Beadel was so impressed with Leon County that in 1895 he purchased 2,200-acres (890 ha) of land along the north shore of Lake Iamonia for $8000 (~$254,729 in 2023).

[4] Two years later, a single story, five-bay wing was constructed east of the main house, connected by an 86-foot porch.

[8] As of 2018, the organization held in excess of 125,000 acres of conservation easements in Georgia and Florida, the area's biggest private land trust.

[13] According to their website, the purpose of the PFTC is to "Provide maximum opportunities for federal, state, local, and tribal government agencies and other organizations to build skills and knowledge of prescribed fire, with an emphasis on field experience".

The Continental Field Trial is a regional competition of pointing dogs that had been traditionally held at the Dixie Plantation since 1937.

The availability of quail in the wild provides a true test for 146 "derby" and "open" dogs and their owners who travel from across the United States.

Current research projects range from assessing the effects that prescribed fires have on black rails, red-cockaded woodpeckers, and Bachman's sparrows to factors promoting cooperative breeding in the brown-headed nuthatch.

The Stoddard Bird Lab also works to expand the regional population of red-cockaded woodpeckers using translocation and the construction of artificial cavities.

Red-cockaded woodpeckers were extirpated from Tall Timbers in the 1970s, but a reintroduction effort initiated in 2008 using translocation and artificial cavities has led to a population of 12-14 breeding groups.