Shane Wellendorf

Tall Timbers Research Station & Land Conservancy

Tall Timbers is a widely regarded information resource for the areas of fire ecology, game bird management, vertebrate ecology and forestry. The Research Station is recognized as the home of the study of fire ecology and is an advocate to protect the right to use prescribed fire for land management. And, the Land Conservancy is recognized as one of the nation's leading land trusts, as it has protected traditional land uses in north Florida and south Georgia by conserving more than 120,000 acres in this region through conservation easements.