H.(Rip) KirbyMr. and Mrs. W. Gates KirkhamMr. William M. LeeMr. Fred Leggett Jr.Mr. Rick B. Leverich and Ms. Sheree LuceroMr. John A. LoomisMr. Mace M. McCainMr. Charles G. McDanielMr. and Mrs. Mark E. McEwenMr. L. R. McGowanMr. and Mrs. Robert R. McLendonMr. Andy McMullian IIIMr. Duncan McNeel & Mr. Steven McNeelDr. and Mrs. Douglas C. McPhersonMr. and Mrs. Emmett Mitchell III

Mr. Gordon MooneyMr. and Mrs. Charles Newlin Jr.Orton Foundation, LLCThe Orvis Company, Inc.Mr. Jenks C. ParkerThe Parker Poe Charitable TrustMr. and Mrs. Clifford M. PrestonMr. Thomas RadzioMr. and Mrs. Tom L. RankinMr. and Dr. Maitland R. Remington Jr.Mr. Chuck RibelinMr. David RivenbarkMr. James M. Robinson IVMrs. J. B. Roddenbery Jr.Samuel E. Upchurch Jr. Charitable FoundationDr. and Mrs. John SandersDr. Charles R. SandersMr. and Mrs. William P. Smith Jr.Dr. and Mrs. Robert Mason SniderMr. Christian R. SonneAustin and Jane Musselman FoundationSavannah Community Foundation, Inc., Dale Critz Sr.Mr. Theodore F. Thomas Jr.The Thomas M. Kirbo and Irene B. Kirbo Charitable TrustMr. Robert M. TrulockTwo Moons, LLCMr. and Mrs. George C. WatkinsMr. E. John WhelchelMr. and Mrs. Brent WidenerThe William Stamps Farish FundMr. and Mrs. Blair WilliamsMr. and Mrs. Jerry WilliamsonDr. and Mrs. Fremont P. WirthMr. John S. Wise

South Carolina Quail ProgramMr. Jeff BalckMr. Samuel T. BrattonDr. and Mrs. William Cain Jr.Mr. Gregory CallimanopulosCarolina QuailMr. R.R.M. Carpenter IIIMr. Ed CherryMr. and Mrs. James C. CrawfordMr. and Mrs. Stephen M. CreechMr. Gary W. DietrichFoundation of the Carolinas, Tom and Kathy Ewing FundMr. Edmund H. HardyDr. and Dr. Thomas C. HulseyJ.C. Kennedy Foundation, Inc.Mr. Charles G. LaneMr. Robert E. Livingston IIIMr. Mike MaggardMr. and Mrs. Phillip L. MartinMr. and Mrs. George MatoukMr. George S. MozingoMr. William H. PrestageMr. Philip C. RandMr. Terry L. SharpeMr. and Mrs. Lewis M. Stewart Jr.Strachan Donnelley Family TrustMr. and Mrs. Reggie ThackstonThe Darnell W. and Susan F. Boyd FoundationWake Stone CorporationMr. Billye L. West Sr.

Turkey Invitational SponsorsLocation Sponsor:Williams & Parker Families

Longleaf Sponsor:North Florida Animal Hospital

Red Hills Sponsors:JMJ Group, LLCJon Kohler & Associates

Gobbler Sponsor:South Georgia Outdoors

Jake Sponsors:Barnes Capital GroupBird Dog BottleLynch Since 1940

Participants:Ag-Pro, LLCAlexander and Vann, LLPMr. Stan BarnesMr. and Mrs. Robert CoxDr. Buck DavisMr. and Mrs. Edward A. Davis Jr.Mr. Greg GastonLane and Susan GreenMr. Greg HagarMr. and Mrs. Greg HamilMr. and Mrs. Walter Hatchett IIIThe Pegasus Foundation, Mr. and Mrs. Melville H. Ireland Jr.JMJ Group, LLCMr. Jerry PionessaDr. and Mrs. Ben Kirbo

Mr. and Mrs.Robert H.(Rip) KirbyMr. and Mrs. Bryan F. KnoxLynch since 1940Mr. Tim MilesMr. and Mrs. Richard G. MooneyDr. Jack M. PayneMr. John E. PhippsPinckney Hill FarmMr. and Mrs. Timothy B. PirrungMr. and Mrs. Tom L. RankinMr. Donny RichardsRiver Ridge Management Company, Inc.Red Hills Quail ForeverMr. and Mrs. Travis ShermanDr. and Mrs. George W. SimmonsMr. R. Beau TurnerDr. and Mrs. Philip C. WattMr. Tom C. Weller Jr.Mr. Christopher K. Wilson

Land ManagementAg Pro, LLCKW Landworks, LLSPlantation Supply, Inc.

