When it comes to urban planning, sometimes a bird in hand is not worth two in the bush. Researchers with the University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences have created an online tool to help planners strategically conserve ... READ MORE
Category: Conservation, Forests, Natural Resources, SFYL Hot Topic, WildlifeGAINESVILLE, Fla. – After a summer job working along the Oregon border in California for the U.S. Forest Service, Dave Lewis knew a career in forestry was his calling. With nearly 40 years of forestry experience, Lewis has continued to ... READ MORE
Category: Agriculture, Forests, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Teaching
An endangered species of magnolia that only grows in the Florida Panhandle has been named the 2017 plant of the year by the Garden Club of America. The timing couldn’t be better, says Gary Knox, professor of environmental horticulture with ... READ MORE
Category: Conservation, Forests, Natural Resources, SFYL Hot Topic
Agricultural operators and forest landowners interested in adding technology or techniques that foster conservation have a new window to apply for federal funding to offset costs. The U.S. Department of Agriculture has issued the following ... READ MORE
Category: Agriculture, Conservation, Forests, Natural Resources
By Jessica Pardo, Communications Specialist, SWS Tomorrow, January 20th, the Sunshine State celebrates Arbor Day – a day set aside for people to plant and care for trees, as they are reminded of the importance of Florida’s forests. Arbor ... READ MORE
Category: Events, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Forests, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension
Last summer, Cory Gillis found himself waking before dawn at the Lower Suwannee National Wildlife Refuge, where he’d been assigned to track the breeding calls of the northern bobwhite quail as part of an internship with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife ... READ MORE
Category: Coasts & Marine, Conservation, Forests, Natural Resources, SFYL Hot Topic, UF/IFAS Extension, UF/IFAS Research, Water, WildlifeEach week on the blog we pull back the curtain on our Wildlife Ecology & Conservation graduate students’ seminar class. This post is by Elan Simon Parsons. If you look up and see a monkey in a tree, you might think you’re in the tropics—think ... READ MORE
Category: , Conservation, Forests, Invasive Species, Natural Resources, UF/IFAS TeachingGAINESVILLE, Fla. --- The University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences has hired esteemed educator and researcher Terrell “Red” Baker as the new director of the UF/IFAS School of Forest Resources and Conservation. ... READ MORE
Category: Agriculture, Forests, UF/IFASEach week on the blog we pull back the curtain on our Wildlife Ecology & Conservation graduate students’ seminar class. This post is by PhD student Wesley Boone. The Bengal tiger (Panthera tigris tigris) is arguably one of the most charismatic ... READ MORE
Category: Conservation, Forests, Natural Resources, UF/IFAS Research, UF/IFAS Teaching, WildlifeGAINESVILLE, Fla. --- It took a few years for Buzz Eaves to notice that tropical soda apple shrubs were overtaking his 1,200-acre cattle ranch near Fort Pierce, Florida. The prickly plant, with fruit the size of a golf ball and the color of ... READ MORE
Category: Agriculture, Conservation, Forests, Invasive Species, Livestock, Pests & Disease, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension