Exploring Fire and Old Forests in the Red Hills of Florida

When: Wednesday, April 29 22 through Saturday, October 25, 2025.

Where: Tall Timbers Research Station, Tallahassee, Florida

Hosted by: Forest Stewards Guild and Tall Timbers Research Station.

More information and registration (required): Available HERE

Join the Guild and Tall Timbers on April 29^th for a full-day tour in the heart of the Red Hills region, a 300,000-acre conservation focus area between Thomasville, Georgia, and Tallahassee, Florida. The tour will kick off with a light breakfast of bagels and coffee at the lodge kitchen on Tall Timbers property at 8:00 a.m., followed by a 9:00 a.m. gathering at the main lodge before loading into vehicles for the day’s site visits. Participants will explore key ecosystems, starting with an upland longleaf pine savannah, home to the largest remaining concentration of this forest type within 30 minutes of Tall Timbers, where fire management parallels with western landscapes will be discussed. The tour will continue to the Beech-Magnolia Bottomland Forest, an iconic and well-studied ecosystem on Tall Timbers property, expected to be in bloom in April. The final stop will be a shortleaf pine site, also located on Tall Timbers land.

The group will return to Tall Timbers for a catered dinner, drinks, and discussion in the barn. In the evening, participants can choose to stay overnight at the Tall Timbers Lodge, with limited accommodations for 8-16 people depending on room-sharing preferences, or return to Tallahassee. See link above for more information and registration.