Reestablishing longleaf pine at Tall Timbers. Photo by Eric Staller


RESEARCH PROGRAMSFire EcologyDr. Gail S. BakerMiss Wendy H. BicknellDr. and Mrs. John A. BlackmonMs. Jenny CrispMs. Susan M. FitzgeraldWilliam H. Funk D.M.D.Dr. Sharon M. HermannMr. and Mrs. John H. MullinMr. and Mrs. Robert NunnallyMs. Rosalie RodriguezDr. William L. TietjenMr. William R. WatsonMr. Robert D. Woodward

BirdquestMr. Rick Zelznak and Ms. Georgia AckermanMr. David ArnoldMr. and Mrs. Warren Bicknell IIIMr. and Mrs. Charles M. Chapin IIIMs. V. Gail CollinsMr. James A. CoxMr. Robert L. CrawfordMs. Emily H. DuvalMr. and Mrs. Ray GaineyMrs. Mary G. GeringerDr. Sharon M. HermannMr. Redmond S. IngallsMr. Anthony JonklaasMs. Nancy E. JordanMr. Marianne G. KorosyMr. and Mrs. David McElveenMrs. Diane Williams ParkerMr. John E. PhippsMr. and Mrs. Timothy B. Pirrung

Ms. Melissa ProctorMs. Rosalie RodriguezDr. and Mrs. George W. SimmonsMr. and Mrs. Ebe WalterWilliam Howard Flowers Jr. Foundation, Inc.Williams Family Trust

Stoddard Bird LabMr. Rick Zelznak and Ms. Georgia AckermanMrs. Kathy R. ArchibaldMr. and Mrs. Douglas BeachMr. and Mrs. Charles M. Chapin IIIMr. James A. CoxMs. Susan M. FitzgeraldMr. Alan GoldsMr. Mike GoodrichMr. Robert K. HendersonDr. Sharon M. HermannMr. and Mrs. Martin Kavka

Mr. Jody Walthall and Ms. Donna LegareDr. and Mrs. John R. LewisArthur V. Moore, D.V.M.Native Nurseries of Tallahassee, Inc.Orange Audubon SocietyMr. John E. PhippsRobert K. Johnson FoundationMr. Richard RubinoSun City Center Audubon SocietyDr. and Mrs. Dale A. WickstrumMr. and Mrs. Brent WidenerMrs. Teresa E. Williams

Wade Tract Research ProgramMrs. Wendy CurtisMs. Carmella GreenwoodMrs. Jeptha V. WadeWade Research Foundation, Inc., Choate, Hall & Stewart, LLP.

2015 SUPPORT ROSE RODRIGUEZ

Above, Fire Ecology Technician Michelle Smith lights a prescribed fire.

Brown-headed Nuthatch young in an artifical nest cavity

PhD candidate, Jessica Cusick working in the field


LAND CONSERVANCY General Program SupportMajor FundersClaire H.B. Jonklaas FoundationElisha-Bolton FoundationGeorgia Power Foundation, Inc.The Perkins Charitable FoundationTurner Foundation, Inc.William Howard Flowers Jr. Foundation, Inc.

SupportersMr. Rick Zelznak and Ms. Georgia AckermanMr. and Mrs. Craig A. BrunerMs. Jean CoyneMrs. Hoke S. Grant Jr.Mr. and Mrs. Don P. HicksDr. and Mrs. John R. Lewis Ms. Julie H. MooreMr. and Mrs. John E. PhippsMs. Sue E. SmithMr. and Mrs. Steve SwartzMr. and Mrs. Carson S. WalkerMr. Bryan Willis

Stewardship FundMerrily Plantation, Inc.Mr. and Mrs. Robert Nunnally

EasementsMr. and Mrs. James Dobbs III

Red Hills Planning Program Gulf Winds Track Club, Inc.Turner Foundation, Inc.Ms. Kathleen Vignos

William Howard Flowers Jr. Foundation, Inc.Williams Family Foundation of Georgia, Inc.

Red Hills Defense FundWilliam Howard Flowers Jr. Foundation, Inc.

Greater Red Hills Awareness InitiativeArchibald Foundation, Inc.The Parker Poe Charitable TrustMr. John E. and Nancy PhippsSweetgrass Foundation, Inc.

