Tall Timbers Research Inc

FLORIDA GEORGIA RED HILLS REGION PILOT PROJECT

PROVIDE WILDLAND FIRE TRAINING AND PLANNING ASSISTANCE IN SUPPORT OF SE REGION RX FIRE TRAINING PROGRAM, PRESCRIBED FIRE TRAINING CENTER, & ADVANCED APPLICATIONS OF FUELS MONITORING AT ST. MARKS NWR.

TTRS ARMY WILDLAND FIRE TRAINING

TO PLACE A FIRE COORDINATOR IN EACH OF THREE STATES (GA, FL, AND AL)WHERE NRCS CONDUCTS THE MOST PRESCRIBED BURNING IN THE SOUTHEAST, AND TOTASK THAT COORDINATOR WITH ASSISTING PRIVATE LANDOWNERS

SE FIREMAP DEVELOPMENT PHASE 11

RED HILLS FERAL SWINE DAMAGE TO CONTROL/ERADICATE FERAL SWINE FROM THIS LANDSCAPE/REGION. THE PROJECT WILL ALSO INVESTIGATE THE DIET OF FERAL SWINE USING DNA METABARCODING USING SWINE SCAT.

THE SOUTHERN FIRE EXCHANGE: PUTTING FIRE SCIENCE ON THE GROUND

WITH ON-GOING CLIMATE CHANGE THERE HAS NEVER BEEN A GREATER NEED TO PRIORITIZE CONSERVATION THROUGH FREQUENT AND SPATIALLY DETAILED ASSESSMENTS OF THE PLANET S BIODIVERSITY IDEALLY ACHIEVED AT GLOBAL SCALES THROUGH REMOTE SENSING. WHILE WIDE-RANGING REMOTE SENSING PRODUCTS TYPICALLY CANNOT IDENTIFY INDIVIDUAL PLANT SPECIES IN COMPLEX COMMUNITIES KEY ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS WITH REMOTELY DETECTABLE PROPERTIES OFTEN DRIVE THE DISTRIBUTION AND ABUNDANCE OF SPECIES ACROSS LANDSCAPES. THE SURFACE BIOLOGY AND GEOLOGY (SBG) DESIGNATED OBSERVABLE A NOVEL COMBINATION OF HIGH SPATIAL RESOLUTION SPECTRAL AND THERMAL INFRARED IMAGERY IS UNIQUELY DESIGNED TO ADVANCE LINKAGES BETWEEN OBSERVABLE PARAMETERS AND BIODIVERSITY. WILDLAND FIRE INCREASINGLY WELL MONITORED THROUGH REMOTE SENSING TECHNIQUES IS CHIEF AMONG THE PARAMETERS PREDICTING PLANT COMMUNITY RESILIENCE AND BIODIVERSITY. IN FIRE-EFFECTED ECOSYSTEMS THE ACCURACY OF ESTIMATES OF VEGETATION COMMUNITY CHARACTERISTICS INCLUDING BIODIVERSITY USING HYPERSPECTRAL AND THERMAL DATA PROVIDED BY SBG COULD BE FURTHER INCREASED BY PRE-CLASSIFICATION OF PIXELS BY TIME SINCE FIRE DERIVED FROM BURN SEVERITY ALGORITHMS OF COMPARABLE RESOLUTION (30 M). THIS PROPOSAL WILL INTEGRATE GROUND-BASED AND REMOTELY SENSED DATA TO DEVELOP ALGORITHMS FOR IDENTIFYING NATURAL AND ANTHROPOGENIC PLANT COMMUNITIES AND THEIR BIODIVERSITY AS THEY RELATE TO RECENT FIRE REGIMES IN THE SOUTHEASTERN U.S. COASTAL PLAIN.

TTRS PRIVATE LANDS RX TRAINING

QUANTIFYING PRESCRIBED FIRE'S CAPACITY TO MITIGATE WILDFIRE-INDUCED DAMAGE AND LOSS OF VALUED RESOURCES 21-2-02-18

WILDFIRE RISK REDUCTION ESTABLISH A NORTH EAST MID WEST REGIONAL VIRTUAL PRESCRIBED FIRE TRAINING COORDINATION CENTER

THE SOUTHERN FIRE EXCHANGE: PUTTING FIRE SCIENCE ON THE GROUND (TALL TIMBERS)

PRESCRIBED BURN PLANNER VERSION TWO

ARRA 14 1610 R4EE FLORIDA SANDHILLS LONFGLEAF PINE RESTORATION/ENHANCEMENT PRIVATE LANDS.

