2015 Annual Report
PRESIDENT’S REPORT
By Bill Palmer, PhD, President & CEO
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 encroachment 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 investing 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 epicenter for fire. Our vision is to be the best at fire
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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 knowledge base which demonstrates, collectively, that
we are leading in the study and application of
prescribed fire and natural resource management.
Contents
Chairman’s Message ............................................................3
Research & Land Management ..........................................4
Conservation .......................................................................6
Support ...............................................................................8
Staff .....................................................................................18
Statement of Financial Position ........................................19
Mission ................................................................................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
CHAIRMAN’S MESSAGE
By Cornelia G. Corbett, Chairman
Think Big. That was my message to our staff and board as
we began our strategic planning process last fall and completed this spring. This was the time in the history of Tall
Timbers to launch new initiatives that built on our past successes 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 programs to help landowners and agencies protect the greater
Red Hills region and its linkages, and unravel the remaining
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
mysteries in quail
and wildlife management. 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 operating 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.
TALL TIMBERS RESEARCH, INC.
2015 BOARD OF TRUSTEES
Chairman
Mrs. Cornelia G. Corbett
Vice-Chairman and Treasurer
Mr. Tom L. Rankin
Secretary
Mrs. Daphne F. Wood
Trustees
Mr. Charles M. Chapin III
Mrs. Rosamond C. Davis
Mr. Kenneth D. Haddad
Mr. O. Mason Hawkins
Mr. Redmond Ingalls
Mr. Rhett Johnson
Mr. Robert H. (Rip) Kirby
Mr. John Wesley Langdale III
Dr. Karl Miller, PhD
Mr. David D. Perkins
Mr. Timothy B. Pirrung
Dr. George W. Simmons
Mr. Reggie E. Thackston
Mr. John Thompson
Mr. Ebe Walter
Mr. George Watkins
Mrs. Virginia Wetherell
New 2016 Trustees
Mr. Remy W. Trafelet
Mr. George W. Willson
TALL TIMBERS FOUNDATION, INC.
Chairman
Mr. C. Martin Wood, III
Trustees
Mr. Thomas A. Barron
Mr. O. Mason Hawkins
Mrs. Cornelia G. Corbett
Mr. Tom L. Rankin
Mr. George C. Watkins
Mr. J. Ben Watkins, III
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STRATEGIC PLAN
To Increase Frequent Fire, Stewardship and Land Conservation
Tall Timbers has established the field of fire ecology, 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.
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»» 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, highpotential 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 firemaintained 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, minimizing development impacts through community
and regional conservation planning, and improving natural resources through science-based management 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
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
Key Research
Burning 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 storage 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 brownheaded 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 demographics demonstrating that large scale fire can negatively impact bobwhite survival. Information to
help improve management on our public lands.
Peer recognition. The National Bobwhite Technical Committee Group Achievement Award was
presented to Tall Timbers Game Bird Program
and Georgia Wildlife Resources Division for
collaborative efforts in developing and successfully implementing a Northern Bobwhite Quail
Translocation Policy in focal areas of southwest
Georgia and northern Florida.
Conserving Wildlife
Expanding 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 managed properties, including 80 birds moved to the
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.
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 Woodpeckers populations on two Safe Harbor properties 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 grassland obligates, on the ground in the Carolinas to
provide technical assistance to landowners and
land managers in South Carolina and North Carolina, and infuse Tall Timbers methods into state
wildlife initiatives through partnership.
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LAND CONSERVANCY
»» 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 33,220acres 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.
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PIERSON HILL
YEAR IN REVIEW
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.
Dixie’s Legacy
When Gerald M. Livingston moved the Continental 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-Georgia border, Dixie served as the winter home of the
Livingston family of New York who were heirs to
railroad magnate and prominent investor Crawford Livingston II. Dixie quickly became a highly
regarded wild quail plantation and one of the
finest field trial venues in North America. Gerald’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 heating 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 Jefferson Memorial and National
Gallery of Art in Washington,
D. C.), the Dixie Mansion is
considered a masterpiece of
John Russell Pope
Neoclassical Revival architecture. Beyond the
ornate entrance gate, a beautiful oak allee leads to
the stunning main house, adorned with a twostory 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 ANNUAL REPORT • 7
2015 SUPPORT
TALL TIMBERS SOCIETY
Parker Poe Charitable Trust
Mr. Joseph S. Frasir
Tall Timbers Society members 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.
The Perkins Charitable Foundation
Mrs. Sallie P. Sullivan
George S. Rich Family Foundation,
Inc.
Williams Family Foundation of
Georgia, Inc.
Mr. John D. Gottwald
Georgia Power Foundation, Inc.
Mr. and Mrs. Frederic C. Hamilton Sr.
Ed Komarek Level
$25,000 - $49,999
Archibald Foundation, Inc.
Mr. and Mrs. William F. D’Alonzo
Firman Fund
BUD BOSTICK
Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Flinn Jr.
Mr. Raymond J. Harbert
Mr. Mason Hawkins
Mr. and Mrs.Paul Tudor Jones II
Mr. John E. Phipps
Mr. and Mrs. Michael D. Shea
Mr. and Mrs. Wallace E. Sholar Jr.
The Kate Ireland Foundation
Henry F. Sears Foundation
J. C. Kennedy Foundation, Inc.
Mr. John Johns
Mr. Anthony Jonklaas
Kolomoki Farm, LLC
Mac’s Wingshooting Adventures
Merrily Plantation, Inc.
New Jersey Audubon Society
Peter R. & Cynthia K. Kellogg
Foundation
Pinebloom Plantation
R. K. Mellon Family Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. Tom L. Rankin
Turner Foundation, Inc.
Samuel E. Upchurch Jr. Charitable
Foundation
Mr. Tom C. Weller Jr.
Senah Plantation, LLC
Mr. and Mrs. C. Martin Wood III
Dr. and Mrs. George W. Simmons
South West Georgia Quail Forever
Kate Ireland Level
$100,000 and above
Mr. and Mrs. Richard A. Corbett
Orton Foundation, LLC
William Howard Flowers Jr.
Foundation, Inc.
The William Stamps Farish Fund
Henry Beadel Level
$50,000 - $99,999
Mr. Rick B. Leverich and Ms. Sheree
Lucero
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Nunnally
Herbert Stoddard Level
$10,000 - $24,999
Ag-Pro, LLC
Anonymous
Mr. and Mrs. Rich Arroll
Miss Wendy H. Bicknell
Mr. Gregory Callimanopulos
Mr. and Mrs. Pete Carpenter
Community Foundation of South
Georgia, Williams Family Foundation
Conservation & Preservation Fund
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph H. Davenport III
Mr. and Mrs. Edward A. Davis Jr.
