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Category: Forests

Florida Forestry Students Attend National Conference


December 7, 2023

Each year, the Society of American Foresters (SAF) National Convention brings together forestry professionals from all over the country. From researchers to non-profit organizations, industry members traveled to Sacramento, Calif., to attend ... READ MORE

Category: Conservation, Forests, Natural Resources, UF/IFAS Teaching
Tags: Conference, Forest Resources And Conservation, School Of Forest Fisheries And Geomatics Sciences, VP Promise
Prescribed burn and burn manger.

UF CALS students are on fire for conserving Florida’s natural areas


January 26, 2022

UF/IFAS College of Agricultural and Life Sciences students have sparked their passion to preserve and restore Florida’s natural areas using prescribed fire. This week, Florida—the prescribed burn capital of the United States—is celebrating ... READ MORE

Category: Conservation, Forests, Natural Resources, UF/IFAS Teaching
Tags: Forest Resources And Conservation, Prescribed Fire Awareness Week, School Of Forest Fisheries And Geomatic Sciences, Student Association For Fire Ecology, Student Organization

Through the Mill for a Summer


July 26, 2021

UF/IFAS College of Agricultural and Life Sciences (CALS) student Jay Lynch is pursuing his bachelor's degree in forest resources and conservation from the UF/IFAS School of Forest, Fisheries, and Geomatics Sciences. This summer, he is completing ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Forests, Natural Resources, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Teaching
Tags: Career Services, Forest Fisheries And Geomatics Sciences, Forest Resources And Conservation, Intern, VP Promise

New scholarship announced for UF students studying forestry


June 21, 2021

GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- The UF/IFAS School of Forest, Fisheries, and Geomatics Sciences is honored to announce a new scholarship endowment, the Jon and Carol Gould Family Endowed Forestry Scholarship. This generous endowment will support rising ... READ MORE

Category: Forests, UF/IFAS Teaching
Tags: CALS, College Of Agricultural And Life Sciences, Forestry, Scholarship, School Of Forest Fisheries And Geomatics Sciences

CALS Alumnus Highlight: Terry Baker


March 31, 2021

University of Florida College of Agricultural and Life Sciences alumnus Terry Baker graduated in 2004 with his degree from the School of Forest Resources and Conservation (SFRC), now known as the School of Forest, Fisheries, and Geomatics Sciences ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Conservation, Forests, Natural Resources, UF/IFAS Teaching
Tags: CALS, CALS Alumni, Cals Careers, Career Services, Ffgs, Forest Resources And Conservation, Sfrc

CALS Alumna Highlight: Cecilia Lepa


March 31, 2021

Cecilia Lepa graduated with both her bachelor's and master's degrees from the University of Florida College of Agricultural and Life Sciences in forest resources and conservation. She is currently an AmeriCorps VISTA serving with Southern Oregon's ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Community Volunteers, Conservation, Forests, Natural Resources, UF/IFAS Teaching
Tags: CALS Alumni, Cals Careers, Career Services, Forest Resources And Conservation, School Of Forest Fisheries And Geomatic Sciences

Getting to Know the Doris Duke Conservation Scholars in CALS


December 10, 2020

From learning about the Great Barrier Reef in high school to admiring lizards in the front yard as a kid, Jazmyn Broxton and Mariaguadalupe Vilchez, wildlife, ecology and conservation (WEC) students, knew they had a passion for the environment. ... READ MORE

Category: Conservation, Forests, Natural Resources, Professional Development, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Teaching, Wildlife
Tags: Conservation, Doris Duke Conservation Scholars, STEM Majors, Student Opportunities, Student Research, Wildlife Ecology And Conservation
DeLuca Preserve, path through wooded area

27,000 acres gifted to UF for conservation, outdoor classroom and laboratory


November 30, 2020

Land near Yeehaw Junction one of the largest tracts ever given to a university More than 27,000 rural acres near Yeehaw Junction in Florida’s southern Osceola County has been gifted to the University of Florida to protect one of the last ... READ MORE

Category: 4-H & Youth, Conservation, Forests, Livestock, Natural Resources, UF/IFAS Extension, UF/IFAS Research, UF/IFAS Teaching, Water, Wildlife
Tags: CALS, College Of Agricultural And Life Sciences, DeLuca, J. Scott Angle, News, Osceola County, Scott Angle

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