RESTORING FIRE TO BENEFIT FIRE-DEPENDENT WILDLIFE SPECIES INLONGLEAF AND SHORTLEAF PINE FORESTS OF ALABAMA.

RESTORATION OF FIRE-DEPENDENT HABITATS AT ST. SEBASTIAN RIVER PRESERVE STATE PARK

TO ENABLE MORE PRESCRIBED BURN ON PROPERTIES OF HISTORICALLY UNDERSERVED LANDOWNERS IN CENTRAL AL. LONG-TERM SUSTAINABILITY GOAL IS CREATING AN APPRECIATION OF PRESCRIBED BURNING BY HISTORICALLY UNDERSERVED (HU) LANDOWNERS BY WORKING CLOSELY WITH THEM TO SEE WHAT FIRE CAN DO ON THEIR OWN PROPERTY. LIKEWISE, THE GOAL IS TO SERVE AS MENTORSHIP PROGRAM TO TRAIN THE NEXT GENERATION OF PRESCRIBED BURNERS WITH A FOCUS ON ADDING DIVERSITY TO THE WORKFORCE.

PROVISION OF ECOSYSTEM SERVICES THROUGH PINE SAVANNA RESTORATION ON PRIVATELY OWNED AGROECOSYSTEMS IN THE SOUTHEASTERN U.S. COASTAL PLAIN

RESTORE UPLANDS

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: IMAGING THE TALL TIMBERS RESEARCH STATION'S BIOLOGICAL RESEARCH COLLECTIONS

RESTORATION OF FIRE-DEPENDENT HABITATS ON ST. SEBASTIAN RIVER PRESERVE STATE PARK (SSRPSP) FY20

TO ORGANIZE, SPONSOR,HOST, & PUBLISH THE PROCEEDINGS FROM 4TH INTERNATIONAL WILDLIFE FIRE ECOLOGY.

TALL TIMBERS AMPHIBIAN POND RESTORATION

THE QUAIL COUNTRY CCAA IS A MULTI-STATE, MULTI-PARTNER AGREEMENT WITH A GOAL TO CONSERVE TWELVE AT-RISK SPECIES ON PRIVATE LANDS IN THE CENTRAL FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND SOUTHWEST GEORGIA. THE PROJECT FOCUS AREA TARGETS THE RED HILLS REGION WHICH IS IDENTIFIED AS A HIGH PRIORITY IN MULTIPLE STRATEGIC LANDSCAPE CONSERVATION INITIATIVES. GIVEN THAT FIVE OF THE CCAA AT-RISK COVERED SPECIES ARE UNDER REVIEW FOR FEDERAL LISTING, WE ANTICIPATE STRONG INTEREST IN THE CCAA PROGRAM AND HIGH ENROLLMENT DURING THE FIRST 3 TO 5 YEARS (PHASES 1-3). WE ARE REQUESTING PHASE 1 FUNDING TO LAUNCH AND IMPLEMENT THE CCAA WHICH WILL REQUIRE PERSONNEL TO ORGANIZE PARTNER PRACTITIONERS, ENSURE INTERESTED PRIVATE LANDOWNERS UNDERSTAND THE PURPOSE OF CCAA, AND COMPLETE DOCUMENTATION FOR BOTH LANDOWNER ENROLLMENT AND COMPLIANCE MONITORING. THE CCAA PROACTIVELY IMPLEMENTS CONSERVATION FOR THE TWELVE COVERED SPECIES TO HELP PRECLUDE THE NEED FOR FEDERAL LISTING, WHILE SUPPORTING RECOVERY OF OTHER LISTED SPECIES AND SUPPORTING PRIVATE LANDOWNERS DIVERSE BACKGROUNDS AND NEEDS.

