Category: NATURAL RESOURCES

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How It Happened: Jacksonville Zoo & Gardens Faculty Investment

by IFAS Advancement
April 15, 2026

Conservation is a team effort: diverse partners joining forces to protect our natural world. This belief has driven an impactful partnership between Jacksonville Zoo and Gardens and the University of Florida’s Institute of Food and Agricultural ... READ MORE

Category: Conservation, UF/IFAS Research, Wildlife
Tags: Guyana, How It Happened, Jacksonville Zoo & Gardens, Matt Hallett, Research, Rupununi Wildlife Research Unit, Tropical Conservation And Development Program, UF, UF Health, UF/IFAS, Wildlife Ecology And Conservation
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How it Happened: Tall Timbers Fire-Wildlife Research

by IFAS Advancement
April 15, 2026

When Edward Beadel purchased Hickory Hill Plantation, north of Tallahassee, Florida, in 1895, he saw an opportunity for a seasonal escape from the confines of his native New York City.  The wide tracts of longleaf-wiregrass forests just south ... READ MORE

Category: , Conservation, Forests, NATURAL RESOURCES, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Research, Wildlife
Tags: Beadel Family, Fire Ecology, Herbert Stoddard, How It Happened, Prescribed Burns, Quail, Tall Timbers Research Station, UF/IFAS, WEC
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How it Happened: The Stern Learning Center and Scholarship Endowments

by IFAS Advancement
April 15, 2026

Roland Stern was born to be outside. His office was the green fields of his family farm; his conference room a timber clearing in the thick pine forests of north central Florida. He spent as much time sitting on his tractor as most people ... READ MORE

Category: Forests, NATURAL RESOURCES, UF/IFAS
Tags: Austin Cary Forest, Endowment, FFGS, Forestry, Go Greater, How It Happened, Lucinda Stern, Scholarship, Stern Learning Center, Timber, UF/IFAS, University Of Florida
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Stand Up & Holler for UF/IFAS

by IFAS Advancement
April 15, 2026

Support the UF/IFAS programs you love on Gator Nation Giving Day! On February 17, 2022, Gators everywhere will “Stand Up & Holler” by making a gift to the UF program that means the most to them. Support from alumni and friends on Gator ... READ MORE

Category: 4-H & Youth, AGRICULTURE, EVENTS, Home Landscapes, NATURAL RESOURCES, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension, UF/IFAS Research, UF/IFAS Teaching, Work & Life
Tags: Gator Nation Giving Day, Giving Day, UF/IFAS
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UF/IFAS Year-End Giving

by IFAS Advancement
November 23, 2021

We are grateful for all the support for students, faculty, research, and Extension we received over the past year, and look forward to Going Greater in 2022. In this season of giving, please consider supporting an area of UF/IFAS that is important ... READ MORE

Category: AGRICULTURE, NATURAL RESOURCES, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension, UF/IFAS Teaching
Tags: Donor Advised Fund, Extension, IRA Rollover, Tax Credit, UF Foundation, UF/IFAS, VP Promise, Year-end Giving

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