Mr. Frank D. Foley III
Foundation of the Carolinas, Tom and
Kathy Ewing Fund
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Teco Energy, Inc.
The Community Foundation Serving
Richmond and Central Virginia, John
and Susan Mullin Fund
The Thomas M. Kirbo and Irene B.
Kirbo Charitable Trust
Tides Foundation, Walter C. Sedgwick
Fund
Mr. Remy Trafelet
Mr. and Mrs. George C. Watkins
Mrs. Robert C. Webster Jr.
William H. Donner Foundation, Inc.
Community Foundation of South
Georgia, Williams Family Foundation
Conservation & Preservation Fund
Mr. 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
ANNUAL FUND
CONTRIBUTORS
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Nunnally
Mr. and Mrs. Guy De La Valdene
Mr. J. Vereen Smith
Mr. and Mrs. J. Philip Leabo Sr.
Mrs. Diane Williams Parker
Mr. Thomas R. Devlin
Mr. and Mrs. Taylor W. Smith
Mr. Robert C. Loudermilk Sr.
Mr. and Mrs. David D. Perkins
Ms. Louisa Duemling
Mr. and Mrs. William G. Smith Jr.
Love Family Foundation
Fire Society Member
$50,000 - $99,000
Mr. and Mrs. Tom L. Rankin
Mr. Howell L. Ferguson and Dr.
Sharon Maxwell
Mr. David Sprunt
Haile and Ben McCollum
Mr. James L. Ferman Jr.
Theo B. Bean Foundation, Inc.
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth G. McDermott
Mr. John W. Thompson
Mr. Mitch McElroy
Dr. and Mrs. Walter R. Tschinkel
Mr. Walter E. Melton Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. J. Ben Watkins III
Mr. John W. Mettler III
Mr. Leigh H. Perkins Jr.
Mrs. Sallie P. Sullivan
Longleaf Society Member $25,000 - $49,999
The William Stamps Farish Fund
Wiregrass Society Member $10,000 - $24,999
Miss Wendy H. Bicknell
Mr. Gregory Callimanopulos
Mr. and Mrs. Richard A. Corbett
Mr. Raymond J. Harbert
Mr. Mason Hawkins
Mr. Anthony Jonklaas
Parker Poe Charitable Trust
The Perkins Charitable Foundation
Peter R. & Cynthia K. Kellogg
Foundation
Carol and Witt Stephens
Patron Member
$2,500 - $4,999
Friends of Kickapoo Plantation
Anonymous
Mr. Sam Gary II
Mrs. Kathy R. Archibald
Mr. James C. Gatewood
William Howard Flowers Jr.
Foundation, Inc.,
Mr. and Mrs. C. Martin Wood III
Mr. and Mrs. C. DuBose Ausley
Mr. Samuel S. Gottwald
Mr. Mark Worthey
Mr. Edward L. Baker
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Haddad
Mr. John D. Baker II
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth R. Hart
Mr. and Mrs. Pete Carpenter
Dr. and Mrs. Louis Hill Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles M. Chapin III
Mr. and Mrs. G. Watts Humphrey Jr.
Mr. J. Palmer Clarkson
Mr. William J. Hurst
Mr. John D. Gottwald
The Pegasus Foundation,
Mr. and Mrs. Melville H. Ireland Jr.
Mr. Redmond S. Ingalls
Mr. John D. Johns
Mr. and Mrs .Robert H. (Rip) Kirby
Mr. and Mrs. Charlie May
Mr. Gordon Mooney
Mr. and Mrs. Michael D. Shea
Leonard and Carla Wood
Samuel E. Upchurch Jr. Charitable
Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas V. H. Vail
Mr. and Mrs. George C. Watkins
Sponsor Member
$1,000 - $2,499
Mrs. Robert C. Webster Jr.
The Ford Family Foundation,
Mr. David Ford
Mr. J. Mathieu Plumb
Mr. Hugh S. Plumb
The Proctor Dealerships
Sustaining Member
$500 - $999
Red Hills Spaniel Club, Inc.
Dr. and Mrs. J. Galt Allee
Mr. and Mrs. David Saint
Mr. John G. Alston
Mr. Eli R. Sharp
Mr. Lamar Q. Ball III
Dr. and Mrs. J. Orson Smith
Mr. C. Victor Beadles
Mr. William G. Smith III
Mr. and Mrs. Warren Bicknell III
Mr. and Mrs. Timothy P. Sullivan
Mr. and Mrs. William G. Bostick Jr.
Mr. Michael Durham Terry
Ms. Adrian Campbell
Mr. and Mrs. John C. Thomas IV
Mr. and Mrs. John B. Long II
Mr. R.R.M. Carpenter III
Mr. Lee Walters
Mr. and Mrs. James N.
McConnaughhay
Mr. and Mrs. Pete Carpenter
Dr. and Mrs. Philip C. Watt
Ms. Rebecca C. Chubb
Mr. and Mrs. Blair Williams
Dr. and Mrs. Douglas C. McPherson
Mr. Henry L. Crisp
Mr. Everall D. Perkins
Dr. John B. Davis Jr.
Mr. Leigh H. Perkins Jr.
Miss Louise M. Dunlap
Mr. Summerfield K. Johnston Jr.
Ms. Connie S. Kummer
Mr. Monty Lewis
Dr. and Mrs. John R. Lewis
Mr. Franklin Reinstine Jr.
Mr. Sonny Roberts
Supporting Member
$250-$499
Mr. Jerry Pionessa
Mr. and Mrs. C. David Fonvielle
Benefactor Member
$5,000 - $9,999
Cleveland Foundation, Mrs. Irene S.
Briedis
Mr. and Mrs. C. Mark Pirrung
Dr. and Mrs. Jerry Ford
Mr. and Mrs. Clifford M. Preston
Mr. Franklin L. Burke
Mrs. Hoke S. Grant Jr.
Mr. Simon B. Rich Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Russell P. Chubb
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Bush
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Hilsman
Dr. Charles R. Sanders
Mr. Kenneth L. Allman and Dr. Carol
Allman
Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Flinn Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Commander
III
Mr. John K. Humphress
The Katherine and Samuel Scovil
Charitable Fund
Mr. and Mrs. Harry T. Jones III
Mr. Bernard C. Baldwin III
Mr. Scott Corwon
Community Foundation of South
Georgia, Dr. and Mrs. Ellery Sedgwick
Mr. and Mrs. W. Powell Jones
Mr. R. C. Balfour III
Mr. and Mrs. W. Gates Kirkham
Balfour Land Company
Jon Kohler & Associates, LLC
Mr. Craig Barrow III
Mr. John E. Ladson III
Mr. and Mrs. Sid C. Bigham Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Lanigan
Mr. Edward S. Bonnie
Mr. Terence M. Graunke
The Kate Ireland Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. Samuel B. Kellett Sr.