TO ASSIST IN THE OUTREACH OF NRCS CONSERVATION PROGRAMS AND ASSISTING INTHE TRAINING OF UNDERSERVED INDIVIDUALS TO PROVIDE CAPACITY TO HELPIMPLEMENT EXISTING NRCS CONSERVATION PRACTICES.

TO PROVIDE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FOR THEIR EFFORTS TO PUBLISH PROCEEDINGS FOR 24 TALL TIMBERS FIRE E

ALABAMA TECHNICAL OUTREACH AND EDUCATION

TALL TIMBERS PROPOSES USING OBAS IN CONJUNCTION WITH ADDITIONAL DATASETS TO HELP DISTINGUISH BETWEEN PRESCRIBED FIRES AND WILDFIRES WHEN OBAS ALONE RESULTS IN UNMATCHED FIRES. TALL TIMBERS PREVIOUS EFFORTS HAVE LEFT US WITH READILY AVAILABLE DATA AN

RESTORATION OF FIRE-DEPENDENT NATURAL COMMUNITIES ON PUMPKIN HILL CREEK PRESERVE STATE PARK

COVID-19 IMPACTS HAVE EXTENDED TO WILDFIRES AS PUBLIC AND PRIVATE LAND MANAGEMENT AGENCIES SHUT-DOWN IN ORDER TO FOLLOW SOCIAL-DISTANCING GUIDELINES THAT BEGAN IN MARCH 2020.

TALL TIMBERS RESEARCH INC AND GEORGIA PRESCRIBED FIRE COUNCIL MEETING SUPPORTS THE CULTURE, PRACTICE, AND KNOWLEDGE OF PRESCRIBED FIRE ACROSS GEORGIA’S PRIVATE AND PUBLIC LAND.

THE EASTERN BLACK RAIL (LATERALLUS JAMAICENSIS JAMAICENSIS) IS A THREATENED SPECIES THAT HAS EXPERIENCED SIGNIFICANT POPULATION DECLINES DUE TO HABITAT DEGRADATION. THIS PROJECT SEEKS TO CONDUCT AN ACOUSTICAL ASSESSMENT OF EASTERN BLACK RAIL HABITATS IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA, SPECIFICALLY IN WALTON, OKALOOSA, AND ESCAMBIA COUNTIES, DURING THE EASTERN BLACK RAIL BREEDING SEASON. USING AUTOMATED RECORDING UNITS (ARUS), TALL TIMBERS RESEARCH STATION STAFF WILL ESTABLISH AT LEAST 14 MONITORING SITES ACROSS APPROXIMATELY 680 ACRES OF HIGH MARSH AND SALT PANNE HABITATS, OPTIMIZING ACOUSTIC MONITORING WHILE MINIMIZING DISTURBANCE. OUR PRIMARY OBJECTIVES INCLUDE IDENTIFYING BLRA PRESENCE, FILLING KNOWLEDGE GAPS RELATED TO THEIR OCCURRENCE, AND ASSESSING HABITAT MANAGEMENT AND RESTORATION NEEDS. THE RESULTS WILL INFORM HIGH-PRIORITY AREAS FOR FUTURE CONSERVATION AND RESTORATION EFFORTS, BENEFITING NOT ONLY THE EASTERN BLACK RAIL BUT ALSO OTHER SENSITIVE SPECIES SUCH AS THE PIPING PLOVER AND AMERICAN OYSTERCATCHER. BY LEVERAGING EXISTING CONSERVATION FRAMEWORKS SUCH AS THE ATLANTIC COAST JOINT VENTURE AND OAA S FIREBIRD PROGRAM, THIS PROJECT AIMS TO ENHANCE UNDERSTANDING OF BLRA HABITATS AND SUPPORT STRATEGIC LAND MANAGEMENT PRACTICES, ULTIMATELY CONTRIBUTING TO THE RECOVERY OF THIS ELUSIVE SPECIES AND THE PRESERVATION OF ITS CRITICAL MARSH ENVIRONMENTS.

