UF/IFAS School of Forest, Fisheries, and Geomatics Sciences
WELCOME! If you are reading this blog for the first time via your enrollment in the Florida Tree Farm Program, email update, or just running across it, we welcome you to this engaged and growing… Read More
MID-SUMMER GREETINGS Hope this finds everyone well and enjoying the summer, and maybe even getting a little growing-season prescribed burns in between the soggy spells. Wish we could share some of our wet weather with… Read More
With the support of a $1 million grant from the National Science Foundation, UF/IFAS researchers have initiated a five-year study to investigate potential causes underlying increasing tree mortality at five forests in the United States…. Read More
SIGN UP NOW OPEN FOR USDA NRCS ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY INCENTIVES PROGRAM (EQIP) Sign up by September 1, 2021 Florida farmers, ranchers and forest owners can apply until Sept. 1 for financial and technical assistance from… Read More
The landowner smoke management guidebook was created through a collaboration between the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), North Carolina State University, Southern Fire Exchange, Southern Regional Extension Forestry (SREF), and the University of Georgia Warnell School… Read More
Dr. Raelene Crandall is an assistant professor in Fire Science. Crandall studies how differences in the life histories of native and exotic plants influence their response to fires and how fires influence plant competition. She… Read More
REPORT WILD TURKEY SIGHTINGS TO THE FWC Combine your love of the outdoors with the satisfaction of being a citizen scientist by reporting all wild turkeys you see in Florida from now through August 31…. Read More
How do you calculate timber value of an existing timber stand? A new EDIS doc from Dr. Andres Susaeta outlines the most efficient way to determine not just costs incurred in growing the stand, but… Read More
2021 SOUTHERN PINE BEETLE ASSISTANCE AND PREVENTION PROGRAM NOW OPEN FOR ENROLLMENT Sign up by June 18, 2021 The Southern Pine Beetle (SPB)Assistance and Prevention Program is offered to eligible non-industrial private forest landowners by… Read More
Common Forest Carbon Terms Provided by Natalia Medina, Forest Systems Lab Research Assistant, University of Florida School of Forest, Fisheries, and Geomatics Sciences Forests serve as the largest terrestrial carbon sink, continuously taking carbon out… Read More