Red Hills Spring DinnerMajor Underwriters

Mr. and Mrs. Richard A. CorbettMesser, Caparello & Self, P.A.Mrs. Sallie P. SullivanMr. and Mrs. George C. WatkinsNational Audubon Society

Supporting Underwriters

Alexander and Vann, LLPMrs. Kathy R. ArchibaldMr. and Mrs. C. DuBose AusleyBaker & Hostetler, LLPMr. Theo B. Bean Jr.Capital City BankMr. and Mrs. Charles M. Chapin IIIThe Conservation FundMr. and Mrs. Christopher F. DavenportMr. Elliott Davenport, Jr.Mr. and Mrs. Joseph H. Davenport IVMr. and Mrs. Edward A. Davis Jr.Earl Bennett Forestry, Inc.

Florida Wildlife FederationHall & HallThe Frederic C. Hamilton Family FoundationMr. Mason HawkinsDr. and Mrs. Louis Hill Jr.Mr. and Mrs. G. Watts Humphrey Jr.Mr. Redmond S. IngallsJon Kohler & Associates, LLC.The Langdale CompanyMr. and Mrs. Bernard LaniganMcCollum, Rawlins, Cauley & Parrott, LLP.Mr. Mitch L. McElroyNative Nurseries

DIXIE PLANTATIONAmes PlantationMr. and Mrs. Mack A. Barfield Jr.Mr. Joseph S. BrannenMr. and Mrs. J. David BrownMr. and Mrs. Joe E. BrownMr. and Mrs. Pete R. CarpenterCommunity Foundation of South Georgia, Inc.Dr. and Mrs. Gene L. DavidsonDixie Trace Field Trial AssociationMr. Joseph S. FrasirMr. Greg GastonGoodrich FoundationMr. William GoodrichMr. John D. GottwaldMr. Michael B. GreeneMr. Tom HessDr. and Mrs. Louis Hill Jr.Mr. John D. JohnsMr. and Mrs. Chad JonesMr. Benny LaRussa Jr.Ms. Julie H. MooreMr. George Moreland IIIOlson Architects, Inc.Mr. Charles D. PerryMr. Sonny RobertsSamuel E. Upchurch Jr. Charitable FoundationMr. and Mrs. Michael D. SheaMr. John SineathMr. and Mrs. Thomas A. StargellTall Timbers Research, Inc.Mr. and Mrs. Reggie ThackstonMr. Tom C. Weller Jr.William Howard Flowers Jr. Foundation, Inc.Leonard and Carla Wood

Mrs. Diane Williams ParkerMr. and Mrs. Leigh H. Perkins, Sr.Mr. Thomas F. PetwayMr. and Mrs. John E. PhippsPlantation Security, Inc.Mr. and Mrs. Tom L. RankinDr. and Mrs. George W. SimmonsSouthern Forestry Consultants, Inc.Mr. and Mrs. Thomas V. H. VailMs. Kathleen VignosDr. and Mrs. Philip C. WattWhelchel & Carlton, LLPDr. and Mrs. T.K. WetherellThe Wright Group

Rosemary Ripley, the niece of Geraldine Livingston, former owner of Dixie Plantation, spoke to the attendees of the 2015 Red Hills Spring Dinner at Dixie about the decision to give the plantation to Tall Timbers. Photo by Rose Rodriguez


INFORMATION RESOURCESWebster Art GalleryCapital City Bank Group Foundation

MEMORIALS/HONORARIUMSMemorialsTheo B. Bean Foundation, Inc. in memory of Mr. Theo B. Bean Sr.Miss Louise M. Dunlap in memory of Ms. Margo BindhardtMr. and Mrs. Phil Ashler in memory of Dr. William R. Brueckheimer, DDSDr. Walter Colon in memory of Dr. William R. Brueckheimer, DDSDr. Marion S. Cooper in memory of Dr. William R. Brueckheimer, DDS

Florida State University International Programs Association, Inc. in memory of Dr. William R. Brueckheimer, DDSGood Times Sunday School Class of Thomasville Road Baptist Church in memory of Dr. William R. Brueckheimer, DDSNew South Homes, Inc. in memory of Dr. William R. Brueckheimer, DDSMs. Roseann L. Poole in memory of Dr. William R. Brueckheimer, DDSThe Office Staff of Dr. William R. Brueckheimer, DDS in memory of Dr. William R. Brueckheimer, DDSMs. Dana M. Preu in memory of Dr. William R. Brueckheimer, DDSMs. Margaret Smith in memory of Dr. William R. Brueckheimer, DDSMs. Jill K. Smith in memory of Dr. William R. Brueckheimer, DDS