MANAGING BOBWHITE QUAIL CATTLE AND TIMBER TOGETHER

NATIONAL PARK SERVICE CONSERVATION, PROTECTION, OUTREACH, AND EDUCATION

RECOVERY ACTIONS FOR AMERICAN CHAFFSEED (SCHWALBEA AMERICANA) AND CANBY S DROPWORT (OXYPOLIS CANBYI) IN SOUTH CAROLINA AND GEORGIA

THIS PROJECT CONSISTS OF AMERICAN CHAFFSEED SCHALBEA AMERICANA SURVEYING, PROPAGATION OUTPLANTING,AND HABITAT IMPROVEMENTS ALL PREVIOUSLY DOCUMENTED LOCATIONS FOR SCHALBEA AMERICANA AT LONGLANDS,SCOTSWOOD AND BLACK RIVER PLANTATIONS WILL BE CHECKED IN MAY JUNE DURING 2022 2025 SURVEY DATES WILLBE DETERMINED EACH YEAR DEPENDING ON THE DATE OF THE LAST FIRE THE 2022 SURVEY WILL TAKE PLACE PRIOR TOTHE OFFICIAL START OF THE PROJECT AND WILL BE A VOLUNTEER CONTRIBUTION THIS VOLUNTEER SURVEY WILL INVOLVEQUALITATIVE ASSESSMENT ONLY QUANTITATIVE SURVEYS WILL BE CONDUCTED IN 2023 2025 STEMS AT EACHLOCATION WILL BE COUNTED BY REPRODUCTIVE STATUS, SUBDIVIDING BY FLOWERING AND NON FLOWERING INDIVIDUALS BOUNDARIES OF EACH PATCH WILL BE MAPPED USING GPS AND REPORTED AS GIS SHAPEFILES WITH COUNT DATAINCLUDED IN THE ATTRIBUTE TABLE OTHER ATTRIBUTES WILL INCLUDE EVIDENCE OF RECENT SOIL DISTURBANCE, NEARBYFOOD PLOTS OF INVASIVE SPECIES, TIME SINCE BURN AND A QUALITATIVE MEASURE OF HABITAT QUALITY COUNTS FORINDIVIDUAL LOCATIONS WILL BE SUMMED TO PROVIDE TOTALS FOR LONGLANDS STONY RUN, LONGLANDS SANTEE,SCOTSWOOD IF ACCESS ALLOWED AND BLACK RIVER BOK TOWER GARDEN WILL GROW 300 SCHWALBEA FROM THE LONGLANDS SOURCE CAPSULES TO BE PLANTED AT JOHNBRUBAKER S PROPERTY NEAR AWENDAW, SOUTH CAROLINA BRUBAKER MAY BE THE MOST DEDICATED PLANTCONSERVATIONIST IN SOUTH CAROLINA AND HIS PROPERTY IS MANAGED FOR CONSERVATION AND RESTORATION OFLONGLEAF PINE HABITAT HE BURNS ANNUALLY, TYPICALLY IN THE DORMANT SEASON, A FIRE REGIMETHAT SCHWALBEA APPEARS TO PREFER SCHWALBEA WILL BE PROPAGATED DURING GROWING SEASON 2022 IN THE BOKTOWER GREENHOUSE AND PLANTED OUT DURING WINTER EARLY SPRING 2023 SHORTLY AFTER PRESCRIBED BURNING HASBEEN COMPLETED TO HELP FACILITATE WOODY SPROUT CONTROL, FUNDS ARE REQUESTED FOR A SINGLE BRUSHCUT TREATMENT DURING THETIMEFRAME OF THE GRANT PERIOD BRUSHCUTTING WILL BE IMPLEMENTED BY A PROFESSIONAL CREW USING HANDHELDGASOLINE POWERED BRUSHCUTTERS MOUNTED WITH ROTARY SAW CUTTING BLADES THE TARGET WILL BE SWEETGUMAND OTHER MEDIUM TO LARGE SPROUTS OF HARDWOOD TREES AND SHRUBS GLITZENSTEIN WILL PERSONALLY DO THEBRUSHCUTTING WITHIN THE SCHWALBEA PLANTING AREA TO AVOID TRAMPLING THE BRUSHCUT TREATMENT WILL BESCHEDULED FOLLOWING EVALUATION OF PRESCRIBED BURN RESULTS AND GROUNDCOVER CONDITIONS IN SPRING 2023

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