The Legacy of a Red Hills Hunting Plantation : Tall Timbers Research Station & Land Conservancy /

The Red Hills region is an idyllic setting filled with longleaf pines that stretches from Tallahassee, Florida, to Thomasville, Georgia. At its heart lies Tall Timbers, a former hunting plantation. In 1919, sportsman Henry L. Beadel purchased the Red Hills plantation to be used for quail hunting. As...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Crawford, Robert L., 1947-
Otros Autores: Rogers, William Warren, 1929-2017, Brueckheimer, William R.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Gainesville : University Press of Florida, 2012.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Tall Timbers Research Station.
Conservation of natural resources.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > South (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV)
NATURE > Environmental Conservation & Protection.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Development > Sustainable Development.
Conservation des ressources naturelles > Floride.
Conservation of natural resources > Florida.
Conservation of natural resources > Red Hills (Fla. and Ga.)
United States > Red Hills.
Florida > Leon County.
Florida.
Leon County (Fla.) > History.
Red Hills (Fla. and Ga.) > History.
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:The Red Hills region is an idyllic setting filled with longleaf pines that stretches from Tallahassee, Florida, to Thomasville, Georgia. At its heart lies Tall Timbers, a former hunting plantation. In 1919, sportsman Henry L. Beadel purchased the Red Hills plantation to be used for quail hunting. As was the tradition, he conducted prescribed burnings after every hunting season in order to clear out the thick brush to make it more appealing to the nesting birds. After the U.S. Forest Service outlawed the practice in the 1920s, condemning it as harmful for the forest and its wildlife, the quai.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (360 pages).
ISBN:9780813042503

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