Ms. Robin L. Smith in memory of Dr. William R. Brueckheimer, DDSMs. Wendi K. Smith in memory of Dr. William R. Brueckheimer, DDSMrs. Mary Jean Yon in memory of Dr. William R. Brueckheimer, DDSBetsy Barfield Photography in memory of Ms. Mary Alice CroleyMr. and Mrs. Robert Bernstein in memory of Ms. Marion DrakeMr. and Mrs. Rick DiSalvo in memory of Ms. Marion DrakeMr. Thomas Drake in memory of Ms. Marion DrakeThe Exempt Firemen’s Association in memory of Ms. Marion DrakeMr. Alan Golds in memory of Ms. Marion DrakeMs. Stefani Klaskow in memory of Ms. Marion Drake

2015 SUPPORT Ms. Constance M. Middleton in memory of Ms. Marion DrakeMr. James P. Nolan in memory of Ms. Marion DrakeMr. Ed Cherry in memory of Mr. Henry J. FaisonMr. Hank Johns in memory of Ms. Margurite HarbertMs. Connie Lechnar in memory of Ms. Delores McEntireMr. Myron Williams in memory of Mr. Morris SlingluffMr. and Mrs. Mack A. Barfield Jr. in memory of Ms. Sarah Webber

HonorariumsWBCCI National Caravan in honor of the Beadel HouseMr. Jeff Balck in honor of Mr. Hayne HippMr. and Mrs. George Matouk in honor of Mr. and Mrs. Hayne HippMr. Bernard C. Baldwin III in honor of Mr. and Mrs. John MullinMr. Bernard C. Baldwin III in honor of Mrs. Susan MullinDr. and Mrs. Louis Hill Jr. in honor of Ms. Kim SashMr. Scott Corwon in honor of Mr. Michael D. SheaMr. and Mrs. John H. Mullin III in honor of Mr. Clay SissonMr. and Mrs. C. Mark Pirrung and Mr. and Mrs. Thomas V.H. Vail in honor of Mr. Clay Sisson Dr. and Mrs. William Cain Jr. in honor of Mr. Theron TerhuneMrs. W. F. Ladson Jr. in honor of Mr. and Mrs. Ebe WalterMr. and Mrs. Joe E. Brown in honor of Mr. Buck WatkinsMr. Mark Friedman in honor of Ms. Juanita WhiddonMr. Daniel E. Howell in honor of Mr. William Womack

At right, archivist Juanita Whiddon with artists and visitors at the Webster Art Gallery 2015 winter exhibit opening.

Dr. William R. Brueckheimer, above, passed away in 2015. He lived a long, full life and had a distinguished career as an educator, researcher and writer. Dr. Brueckheimer was a Beadel Fellow from 1973-1984, and a member of the Red Hills Conservation Association, a predecessor of the Tall Timbers Land Conservancy. During his tenure as a Beadel Fellow, Dr. Brueckheimer completed a manuscript on the history of Tall Timbers Plantation and its owner Henry L. Beadel. It was an outcome of his research on the Red Hills quail plantations and their land-use practices. His chronicle of Henry Beadel and Tall Timbers began with the physical setting of the property as a hunting plantation and ended with the founding of Tall Timbers Research Station. His manuscript became the basis for The Legacy of a Red Hills Hunting Plantation: Tall Timbers Research Station & Land Conservancy by Robert L. Crawford and William R. Brueckheimer, which was published in 2012. For his contribution to the book, Dr. Brueckheimer was given co-authorship. We are grateful for the donations made in his memory to Tall Timbers.

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Endowment Fund ContributorsThe Community Foundation Serving Richmond and Central Virginia, John and Susan Mullin FundMr. and Mrs. Richard A. CorbettMr. and Mrs. Edward A. Davis Jr.Estate of Harry BlackGeorge S. Rich Family Foundation, Inc.Mr. Robert L. Ireland Jr.Mr. and Mrs. Harry T. Jones IIIThe Kate Ireland FoundationMerrily Plantation, Inc.The Pegasus Foundation, Mr. and Mrs. Melville H. Ireland Jr.Mr. and Mrs. Timothy B. PirrungMr. and Mrs. Samuel K. ScovilMr. and Mrs. Michael D. SheaWilliam Howard Flowers Jr. Foundation, Inc.

