It’s fall wildflower season in the southern pinelands, and stepping out the door ⁦Tall Timbers Research Station and Land Conservancy⁩ is a super-saturated, psychedelic experience. Here’s a glade lobelia for you

Puzzling- soils on this Brooks County GA property are sandy loams with no restrictive features but these longleaf pines did not develop taproots and toppled in Helene’s winds

Duff reduction treatments for the AftrLull ((Accelerated Fire Treatments for Restoration of Long Unburned LongLeaf) study in Autauga County AL. Can’t wait to set this place on fire!

Not a sight you see very often in my little south Georgia town

Longleaf pine and Wiregrass in the snow ⁦Tall Timbers Research Station and Land Conservancy⁩. Go figure

Can we agree that as a name The Gulf of Mexico carries far more poetry and romance than the proposed alternative?

Moccasin enjoying some late-winter sun ⁦Tall Timbers Research Station and Land Conservancy⁩. I was debating how close to get for this shot

I was checking the websites of 2 of my professional organizations-ESA and SAF-for statements on developments like the purge of young scientists from US science agencies, anti-DEI executive orders, and holds on Federal grants but I didn’t see anything

Measuring prescribed fire energy release today at Tall Timbers’ Livingston Place property ⁦Tall Timbers Research Station and Land Conservancy⁩

I just met fire ecologist Jonathan Coop; like me he changed career direction after a semester abroad in Monteverde, Costa Rica with UCEAP Study Abroad. One of the best things that ever happened to us. Thanks Jack Longino, Nalini Nadarni, Frank Joyce, UC, and especially people of Costa Rica

This has got to be the most spectacular red maple I’ve ever seen- the trunk is a meter across at chest height - right down here at cottonmouth junction ⁦Tall Timbers Research Station and Land Conservancy⁩

I saw some exquisite longleaf pine-Wiregrass savanna today at Silver Lake WMA. Great job managing these woods, ⁦Georgia DNR Wildlife⁩

We had such a great day yesterday testing ideas for easing the shock of reintroducing fire to longleaf pine stands that had not been burned in 85 yr. ⁦Auburn University⁩ ⁦Tall Timbers Research Station and Land Conservancy⁩ ⁦Southern Research⁩

For those who know beech (F. grandifolia) from northeastern USA it is amazing to find a huge one with smooth bark unmarried by nectria disease. I am glad I decided to cross the ‘hootch and get to know these Alabama forests

Tree down! I guess 65 years of annual burns in this long-running prescribed fire study ⁦Tall Timbers Research Station and Land Conservancy⁩ finally took a toll on this gigantic loblolly pine.

…and suddenly the gators have appeared ⁦Tall Timbers Research Station and Land Conservancy⁩! There’s one in the center, looking with a jaundiced eye. It’s a thrill to share the landscape with large reptiles

Look closely and you will see a tree frog high-tailing it out of the flame zone up this highly inflammable live oak. I’m endlessly impressed by the street-smarts of little critters. ⁦Tall Timbers Research Station and Land Conservancy⁩, Livingston Place

This list of long-term NOAA datasets that are about to disappear makes me weak in the knees. We are sacrificing our global scientific preeminence and ability to manage the earth system - for nothing. Resist any way you can. eos.org/research-and-d…

Department of Interior plans to dismantle the USGS Ecosystems Mission Area. Please consider joining a virtual rally in support of this vital conservation program mobilize.us/s/0CIuXB/o