Mr. Rick B. Leverich and Ms. Sheree
Lucero
Mr. and Mrs. William F. D’Alonzo
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph H. Davenport III
Mr. and Mrs. Edward A. Davis Jr.
Community Foundation of South
Georgia,
Mr. and Mrs. Ellery W. Sedgwick
Jeff Alexander, Ga. Forest Products,
Inc.
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Allen Jr.
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2015 SUPPORT
Mr. and Mrs. Allan M. Bostick Jr.
Mr. Andy McMullian III
Dr. and Mrs. Clifford S. Bristol
Mr. and Mrs. David J. Middleton
Mr. Craig Carnley
Mr. and Mrs. Doug Miller
Mr. Charlton H. Chatfield
Mr. and Mrs. Richard G. Mooney
Mr. Cader B. Cox III
Mr. Brad Mueller
Mr. Douglas M. Croley
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Newlin Jr.
Mr. Elliott Davenport Jr.
Willem Noltes Family
Mr. and Mrs. Jed Davis
Dr. Bill Palmer
Mrs. Endicott P. Davison
Mr. George Peagler Jr.
Mr. Robert H. Demere Jr.
Plantation Marketing Group, LLC
Mr. Robert S. Doochin
Mr. Sammy Prim
Duck Haven Gun Club
Ms. Melissa Proctor
Mr. and Mrs. J. Colin English Jr.
Red Hills Land Company
Mr. Neil Fleckenstein and Mrs. Terri
Williams
Mr. Francis P. Rentz
Mr. Daniel Fletcher
Mr. James M. Robinson IV
Mr. Todd Ford
Ms. JoAnn Frick
Ms. Dale E. Fuller
Randall and Marilyn Rhea
The Rose & Walter Montgomery
Foundation, Mr. and Mrs. Walter
Montgomery Jr.
Contributing Member
$125 - $249
Mr. and Mrs. Bill Anderson
Mr. and Mrs. Mark Baldino
Mr. Stan Barnes
Ms. Elizabeth Barron
Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Beach
Mr. C. Duncan Beard
Mr. Keith L. Berry
Joe and Mary Beverly Charitable Fund
Mr. and Mrs. Sid Bigham III
Mr. and Mrs. Hal Brannen
Mr. Joseph S. Brannen
Dr. Roland Bridges
Mr. Bobby B. Brown, Forest Resource
Services, Inc.
Mr. Willard W. Brown Jr.
Burge Plantation Club, Inc
Mr. and Mrs. David C. Scott
Mrs. Judith O. Burgert
Mr. John Sineath
Mr. Stan Cannon
Mr. and Mrs. William P. Smith Jr.
Dr. and Mrs. Michael Carney
Mr. Steve Storick
Mr. Andrew Chase
Mr. and Mrs. Reggie Thackston
Mr. Randall Chase Jr.
Citizens Community Bank, Hahira
Dr. Robert L. Harbin
Savannah Community Foundation,
Inc., The Critz Family Fund, Mr. Dale
Critz Sr.
Mr. J. Madden Hatcher Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. William L. Tietjen
Dr. Jack B. Hobson
Mr. and Mrs. Richard S. Vann
Mr. and Mrs. Sloan Howard
Mrs. Kathleen Vignos
Cherokee Plantation, Mr. Duncan
Hunt
Mr. Sam B. Waddill
The Pegasus Foundation, Mr. William
L. Ireland
Mr. Miles B. Watkins
Miss Patricia Gainey
Grady Electric Membership Corp.
Mr. Benson T. Green
Mr. and Mrs. Greg Hamil
Mr. Frederick Hancock
Mr. Harper Hanway
Mr. and Mrs. Gary Landrum
Mr. and Mrs. A. Lawton Langford
Mr. and Mrs. G. Mayo Livingston
Mrs. Peter Manigault
Dr. Robert McDavid
Mr. Kevin McGorty
Mr.and Mrs. James W. Warren Jr.
Mr. Roland Wetherbee
Dr. and Mrs. Dale A. Wickstrum
Mr. and Mrs. Brent Widener
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph H. Williams
Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Williamson
Mr. John S. Wise
10 • TALL TIMBERS RESEARCH STATION & LAND CONSERVANCY
Mr. and Mrs. Oscar T. Cook Jr.
Ms. Ellen Corrie
Mr. and Mrs. James C. Crawford
Ms. Jenny Crisp
Mr. James A. Daly
Dr. and Mrs. Gene L. Davidson
Mr. and Mrs. Don Davis
Mr. and Mrs. Walker W. Davis
Dr. and Mrs. J. Daniel Davis
Mr. Daniel P. Davison Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Endicott P. Davison Jr.
Mortiz and Penelope Dehler
Mr. Gary W. Dietrich
Mr. Thomas H. Dollar
Mr. Michael Douglas
Mr. and Mrs. Chad Jones
Mr. Scott Shealy
Mr. and Mrs. Marc Doyle
Mr.and Mrs. Lou Kellenberger
Dr. and Mrs. Terry W. Sherraden
Mr. Edward Epp
Mr. G.J. Kimbrel
Mr. George Skipper
Mr. Chester W. Fannon Jr.
Mr. William M. Lee
Mr. Drane Smith
Mr. Grayal E. Farr
Mr. Fred Leggett Jr.
Dr. and Mrs. Robert Mason Snider
Mr. and Mrs. Pat Farrell
Mr. and Mrs. Logan M. Lewis
Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. Sniffen
Mr. Monty C. Ferrell
Dr. J. Leonard Lichtenfeld and Dr.
Sandra B. Reed
South Jersey Quail Project
Mr. Robert E. Livingston III
Mr. and Mrs. Reggie Thackston
Ms. Susan M. Fitzgerald
Mr. Franklin W. Foster
Mrs. Beverly Frick
Mr. Mark Friedman
Mr. Richard Gilchrist
Ms. Susan P. Glenn
Mr. and Mrs. Lane Green
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph G. Greene
Mr. George F. Grimsley
Mr. Stefan Grow
Mr. Greg Hagar
Dr. and Mrs. Lynn Hagood
Mr. David H. Hardin
Col. Ross Harrison
Mr. and Mrs. Michael S. Hartman
Mr. Jay C. Harvard
Mr. Peter A. Hays
Mr. Robert K. Henderson
Mr. and Mrs. Don P. Hicks
Mr. Grover Hicks Jr.
Hiott Forestry Consultants, Inc.