TALL TIMBERS FOUNDATIONThe Tall Timbers Foundation manages the Tall Timbers Endowment Funds, those long-term assests that help fund research, conservation and support programs at Tall Timbers.

Kate Ireland Memorial Dinner & Auction ContributorsAuctioneer:

Mr. Charlie Whitney

Kate Ireland Sponsors:

The Kate Ireland FoundationFour Oaks PlantationNorth Florida Animal Hospital

Bobwhite Quail Sponsor:

Parker Poe Charitable Trust

Longleaf Sponsors:

Jon Kohler & Associates

Red Hills Sponsors:

Childers Construction CompanyThe Wright GroupLanigan & Associates P.C.Allen, Mooney & BarnesBarnes Capital GroupHighland Associates, Inc.BakerHostetlerMr. and Mrs. Edward A. Davis Jr.Mrs. and Mrs. C. Martin Wood IIISally & Duby Ausley/ Kelley & Dan AusleyDr. and Mrs. Jerry Ford

Wiregrass Sponsors:

Gandy PrintersUniversity of Georgia, Warnell School of Forestry & Natural ResourcesThomasville National BankMMHP Investment Advisors

Kathy R. ArchibaldRedmond IngallsJulie Dillon RipleyBen & Joy WatkinsRebecca Chubb, Chubb Realty

Auction Item Donors:

A Different DrummerBradley’s Country StoreMr. Thomas BrooksChic Verte, Lisa PhippsMs. Rebecca C. ChubbMr. C.D. ClarkeMr. and Mrs. Richard A. CorbettMr. and Mrs. William F. D’AlonzoMr. and Mrs. Edward A. Davis Jr., Mr. and Mrs. Geoffrey Young, Mr. Johathan YoungMrs. Elmore DeMottGem Land CompanyThe Gift ShopMr. Benson T. GreenGTO Access SystemsMr. Greg Hagar

Mr. and Mrs. Frederic C. Hamilton Sr.Mr. Pierson HillDr. and Mrs. Louis Hill Jr.Mr. and Mrs.Paul Tudor Jones IIKevin’s of Thomasville, Inc.Ms. Sue KeyMr. and Mrs. Jonathan KohlerThe Langdale CompanyMr. and Mrs. David LanierMr. Rick Leverich and Ms. Sheree LuceroLiam’s RestaurantCol. And Mrs. Thomas Loughlin, USMC Ret.Mr. Thomas LoughlinLynch since 1940Mac’s Wingshooting AdventuresThe Sea Island ResortMr. Walter MatiaMs. Ann MeltonMy Favorite ThingsMystic Pines KennelsNative Nurseries of Tallahassee

At left, auctioner Charlie Whitney with President/CEO Bill Palmer urges the attendees at the Kate Ireland Memorial Dinner & Auction to bid for a good cause, research and conservation programs at Tall Timbers. Photo by Rose Rodriguez

North Florida Animal HospitalOld Rip Van Winkle Distillery, Julian Van Winkle IIIOnward ReserveThe Orvis Company, IncMr. and Mrs. David D. PerkinsPremier Health & Fitness CenterMr. Brian C. ProctorMr. and Mrs. W. Stanley ProctorMr. Charles W. Roberts IIIMs. Kim SashMrs. Kathleen R. ScottMr. and Mrs. Wallace E. Sholar Jr.Dr. and Mrs. George W. SimmonsStrum, Ruger & Co., Inc.Sturdy BrothersSweet Grass DairyThomasville YMCAMr. and Mrs. George C. WatkinsDr. and Mrs. Philip C. Watt

Tall Timbers Foundation Endowment Funds

» Game Bird Endowment » General Operating

Endowment » Wade Tract Endowment » Corbett Fire Endowment » Wildlife Research

Endowment » Dixie Plantation

Endowment » Land Conservation

Endowment » Bird Window Endowment


ADMINISTRATIONWilliam E. Palmer, PhD, President/CEO Melissa Proctor, Controller Lisa Baggett, Facilities/Operations CoordinatorJerome Golden, Facilities ManagerRosi Nichols, AccountantJoe Noble, GIS/Information Technology CoordinatorJennifer Roberts, Executive Administrative Assistant

DEVELOPMENT & INFORMATION RESOURCESDale Fuller, Development DirectorRose Rodriguez, Communications DirectorLourena Maxwell, Development & Marketing CoordinatorCarol Kimball, LibrarianJuanita Whiddon, P/T Archives, & Historical Resources

