Category: Natural Resources

Florida Land Steward Update, August 7, 2026

by Chris Demers
August 7, 2026

SUMMER-FALL 2026 ISSUE OF QUARTERLY FLORIDA LAND STEWARD NEWSLETTER NOW AVAILABLE In this issue: Need Equipment or Herbicides? Check out the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission's Private Lands Tool Cache, Hurricane Season is Here. ... READ MORE

Category: Conservation, Disaster Preparation, Forests, Invasive Species, Natural Resources, Recreation, SFYL Hot Topic, UF/IFAS Extension, Water, Wildlife
Tags: Drought, Florida Land Steward Program, Forest Landowner Academy, Forest Landowners, Hurricane Preparation, Hurricane Recovery, Hurricane Season, Landowner Assistance, Planted Pines, Ranchers, School Of Forest Fisheries And Geomatics Sciences, Tree Farm, Wild Turkey
Urban Forestry Summit attendees on a tour of the Natural Area Teaching Laboratory.

NATL, not to be overlooked

by Wes Wolfe
August 6, 2026

It can be missed sometimes, considering the attention the Austin Cary Forest receives, but the Natural Area Teaching Laboratory (NATL) is one of UF’s hidden treasures. Organizers of the recent Urban Forestry Summit in Gainesville made ... READ MORE

Category: Forests, Invasive Species, Natural Resources, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension
Tags: Austin Cary Forest, Florida Urban Forestry Council, Forest, Forestry, Invasive Species, NATL, Natural Area Teaching Laboratory, Prescribed Fires, School Of Forest Fisheries And Geomatics Sciences, SFFGS, Trees, Urban Forestry, Urban Forestry Extension, Urban Forestry Summit

4-H University students get hands-on lessons in forestry, aquaculture, surveying 

by Suzette Cook
August 4, 2026

UF/IFAS School of Forest, Fisheries and Geomatics Sciences (SFFGS) extension staff and faculty hosted senior 4-H members on July 29 and 30 as they were taking part in the 2026 Florida 4-H Youth Development Program's 4-H University. The ... READ MORE

Category: Forests, Natural Resources, UF/IFAS Extension, Water
Tags: Forestry, Geomatics, Geomatics Extension, Longleaf Pine, Natural Resources, School Of Forest Fisheries And Geomatics Sciences, Timber, UF/IFAS

UF receives Sea Turtle License Plate Grant to measure value, reach of Florida’s sea turtle volunteers

by Suzette Cook
July 27, 2026

GAINESVILLE, Florida -- The University of Florida has received a $5,000 grant from the Florida Sea Turtle Grants Program to conduct the first comprehensive, statewide study of Florida’s thousands of dedicated sea turtle volunteers. The ... READ MORE

Category: Conservation, Natural Resources, Water, Wildlife
Tags: School Of Forest Fisheries And Geomatics Sciences, Sea Turtle, SFFGS, UF/IFAS, Wildlife

Florida Land Steward Update, July 24, 2026

by Chris Demers
July 24, 2026

UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA SEEKING NEWLY PLANTED LOBLOLLY PINE SITES IMPACTED BY DROUGHT Do you have newly planted loblolly pine trees and think they may have suffered higher than usual mortality this year? The University of Florida IFAS is investigating ... READ MORE

Category: Conservation, Disaster Preparation, Forests, Invasive Species, Natural Resources, Recreation, SFYL Hot Topic, UF/IFAS Extension, Water, Wildlife
Tags: Disaster Preparation, Drought, Florida Land Steward Program, Florida Wildlife Corridor, Forest Health, Forest Landowner Academy, Hurricane Recovery, Hurricane Season, Invasive Species, Landowner Assistance, Payment For Ecosystem Services, Tree Farm, Wild Turkey

SilvaLab Completes Summer 2026 Field Campaign to Advance Next-Generation Wildfire Science

by Suzette Cook
July 20, 2026

Researchers from the University of Florida’s School of Forest, Fisheries, and Geomatics Sciences (SFFGS) completed a two-week field campaign across Fish Lake National Forest, Utah, and North Kaibab National Forest, Arizona, that will advance ... READ MORE

Category: 4-H & Youth, Disaster Preparation, Forests, Natural Resources
Tags: Forest Management, Geomatics, Lidar, School Of Forest Fisheries And Geomatics Sciences, SilvaLab, Wildfire
SFFGS Associate Professor Eben Broadbent works with a surveying drone at the Ocmulgee Mounds National Historic Park in Georgia.

Modern tech intersects with Native history in Ocmulgee Mounds study

by Wes Wolfe
July 14, 2026

Much of the research into 16th Century goings-on in the South sheds light on Native residents first through the eyes of the Europeans that encountered them, instead of Native peoples themselves.  An effort at the Lamar mounds in the Ocmulgee ... READ MORE

Category: Conservation, Natural Resources, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS
Tags: GatorEye, Geomatics, Historic Preservation, School Of Forest Fisheries And Geomatics Sciences, SFFGS, SPEC Lab

Florida Land Steward Update, July 10, 2026

by Chris Demers
July 10, 2026

FLORIDA WILDLIFE CORRIDOR PAYMENT FOR ECOSYSTEM SERVICES PILOT PROGRAM NOW ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS Apply by July 31, 2026! This program will provide financial compensation to eligible landowners to maintain their land undeveloped to provide ... READ MORE

Category: Conservation, Disaster Preparation, Forests, Invasive Species, Natural Resources, Recreation, SFYL Hot Topic, UF/IFAS Extension, Water, Wildlife
Tags: Conservation, Florida Land Steward Program, Forest Health, Forest Landowner Academy, Forest Stewardship, Hurricane Recovery, Hurricane Season, Invasive Species, Landowner Assistance, Payment For Ecosystem Services, Prescribed Fire, School Of Forest Fisheries And Geomatics Sciences, Tree Farm, Wild Turkey

Fragmented Fire: Reviewing Southern Fire Exchange’s Inaugural Pine Rocklands Fire Science Workshop

by Suzette Cook
June 30, 2026

  By Christian Fernandez, Tall Timbers Research Station I’m an outreach specialist for the Southern Fire Exchange (SFE), and a second-generation Cuban American born and raised in Miami, Florida. Growing up in Miami, I thought it ... READ MORE

Category: Conservation, Forests, Invasive Species, Natural Resources, UF/IFAS Extension, Water, Wildlife
Tags: Conservation Easements, Forest, Forest Fisheries And Geomatics Sciences, Forest Management, Forest Resources And Conservation, Forestry, SFFGS, Southern Fire Exchange
Student collects data from a kayak.

Tampa Bay youth learn to map underwater bay scallop habitats thanks to Tampa Bay Estuary Program mini-grant

by Katie Britt
June 24, 2026

Tampa Bay, Fla. — Hillsborough and Pinellas County 4-H, and the University of Florida Geomatics Extension program, welcomed intermediate and senior 4-H youth to the “Map Quest: Scallop Habitats” workshop. It was part of series ... READ MORE

Category: 4-H & Youth, Coasts & Marine, Conservation, Curriculum, EVENTS, Natural Resources, UF/IFAS Extension, Water
Tags: 4-H, 4-h Youth, Geomatics, Geomatics Extension, Hillsborough County, Hillsborough County 4-H, Pinellas County, School Of Forest Fisheries And Geomatics Sciences, UF/IFAS Extension, UF/IFAS Extension Pinellas County

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