Reverend David G. Hortin
Mr. Daniel E. Howell
Dr. and Dr. Thomas C. Hulsey
Mr. and Mrs. Bernie Hyde
Ms. Rebekah W. Ingalls
The Pegasus Foundation, Mr. Peter
Ireland
At right, 2015 Continental Derby Field Trial particpants,
pointer and his handler, at Dixie Plantation. The
Continental Field Trial has been run at Dixie Dixie
since Plantation
1937.
Photo by Rose Rodriguez
Mr. Clifford W. Johnson
Mr. Charles P. Lykes Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Phillip L. Martin
Mr. Charles G. McDaniel
Mr. and Mrs. Mark E. McEwen
Mr. and Mrs. Ted McGraw
Mr. Duncan McNeel & Mr. Steven
McNeel
Sarah and Margaret McPherson
Mr. and Mrs. Raymong Mendez
Mr. and Mrs. David J. Middleton
Mr. and Mrs. Emmett Mitchell III
Mr. and Mrs. Nigel E. Morris
Mr. and Mrs. Perry Mustian
Mr. Erle Norton
Olson Architects, Inc.
Mr. and Mrs. Joel Padgett
Mr. and Mrs. Albert M. Park
Mr. William L. Parker
Mr. Vann Parrott
Mr. Jack R. Pierce
Mr. and Mrs. Timothy B. Pirrung
Mr. Phillip Pomeroy
Mr. and Mrs. William Ponder
Red Oaks Plantation, LLC
Mr. Greg Spooner
Mr. Theodore F. Thomas Jr.
Mr. Reese J. Thompson
Mr. Robert M. Trulock
Dr. Ben M. Turner
Mr. Lewis C. Tyus Jr.
Ms. Virginia A. Vail
Rep. Michelle Rehwinkel Vasilinda
Mr. and Mrs. Ebe Walter
Mr. Jody Walthall and Ms. Donna
Legare
Mr. Robert N. Walthall
Mr. William R. Watson
Mr. Richard D. Webb
Mr. Shane Wellendorf
Mr. Frank Wetherbee
Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Wilcox
Dr. and Mrs. John L. Williams
Mr. Myron Williams
Mr. Mike Willis
Mr. Gerald R. Wolsfelt
Mr. Robert D. Woodward
Woodward Family Farm
Mr. and Mrs. Geoffrey P. Young
Mr. James W. Reid Jr.
Mr. David Rivenbark
Mrs. J. B. Roddenbery Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Rhett Johnson
Dr. and Mrs. John Sanders
Mr. Chris Johnston, International
Forest Co.
Mr. James L. Schortemeyer
Mr. John Sapp
2015 ANNUAL REPORT • 11
2015 SUPPORT
GRANTS
Georgia Power
-Land Conservancy
GAME BIRD PROGRAMS
Mr. and Mrs. C. Mark Pirrung
Mr. Robert F. Burgin III
Duck Haven Gun Club
Quick Trigger, LLC
Mr. L. Hardwick Caldwell
Mr. Grant Dutton
Albany Quail Program
R. K. Mellon Family Foundation
Mr. R.R.M. Carpenter III
Mr. Chester W. Fannon Jr.
Senah Plantation, LLC
Mr. J. Palmer Clarkson
Mr. Monty C. Ferrell
South West Georgia Quail Forever
Mr. and Mrs. Richard A. Corbett
Firman Fund
T.R. Hall Land & Cattle Co.
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph H. Davenport III
The Fonvielle Foundation, Inc.
Mr. Remy Trafelet
Mr. Oscar S. Davis
Dr. T. Gray Fountain
Mr. Lewis C. Tyus Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Walt Davis
Miss Patricia Gainey
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas V. H. Vail
Dr. and Mrs. J. Daniel Davis
Mr. Sam Gary II
Mr.and Mrs. James W. Warren Jr.
Mrs. Endicott P. Davison
Mr. Terence M. Graunke
Capital City Bank
-Webster Art Gallery
Anonymous
Georgia Department of Natural
Resources
-Gopher Tortoise Monitoring/survey
CEC Georgia Properties, LLC
-Red Cockaded Woodpeckers at Silver
Lake
Ellen & Richard Cuda Family
Foundation Fund of the Cape Cod
Foundation
State of Florida
-Upland Ecosystem Restoration
Program
Mr. R. William Becker
Chokee Plantation
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph H. Davenport III
Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Flinn Jr.
Mr. Frank D. Foley III
-Gopher Tortoise Monitoring/Survey
Ford Farms - Todd Ford
-Northern Bobwhite Research at
Babcock Webb Wildlife Management
Area
Franklin Family Farm
George P. Swift, Jr. Family Foundation
-Cooperative Wild Turkey Research
Georgia Forest Products, Inc., Mr. Jeff
Alexander
State of Louisiana
-Bobwhite Recovery Plan
Mr. Mike Goodrich
Sweetgrass Foundation
-Red Hills Awareness Initiative
Program
Mr. Nathan V. Hendricks III
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
Mr. Raymond J. Harbert
Mr. M. Douglas Ivester
Ivey’s Ourdoor & Farm Supply, Inc.
James C. and Norma T. Edenfield
Foundation
Mr. Hank Johns
The Johnston Family Foundation
Jones Family Fund
Mr. and Mrs. Keith Kelly
J.C. Kennedy Foundation, Inc.
USFS (Forest Service)
-Collaborative Forest Landscape
Restoration Project
Kolomoki Farm, LLC
Westervelt Ecological Services
-St. Mark’s Mitigation
Arthur V. Moore, D.V.M.
Wildlife Foundation of Florida, Inc.
-White Oak/Grasshopper Sparrow
Nilo Plantation
Southern Fire Exchange
-Putting Fire Science on the Ground
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Nunnally
Mr. Milton E. McGregor
Mr. and Mrs. David J. Middleton
Mr. and Mrs. Nigel E. Morris
Mr. Ted Turner
Pinebloom Plantation
12 • TALL TIMBERS RESEARCH STATION & LAND CONSERVANCY
Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Wexner
William Howard Flowers Jr.
Foundation, Inc.
Mid-Atlantic Quail Program
Mr. and Mrs. William F. D’Alonzo
Henry F. Sears Foundation
New Jersey Audubon Society
Pamela H. Firman Red Hills
Quail Management Research
Program
Mr. Rick Zelznak and Ms. Georgia
Ackerman
Mr. John E. Akridge III
Mr. Kenneth L. Allman and Dr. Carol
Allman
American Wildlife Enterprises
Mr. and Mrs. C. DuBose Ausley
Mr. Bernard C. Baldwin III
Mr. and Mrs. Robert W. Balfour
Mr. R. C. Balfour III
Miss Wendy H. Bicknell
Mr. and Mrs. Allan M. Bostick Jr.