LAND CONSERVANCYKevin McGorty, DirectorNeil Fleckenstein, Planning CoordinatorLori Taylor, Administrative AssistantKim Sash, Conservation BiologistShane D. Wellendorf, Conservation CoordinatorBrian Wiebler, Red Hills Community Outreach/Education Coordinator

RESEARCH & LAND MANAGEMENTWilliam E. Palmer, PhD, Director of ResearchSarah K. Brown, Public Lands Monitoring CoordinatorAndrew Chase, Forest OperationsJim Cox, Stoddard Bird Lab DirectorCassie Griffin, Lead Wildlife TechnicianRandy Floyd, Manager, Dixie PlantationKaye Gainey, Research Department CoordinatorGloria Hagan, Facilities Coordinator, Dixie PlantationJ. Kevin Hiers, Wildland Fire ScientistBrenna Kelly, Administrative Assistant, Dixie PlantationKevin M. Robertson, PhD, Director, Fire Ecology ProgramMonica Rother, Fire EcologistGreg Seamon, Fire Training Specialist, National Interagency Prescribed Fire Training CenterClay Sisson, Director, Albany Quail ProjectEric Staller, Natural Resources Coordinator Theron Terhune, PhD, Robert C. Balfour, Jr., Game Bird Management Research Fellow, Director Game Bird Research ProgramReggie Thackston, Regional Game Bird Biologist

STAFF

Stoddard Bird Lab Technician, Mary Mack Gray, burning at the Wade Tract Preserve. Photo by Rose Rodriguez

Far left: Stoddard Bird Lab Director, Jim Cox, leads a group on a winter bird walk. Photo by Rose Rodriguez


STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITIONTALL TIMBERS RESEARCH, INC.

TOTAL ALL FUNDS TOTAL ALL FUNDS

ASSETS 12/31/2015 12/31/2014Current Assets

Cash & Cash Equivalents 2,118,459 $1,675,659

Accounts Receivable 170,588 133,601Grants/Projects Receivable 71,374 47,689Other Receivables 15,300 1,908Due from Tall Timbers Foundation, Inc. (Net) 6,539 119,032Prepaid Expenses 44,242 68,422

Total Current Assets $2,426,502 $2,046,311

Property & EquipmentAt Cost less Accumulated Depreciation 34,137,315 34,169,578

Other Assets 34,419 34,419TOTAL ALL ASSETS $36,598,236 $36,250,308

LIABILITIES & NET ASSETS

Current LiabilitiesAccounts Payable 106,207 102,225Accrued Liabilities 30,006 12,577Notes Payable 29,297 23,628Deferred Revenue 144,614 164,954

Total Liabilities $310,124 $303,384NET ASSETS

Unrestricted 34,171,270 34,041,645Temporarily Restricted 1,742,718 1,531,155Permanently Restricted 374,124 374,124

Total Net Assets $36,288,112 $35,946,924TOTAL LIABILITIES & NET ASSETS $36,598,236 $36,250,308

Allocation of Funds

Sources of Revenue

Program - Grants & Projects

$1,386,79730.2%

Program - General Operating$2,545,468

55.4%

Fundraising$99,050

2.2%Management & General

$307,9096.7%

DepreciationExpense$253,118

5.5%

TOTALS = $4,592,342

Beadel Trust $271,0775.5%

Contributions & Membership$2,084,464

42.3%

Grants & Projects $523,124

10.6%

Tall Timbers Foundation $1,184,806

24%

Other Revenues $870,05917.6%

TOTALS = $4,933,530

The mission of Tall Timbers Research Station & Land Conservancy is to foster exemplary land stewardship through research, conservation and education. Our primary research focus is the ecology of fire and natural resource management including bobwhite quail and other wildlife in the southeastern coastal plain. Our conservation efforts are dedicated to helping protect the distinctive Red Hills landscape of south Georgia and north Florida, and its traditional land uses. Our education program transfers research and conservation information for resource management.

Non-profit Org.U.S. POSTAGE

PAIDPermit No. 236Tallahassee, FL

13093 Henry Beadel DriveTallahassee, FL 32312

850/893-4153 PH | 850/893-6470 FAXwww.talltimbers.org

ADDRESS SERVICE REQUESTED

Gopher tortoise crew leader, Rebecca Zeroth, scoping a burrow with a tortoise inside. Photo by Kim Sash

Game Bird Program Director, Theron Terhune, shows banded quail to kids at an outreach event. Photo by Shane Wellendorf

Conservation Coordinator, Shane Wellendorf and intern Angelina Hines show birders banded quail about to be released. Photo by Georgia Ackerman

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