Sunday - September 22, 2024
Public Policy Tipoffs Involving Florida Newsletter for Thursday May 16, 2024 ( 5 items )  

Tall Timbers, Alachua Conservation Trust, Conservation Foundation for the Gulf Coast: Conservation Permanence Matters in Florida
TALLAHASSEE, Florida, May 15 -- Tall Timbers, an organization that says it is the home of the study of fire ecology and is an advocate to protect the right to use prescribed fire for land management, issued the following article: * * * This article was developed by three of Florida's accredited land trusts in response to two articles that called into question the permanence of conservation easements in the state. It was written by Tom Kay, the Executive Director of Alachua Conservation Trust,  more

Tall Timbers: Embracing Innovation With Autonomous Tractors in Quail Management
TALLAHASSEE, Florida, May 15 -- Tall Timbers, an advocate to protect the right to use prescribed fire for land management, issued the following article: By Amanda Schmidt and Geoff Beane The landscape of agricultural technology is quickly evolving, and autonomous tractors stand out as a beacon of innovation. These cutting-edge machines have undergone remarkable transformations, now capable of operating entirely autonomously using advanced camera systems, obstacle detection sensors, and Global  more

Tall Timbers: Land Management Recommendations "Braided" From Indigenous Knowledge and Western Science
TALLAHASSEE, Florida, May 15 (TNSres) -- Tall Timbers, an advocate to protect the right to use prescribed fire for land management, issued the following article: By Brian Wiebler Western scientists increasingly recognize that Indigenous land stewardship practices built and maintained more resilient and ecologically diverse forests than today. Braiding Indigenous and Western Knowledge for Climate-Adapted Forests: An Ecocultural State of Science Report, released in March 2024, included more th  more

Tall Timbers: Private Lands Team Mixes Fire Implementation With Education
TALLAHASSEE, Florida, May 15 -- Tall Timbers, an organization that says it is the home of the study of fire ecology and is an advocate to protect the right to use prescribed fire for land management, issued the following article: By Steve Wasp The Private Lands Prescribed Fire Initiative at Tall Timbers has grown rapidly over the past year, with the addition of many new staff members who are looking to make an impact not only in the Longleaf Legacy Landscape areas of Florida, Georgia, and Alab  more

Tall Timbers: Study - The Season of Fire Has an Effect on Bee-Flower Interactions
TALLAHASSEE, Florida, May 15 (TNSres) -- Tall Timbers, an organization that says it is the home of the study of fire ecology and is an advocate to protect the right to use prescribed fire for land management, issued the following article: By Kevin Robertson The Tall Timbers Fire Ecology Lab has been collaborating with entomologists Dr. Michael Ulyshen and Scott Horn of the U.S. Forest Service Southern Research Station to study the effects of season of fire on bee-flower interactions. With our  more