Mr. Willard W. Brown Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Joe E. Brown
Mr. and Mrs. W. Wheeler Bryan
Mrs. Judith O. Burgert
Graduate student Kyle Lundsford with FLIR (Forward Looking Infrared) camera.
Lane and Susan Green
Mr. Gordon Mooney
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph G. Greene
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Newlin Jr.
Mr. George F. Grimsley
Orton Foundation, LLC
Mr. Matthew Haney
The Orvis Company, Inc.
Ms. Linda Harp
Mr. Jenks C. Parker
Mr. and Mrs. Michael S. Hartman
The Parker Poe Charitable Trust
Mr. J. Madden Hatcher Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Clifford M. Preston
Mr. Mason Hawkins
Mr. Thomas Radzio
Dr. and Mrs. Rudolf Hehn
Mr. and Mrs. Tom L. Rankin
Mr. Grover Hicks Jr.
Mr. William J. Hurst
Mr. and Dr. Maitland R. Remington
Jr.
The Pegasus Foundation, Mr. and Mrs.
Melville H. Ireland Jr.
Mr. Chuck Ribelin
Mr. David Rivenbark
Mr. Robert Jenkins
Mr. James M. Robinson IV
Mr. Steven D. Johnson
Mrs. J. B. Roddenbery Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Rhett Johnson
Samuel E. Upchurch Jr. Charitable
Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. Richard H. Johnson
Mr. and Mrs. Chad Jones
Mr. Ralph Jowett Jr.
The Kate Ireland Foundation
Dr. Kristin E. Kentopp
Dr. and Mrs. John Sanders
Dr. Charles R. Sanders
Mr. and Mrs. William P. Smith Jr.
Dr. and Mrs. Robert Mason Snider
South Carolina Quail Program
Mr. Jeff Balck
Mr. Samuel T. Bratton
Dr. and Mrs. William Cain Jr.
Mr. Gregory Callimanopulos
Carolina Quail
Mr. R.R.M. Carpenter III
Mr. Ed Cherry
Mr. and Mrs. James C. Crawford
Mr. and Mrs. Stephen M. Creech
Mr. Gary W. Dietrich
Foundation of the Carolinas, Tom and
Kathy Ewing Fund
Mr. Edmund H. Hardy
Reestablishing longleaf pine at Tall Timbers. Photo by Eric Staller
Red Hills Sponsors:
JMJ Group, LLC
Mr. and Mrs.Robert H.(Rip) Kirby
Dr. and Dr. Thomas C. Hulsey
J.C. Kennedy Foundation, Inc.
Jon Kohler & Associates
Lynch since 1940
Mr. Charles G. Lane
Gobbler Sponsor:
South Georgia Outdoors
Mr. Tim Miles
Jake Sponsors:
Barnes Capital Group
Bird Dog Bottle
Lynch Since 1940
Dr. Jack M. Payne
Mr. and Mrs. Tom L. Rankin
Mr. Robert E. Livingston III
Mr. Mike Maggard
Mr. and Mrs. Phillip L. Martin
Mr. and Mrs. Bryan F. Knox
Mr. and Mrs. Richard G. Mooney
Mr. John E. Phipps
Mr. Christian R. Sonne
Mr. and Mrs. George Matouk
Austin and Jane Musselman
Foundation
Mr. George S. Mozingo
Mr. William H. Prestage
Mr. William M. Lee
Savannah Community Foundation,
Inc., Dale Critz Sr.
Mr. Philip C. Rand
Participants:
Ag-Pro, LLC
Mr. Fred Leggett Jr.
Alexander and Vann, LLP
Mr. Theodore F. Thomas Jr.
Mr. Terry L. Sharpe
Mr. Rick B. Leverich and Ms. Sheree
Lucero
Mr. Stan Barnes
River Ridge Management Company,
Inc.
The Thomas M. Kirbo and Irene B.
Kirbo Charitable Trust
Mr. and Mrs. Lewis M. Stewart Jr.
Strachan Donnelley Family Trust
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Cox
Red Hills Quail Forever
Mr. John A. Loomis
Mr. Robert M. Trulock
Mr. and Mrs. Reggie Thackston
Dr. Buck Davis
Mr. and Mrs. Travis Sherman
Mr. Mace M. McCain
Two Moons, LLC
Dr. and Mrs. George W. Simmons
Mr. Charles G. McDaniel
Mr. and Mrs. George C. Watkins
The Darnell W. and Susan F. Boyd
Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. Edward A. Davis Jr.
Mr. Greg Gaston
Mr. R. Beau Turner
Mr. and Mrs. Mark E. McEwen
Mr. E. John Whelchel
Wake Stone Corporation
Lane and Susan Green
Dr. and Mrs. Philip C. Watt
Mr. L. R. McGowan
Mr. and Mrs. Brent Widener
Mr. Billye L. West Sr.
Mr. Greg Hagar
Mr. Tom C. Weller Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert R. McLendon
The William Stamps Farish Fund
Mr. and Mrs. Greg Hamil
Mr. Christopher K. Wilson
Mr. Andy McMullian III
Mr. and Mrs. Blair Williams
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Hatchett III
Mr. Duncan McNeel & Mr. Steven
McNeel
Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Williamson
Land Management
Mr. Irv Kenyon
Mr. and Mrs.Robert H.(Rip) Kirby
Mr. and Mrs. W. Gates Kirkham
Dr. and Mrs. Douglas C. McPherson
Mr. and Mrs. Emmett Mitchell III
Dr. and Mrs. Fremont P. Wirth
Mr. John S. Wise
Turkey Invitational Sponsors
Location Sponsor:
Williams & Parker Families
Longleaf Sponsor:
North Florida Animal Hospital
The Pegasus Foundation, Mr. and Mrs.
Melville H. Ireland Jr.
JMJ Group, LLC
Mr. Jerry Pionessa
Dr. and Mrs. Ben Kirbo
Pinckney Hill Farm
Mr. and Mrs. Timothy B. Pirrung
Mr. Donny Richards
Ag Pro, LLC
KW Landworks, LLS
Plantation Supply, Inc.
2015 ANNUAL REPORT • 13
2015 SUPPORT
RESEARCH PROGRAMS
Ms. Melissa Proctor
Fire Ecology
Dr. and Mrs. George W. Simmons
Dr. Gail S. Baker
Miss Wendy H. Bicknell
Dr. and Mrs. John A. Blackmon
Ms. Jenny Crisp
Ms. Susan M. Fitzgerald
William H. Funk D.M.D.
