Two NATA workshops open for registration this month
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Category: Professional Development
Join the 37th annual Master Gardener Volunteer training class in 2020
By Ralph E. Mitchell Are you a candidate for the Charlotte County Master Gardener Volunteer Program? Do you enjoy meeting and talking with people? Do you like searching for answers to gardening questions that you or others have?… Read More
Highlights of 2019 NATA Annual Report
2019 summary We are pleased to share that 2019 was the 20th year of operation for the Natural Areas Training Academy (NATA)! More participants attended workshops this year than ever before! We hosted 8 workshops this calendar year;… Read More
Graduate Student Wins International Plant Propagation Society Award
Mid-Florida Research and Education Center student Yuvraj Khamare was recently awarded third place in the International Plant Propagators Society (IPPS) Southern Region Charlie Parkerson Student Research Competition at the 2019 IPPS Southern Region show. “This competition gives graduate… Read More
Faustmann and Forest Economists
The Faustmann Symposium is a conference about forest economics that takes place every 4 years. It is named for Martin Faustmann, who developed the land expectation value formula, the solution to determine the profitability of a forest stand…. Read More
Limited Commercial Landscape Maintenance Certification
Description: Date and Time Wed, December 18, 2019 8:00 AM – 3:30 PM EST Add to Calendar Location 86026 Pages Dairy Road Yulee, FL 32097 View Map Refund Policy Contact the organizer to request a refund. Eventbrite’s fee… Read More
NATA’s first RX-410 held at Disney Wilderness Preserve in October
Overview NATA recently held RX-410: Smoke Management Techniques for the first time at the Disney Wilderness Preserve on October 7-11. This training was offered in partnership with the U.S. Forest Service and The Nature Conservancy. Participants traveled from… Read More
Former Extension Faculty Honored
One of the reasons we can point to UF/IFAS Extension as one of the nation’s foremost outreach organizations is that our faculty keep accumulating honors after long careers of service. Recently, no less than three former faculty members… Read More
Loop Legislative Internship 10-year Anniversary
From Tallahassee, Florida, to Washington, D.C., the Loop Legislative Internship Program has supported more than 20 College of Agricultural and Life Sciences (CALS) students in various majors. This year, the scholarship celebrates its 10th anniversary! In 2009, the… Read More
From Intern to Agent at UF/IFAS Extension
By Cassidy Dossin, UF/IFAS Extension Agent in Clay County (’19 animal sciences major) My internship with UF/IFAS Extension in the summer of 2018 was pivotal in shaping my college experience and gave me direction in my pursuit of… Read More