Dr. Sharon M. Hermann
Mr. and Mrs. John H. Mullin
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Nunnally
Ms. Rosalie Rodriguez
Mr. William R. Watson
Mr. Robert D. Woodward
Birdquest
Mr. Rick Zelznak and Ms. Georgia
Ackerman
Mr. David Arnold
Mr. Jody Walthall and Ms. Donna
Legare
Dr. and Mrs. John R. Lewis
Mr. and Mrs. Ebe Walter
Arthur V. Moore, D.V.M.
William Howard Flowers Jr.
Foundation, Inc.
Native Nurseries of Tallahassee, Inc.
Orange Audubon Society
Williams Family Trust
Mr. John E. Phipps
Robert K. Johnson Foundation
Stoddard Bird Lab
Mr. Richard Rubino
Mr. Rick Zelznak and Ms. Georgia
Ackerman
Dr. and Mrs. Dale A. Wickstrum
Mrs. Kathy R. Archibald
Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Beach
Sun City Center Audubon Society
Mr. and Mrs. Brent Widener
Mrs. Teresa E. Williams
Mr. and Mrs. Charles M. Chapin III
Mr. James A. Cox
Ms. Susan M. Fitzgerald
Mr. Alan Golds
Mr. Mike Goodrich
Mr. Robert K. Henderson
Dr. Sharon M. Hermann
Wade Tract Research Program
Mrs. Wendy Curtis
Ms. Carmella Greenwood
Brown-headed Nuthatch young in an artifical nest cavity
Mrs. Jeptha V. Wade
Wade Research Foundation, Inc.,
Choate, Hall & Stewart, LLP.
Mr. and Mrs. Martin Kavka
Mr. and Mrs. Warren Bicknell III
Mr. and Mrs. Charles M. Chapin III
Ms. V. Gail Collins
Mr. James A. Cox
Mr. Robert L. Crawford
Ms. Emily H. Duval
Mr. and Mrs. Ray Gainey
Mrs. Mary G. Geringer
Dr. Sharon M. Hermann
Mr. Redmond S. Ingalls
Mr. Anthony Jonklaas
Ms. Nancy E. Jordan
Mr. Marianne G. Korosy
Mr. and Mrs. David McElveen
Mrs. Diane Williams Parker
Mr. John E. Phipps
Mr. and Mrs. Timothy B. Pirrung
Above, Fire Ecology Technician Michelle Smith lights a prescribed fire.
14 • TALL TIMBERS RESEARCH STATION & LAND CONSERVANCY
PhD candidate, Jessica Cusick
working in the field
ROSE RODRIGUEZ
Dr. William L. Tietjen
Ms. Rosalie Rodriguez
LAND CONSERVANCY
General Program Support
Major Funders
Claire H.B. Jonklaas Foundation
Elisha-Bolton Foundation
Georgia Power Foundation, Inc.
The Perkins Charitable Foundation
Turner Foundation, Inc.
William Howard Flowers Jr.
Foundation, Inc.
William Howard Flowers Jr.
Foundation, Inc.
DIXIE PLANTATION
Williams Family Foundation of
Georgia, Inc.
Ames Plantation
Mr. and Mrs. Mack A. Barfield Jr.
Mr. Joseph S. Brannen
Red Hills Defense Fund
Mr. and Mrs. J. David Brown
William Howard Flowers Jr.
Foundation, Inc.
Mr. and Mrs. Joe E. Brown
Mr. and Mrs. Pete R. Carpenter
Community Foundation of South
Georgia, Inc.
Greater Red Hills Awareness
Initiative
Dr. and Mrs. Gene L. Davidson
Archibald Foundation, Inc.
Dixie Trace Field Trial Association
The Parker Poe Charitable Trust
Mr. Joseph S. Frasir
Mr. John E. and Nancy Phipps
Mr. Greg Gaston
Mr. Rick Zelznak and Ms. Georgia
Ackerman
Sweetgrass Foundation, Inc.
Goodrich Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. Craig A. Bruner
Red Hills Spring Dinner
Mr. John D. Gottwald
Ms. Jean Coyne
Mrs. Hoke S. Grant Jr.
Major Underwriters
Mr. and Mrs. Richard A. Corbett
Mr. Tom Hess
Mr. and Mrs. Don P. Hicks
Dr. and Mrs. John R. Lewis
Messer, Caparello & Self, P.A.
Ms. Julie H. Moore
Mrs. Sallie P. Sullivan
Mr. and Mrs. John E. Phipps
Mr. and Mrs. George C. Watkins
Ms. Sue E. Smith
National Audubon Society
Supporters
Mr. William Goodrich
Mr. and Mrs. Steve Swartz
Mr. and Mrs. Carson S. Walker
Supporting Underwriters
Mr. Bryan Willis
Alexander and Vann, LLP
Merrily Plantation, Inc.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Nunnally
Easements
Mr. and Mrs. James Dobbs III
Red Hills Planning Program
Gulf Winds Track Club, Inc.
Turner Foundation, Inc.
Ms. Kathleen Vignos
Dr. and Mrs. Louis Hill Jr.
Mr. John D. Johns
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
Mr. and Mrs. Chad Jones
Mr. Benny LaRussa Jr.
Ms. Julie H. Moore
Mr. George Moreland III
Florida Wildlife Federation
Mrs. Diane Williams Parker
Olson Architects, Inc.
Hall & Hall
Mr. and Mrs. Leigh H. Perkins, Sr.
Mr. Charles D. Perry
Mr. and Mrs. C. DuBose Ausley
The Frederic C. Hamilton Family
Foundation
Mr. Thomas F. Petway
Mr. Sonny Roberts
Baker & Hostetler, LLP
Mr. Mason Hawkins
Mr. and Mrs. John E. Phipps
Mr. Theo B. Bean Jr.
Dr. and Mrs. Louis Hill Jr.
Plantation Security, Inc.
Samuel E. Upchurch Jr. Charitable
Foundation
Capital City Bank
Mr. and Mrs. G. Watts Humphrey Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles M. Chapin III
Mr. Redmond S. Ingalls
The Conservation Fund
Jon Kohler & Associates, LLC.
Mr. and Mrs. Christopher F.
Davenport
The Langdale Company
Mrs. Kathy R. Archibald
Stewardship Fund
Mr. Michael B. Greene
Mr. Elliott Davenport, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Lanigan
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph H. Davenport IV
McCollum, Rawlins, Cauley &
Parrott, LLP.
Mr. and Mrs. Edward A. Davis Jr.
Mr. Mitch L. McElroy
Earl Bennett Forestry, Inc.
Native Nurseries
Mr. and Mrs. Tom L. Rankin
Dr. and Mrs. George W. Simmons
Southern Forestry Consultants, Inc.
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas V. H. Vail
Ms. Kathleen Vignos
Dr. and Mrs. Philip C. Watt
Whelchel & Carlton, LLP
Dr. and Mrs. T.K. Wetherell
The Wright Group
Mr. and Mrs. Michael D. Shea
Mr. John Sineath
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas A. Stargell
Tall Timbers Research, Inc.
Mr. and Mrs. Reggie Thackston
Mr. Tom C. Weller Jr.
William Howard Flowers Jr.
Foundation, Inc.
Leonard and Carla Wood
2015 ANNUAL REPORT • 15
2015 SUPPORT
INFORMATION RESOURCES
Webster Art Gallery
Capital City Bank Group Foundation
MEMORIALS/
HONORARIUMS
Memorials
Theo B. Bean Foundation, Inc. in
memory of Mr. Theo B. Bean Sr.
Miss Louise M. Dunlap in memory of
Ms. Margo Bindhardt
Mr. and Mrs. Phil Ashler in memory
of Dr. William R. Brueckheimer, DDS
Dr. Walter Colon in memory of Dr.
William R. Brueckheimer, DDS
Dr. 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, DDS
Good Times Sunday School Class of
Thomasville Road Baptist Church
in memory of Dr. William R.
Brueckheimer, DDS
New South Homes, Inc. in memory of
Dr. William R. Brueckheimer, DDS
Ms. Roseann L. Poole in memory of
Dr. William R. Brueckheimer, DDS
The Office Staff of Dr. William R.
Brueckheimer, DDS in memory of Dr.
William R. Brueckheimer, DDS
Ms. Dana M. Preu in memory of Dr.
William R. Brueckheimer, DDS
Ms. Margaret Smith in memory of Dr.
William R. Brueckheimer, DDS
Ms. Jill K. Smith in memory of Dr.
William R. Brueckheimer, DDS
Ms. Robin L. Smith in memory of Dr.
William R. Brueckheimer, DDS
Ms. Constance M. Middleton in
memory of Ms. Marion Drake
Ms. Wendi K. Smith in memory of Dr.
William R. Brueckheimer, DDS
Mr. James P. Nolan in memory of Ms.
Marion Drake
Mrs. Mary Jean Yon in memory of Dr.
William R. Brueckheimer, DDS
Mr. Ed Cherry in memory of Mr.
Henry J. Faison
Betsy Barfield Photography in memory
of Ms. Mary Alice Croley
Mr. Hank Johns in memory of Ms.
Margurite Harbert
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Bernstein in
memory of Ms. Marion Drake
Ms. Connie Lechnar in memory of
Ms. Delores McEntire
Mr. and Mrs. Rick DiSalvo in memory
of Ms. Marion Drake
Mr. Myron Williams in memory of
Mr. Morris Slingluff
Mr. Thomas Drake in memory of Ms.
Marion Drake
Mr. and Mrs. Mack A. Barfield Jr. in
memory of Ms. Sarah Webber
The Exempt Firemen’s Association in
memory of Ms. Marion Drake
Honorariums
Mr. Alan Golds in memory of Ms.
Marion Drake
Ms. Stefani Klaskow in memory of
Ms. Marion Drake
WBCCI National Caravan in honor of
the Beadel House
Mr. Jeff Balck in honor of Mr. Hayne
Hipp
ROSE RODRIGUEZ
Mr. and Mrs. George Matouk in honor
of Mr. and Mrs. Hayne Hipp
Mr. Bernard C. Baldwin III in honor
of Mr. and Mrs. John Mullin
Mr. Bernard C. Baldwin III in honor
of Mrs. Susan Mullin
Dr. and Mrs. Louis Hill Jr. in honor of
Ms. Kim Sash
Mr. Scott Corwon in honor of Mr.
Michael D. Shea
Mr. and Mrs. John H. Mullin III in
honor of Mr. Clay Sisson
Mr. 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 Terhune
Mrs. W. F. Ladson Jr. in honor of Mr.
and Mrs. Ebe Walter
Mr. and Mrs. Joe E. Brown in honor of
Mr. Buck Watkins
Mr. Mark Friedman in honor of Ms.
Juanita Whiddon
At right, archivist Juanita Whiddon with artists and visitors at the Webster Art Gallery 2015 winter exhibit opening.
16 • TALL TIMBERS RESEARCH STATION & LAND CONSERVANCY
Mr. Daniel E. Howell in honor of Mr.
William Womack
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.
TALL TIMBERS FOUNDATION
The Tall Timbers Foundation manages the Tall Timbers
Endowment Funds, those long-term assests that help fund
research, conservation and support programs at Tall Timbers.
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
Endowment Fund Contributors
The Community Foundation Serving
Richmond and Central Virginia, John
and Susan Mullin Fund
Kate Ireland Memorial Dinner
& Auction Contributors
Auctioneer:
Mr. Charlie Whitney
Kate Ireland Sponsors:
The Kate Ireland Foundation
Four Oaks Plantation
North Florida Animal Hospital
Bobwhite Quail Sponsor:
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
Parker Poe Charitable Trust
Kathy R. Archibald
Mr. and Mrs. Frederic C. Hamilton Sr.
North Florida Animal Hospital
Longleaf Sponsors:
Redmond Ingalls
Mr. Pierson Hill
Jon Kohler & Associates
Julie Dillon Ripley
Dr. and Mrs. Louis Hill Jr.
Old Rip Van Winkle Distillery, Julian
Van Winkle III
Ben & Joy Watkins
Mr. and Mrs.Paul Tudor Jones II
Red Hills Sponsors:
Rebecca Chubb, Chubb Realty
Kevin’s of Thomasville, Inc.
Childers Construction Company
The Wright Group
Lanigan & Associates P.C.
Allen, Mooney & Barnes
Mr. and Mrs. Richard A. Corbett
Barnes Capital Group
Mr. and Mrs. Edward A. Davis Jr.
Highland Associates, Inc.
Estate of Harry Black
BakerHostetler
George S. Rich Family Foundation, Inc.
Mr. and Mrs. Edward A. Davis Jr.
Mr. Robert L. Ireland Jr.
Mrs. and Mrs. C. Martin Wood III
Mr. and Mrs. Harry T. Jones III
Sally & Duby Ausley/ Kelley & Dan
Ausley
The Kate Ireland Foundation
Auction Item Donors:
A Different Drummer
Bradley’s Country Store
Mr. Brian C. Proctor
Mr. Rick Leverich and Ms. Sheree
Lucero
Mr. Charles W. Roberts III
Ms. Kim Sash
Ms. Rebecca C. Chubb
Liam’s Restaurant
Mrs. Kathleen R. Scott
Mr. C.D. Clarke
Mr. and Mrs. Wallace E. Sholar Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Richard A. Corbett
Col. And Mrs. Thomas Loughlin,
USMC Ret.
Mr. and Mrs. William F. D’Alonzo
Mr. Thomas Loughlin
Lynch since 1940
Strum, Ruger & Co., Inc.
Mr. and Mrs. Edward A. Davis Jr.,
Mr. and Mrs. Geoffrey Young,
Mr. Johathan Young
Wiregrass Sponsors:
Mrs. Elmore DeMott
Gandy Printers
Gem Land Company
University of Georgia, Warnell School
of Forestry & Natural Resources
The Gift Shop
Thomasville National Bank
GTO Access Systems
MMHP Investment Advisors
Mr. Greg Hagar
William Howard Flowers Jr.
Foundation, Inc.
Premier Health & Fitness Center
Chic Verte, Lisa Phipps
The Pegasus Foundation, Mr. and Mrs.
Melville H. Ireland Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Michael D. Shea
The Langdale Company
Mr. and Mrs. David D. Perkins
Mr. and Mrs. W. Stanley Proctor
Dr. and Mrs. Jerry Ford
Mr. and Mrs. Samuel K. Scovil
Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan Kohler
The Orvis Company, Inc
Mr. and Mrs. David Lanier
Mr. Thomas Brooks
Merrily Plantation, Inc.
Mr. and Mrs. Timothy B. Pirrung
Ms. Sue Key
Onward Reserve
Mr. Benson T. Green
Mac’s Wingshooting Adventures
The Sea Island Resort
Mr. Walter Matia
Ms. Ann Melton
My Favorite Things
Dr. and Mrs. George W. Simmons
Sturdy Brothers
Sweet Grass Dairy
Thomasville YMCA
Mr. and Mrs. George C. Watkins
Dr. and Mrs. Philip C. Watt
Mystic Pines Kennels
Native Nurseries of Tallahassee
2015 ANNUAL REPORT • 17
STAFF
ADMINISTRATION
William E. Palmer, PhD, President/CEO
Melissa Proctor, Controller
Lisa Baggett, Facilities/Operations Coordinator
Jerome Golden, Facilities Manager
Rosi Nichols, Accountant
Joe Noble, GIS/Information Technology Coordinator
Jennifer Roberts, Executive Administrative Assistant
DEVELOPMENT & INFORMATION RESOURCES
Dale Fuller, Development Director
Rose Rodriguez, Communications Director
Lourena Maxwell, Development & Marketing Coordinator
Carol Kimball, Librarian
Juanita Whiddon, P/T Archives, & Historical Resources
LAND CONSERVANCY
Kevin McGorty, Director
Neil Fleckenstein, Planning Coordinator
Lori Taylor, Administrative Assistant
Kim Sash, Conservation Biologist
Shane D. Wellendorf, Conservation Coordinator
Brian Wiebler, Red Hills Community Outreach/Education
Coordinator
Stoddard Bird Lab Technician, Mary Mack Gray, burning at the Wade Tract Preserve. Photo by Rose Rodriguez
RESEARCH & LAND MANAGEMENT
William E. Palmer, PhD, Director of Research
Sarah K. Brown, Public Lands Monitoring Coordinator
Andrew Chase, Forest Operations
Jim Cox, Stoddard Bird Lab Director
Cassie Griffin, Lead Wildlife Technician
Randy Floyd, Manager, Dixie Plantation
Kaye Gainey, Research Department Coordinator
Gloria Hagan, Facilities Coordinator, Dixie Plantation
J. Kevin Hiers, Wildland Fire Scientist
Brenna Kelly, Administrative Assistant, Dixie Plantation
Kevin M. Robertson, PhD, Director, Fire Ecology Program
Monica Rother, Fire Ecologist
Greg Seamon, Fire Training Specialist, National Interagency
Prescribed Fire Training Center
Clay Sisson, Director, Albany Quail Project
Eric Staller, Natural Resources Coordinator
Theron Terhune, PhD, Robert C. Balfour, Jr., Game Bird
Management Research Fellow, Director Game Bird Research Program
Reggie Thackston, Regional Game Bird Biologist
18 • TALL TIMBERS RESEARCH STATION & LAND CONSERVANCY
Far left: Stoddard Bird Lab Director, Jim Cox, leads a group on a winter bird walk. Photo by Rose Rodriguez
STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION
TALL TIMBERS RESEARCH, INC.
ASSETS
Current Assets
Cash & Cash Equivalents
Accounts Receivable
Grants/Projects Receivable
Other Receivables
Due from Tall Timbers Foundation, Inc. (Net)
Prepaid Expenses
Total Current Assets
TOTAL ALL FUNDS
TOTAL ALL FUNDS
12/31/2015
12/31/2014
2,118,459
$1,675,659
170,588
71,374
15,300
6,539
44,242
133,601
47,689
1,908
119,032
68,422
$2,426,502
$2,046,311
Depreciation Fundraising
Expense
$99,050
$253,118
2.2%
Management & General 5.5%
$307,909
6.7%
Program Grants & Projects
$1,386,797
30.2%
Program - General Operating
$2,545,468
55.4%
TOTALS = $4,592,342
Property & Equipment
At Cost less Accumulated Depreciation
Other Assets
TOTAL ALL ASSETS
34,137,315
34,419
$36,598,236
34,169,578
34,419
$36,250,308
Total Liabilities
106,207
30,006
29,297
144,614
$310,124
102,225
12,577
23,628
164,954
$303,384
34,171,270
1,742,718
374,124
$36,288,112
$36,598,236
34,041,645
1,531,155
374,124
$35,946,924
$36,250,308
LIABILITIES & NET ASSETS
Current Liabilities
Accounts Payable
Accrued Liabilities
Notes Payable
Deferred Revenue
NET ASSETS
Unrestricted
Temporarily Restricted
Permanently Restricted
Total Net Assets
TOTAL LIABILITIES & NET ASSETS
Allocation of Funds
Sources of Revenue
Grants & Projects
$523,124
10.6%
Other Revenues
$870,059
17.6%
Tall Timbers Foundation
$1,184,806
24%
Beadel Trust
$271,077
5.5%
Contributions & Membership
$2,084,464
42.3%
TOTALS = $4,933,530
2015 ANNUAL REPORT • 19
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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.
Conservation Coordinator, Shane Wellendorf and intern Angelina Hines show
birders banded quail about to be released. Photo by Georgia Ackerman
Game Bird Program Director, Theron Terhune, shows banded
quail to kids at an outreach event. Photo by Shane Wellendorf
Gopher tortoise crew leader, Rebecca Zeroth, scoping a burrow with a tortoise
inside. Photo by Kim Sash