Tag: forest management

A group of 11 people pose in a grassy field with tall, dry golden-green vegetation and a few slender trees in the background. Most are crouching or kneeling in a row, while one person stands behind them. Several wear hard hats, reflective vests, or work clothes; a person at the right holds a large white insect net.

SFFGS Scientist brings savannah fire ecology awareness to the Philippines

by Suzette Cook
November 12, 2026

A study being carried out by UF/IFAS School of Forest, Fisheries and Geomatics (SFFGS) Research Assistant Scientist Jennifer Fill, Ph.D., aims to fill a gap in knowledge of savanna fire ecology and management in Southeast Asia. As a U.S. ... READ MORE

Category: Conservation, Forests, Natural Resources
Tags: Fire Ecology, Forest Health, Forest Management, Prescribed Fires, School Of Forest Fisheries And Geomatics Sciences
A three-panel outdoor collage shows a cowboy on horseback, cattle in a pine forest, and a close-up portrait of a man. In the left panel, a man wearing a tan cap, sunglasses, a blue-and-orange plaid shirt, jeans, and boots sits on a brown horse with a coiled rope draped over the saddle. The center panel shows several black, white, and brown cattle standing among tall pine trees and low green vegetation. In the right panel, a man wearing a light-colored cap and dark shirt faces the camera, with cattle and a sunlit pine forest visible behind him.

New landowner videos address turkey habitat, pine fertilization, silvopasture

by Suzette Cook
October 25, 2026

The UF/IFAS School of Forest, Fisheries, and Geomatics Sciences (SFFGS) has released new videos for forest landowners that explore silvopasture, fertilizers and turkey habitat as part of the My Florida Forest series and you will most likely ... READ MORE

Category: Forests, Natural Resources
Tags: Fertilizer, Forest Health, Forest Management, Landowner Assistance, Natural Resources, School Of Forest Fisheries And Geomatics Sciences, Silvopasture, Turkey
Four people plant seedlings on a sandy, forested slope lined with orange markers and black irrigation tubing.

UF Native Plant Nursery, forest service outplant 100 endangered flowers

by Suzette Cook
October 21, 2026

Story and Photos by Gage LaPierre/UF Native Plant Nursery Project manager After months of growing and preparing, our little green recruits have officially made it into the field! The UF/IFAS Native Plant Nursery Project recently teamed ... READ MORE

Category: Conservation, Natural Resources
Tags: Forest Management, Native Plants, School Of Forest Fisheries And Geomatics Sciences, UF/IFAS Native Plant Nursery
Tops of pine saplings.

Drought rapid response project lands nearly $300K NIFA grant

by Wes Wolfe
September 15, 2026

You spend the money, take the time and effort, then you have your seedlings in the ground ready to start their growth into tall and hardy trees. However, as it’s liable to do, the weather turns poor and you get a severe drought, like the one ... READ MORE

Category: Agribusiness, Agriculture, Disaster Preparation, Forests, Natural Resources, UF/IFAS, Work & Life
Tags: Forest, Forest Health, Forest Management, Forestry, Natural Resources, School Of Forest Fisheries And Geomatics Sciences, Timber, Tree Farm, Trees

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

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, Water, Wildlife
Tags: Conservation Easements, Forest, Forest Fisheries And Geomatics Sciences, Forest Management, Forest Resources And Conservation, Forestry, SFFGS, Southern Fire Exchange

Florida Land Steward Update, June 26, 2026

by Chris Demers
June 24, 2026

SUMMER DOWN TIME AND TO-DOs Hope you have a chance to slow down a bit during this time of year. I enjoy cooler weather, but I’ve come to embrace the aura of Florida summer – the chorus of cicadas rising in the morning, bright sun blazing ... READ MORE

Category: Conservation, Disaster Preparation, Forests, Invasive Species, Natural Resources, Recreation, SFYL Hot Topic, Water, Wildlife
Tags: Family Forest, Florida Land Steward Program, Forest Health, Forest Management, Hurricane Preparation, Hurricane Recovery, Hurricane Season, Invasive Species, Landowner Assistance

Florida Land Steward Update, June 26, 2026

by Chris Demers
June 24, 2026

SUMMER DOWN TIME AND TO-DOs Hope you have a chance to slow down a bit during this time of year. I enjoy cooler weather, but I’ve come to embrace the aura of Florida summer – the chorus of cicadas rising in the morning, bright sun blazing ... READ MORE

Category: Conservation, Disaster Preparation, Forests, Invasive Species, Natural Resources, Recreation, SFYL Hot Topic, Water, Wildlife
Tags: Family Forest, Florida Land Steward Program, Forest Health, Forest Management, Hurricane Preparation, Hurricane Recovery, Hurricane Season, Invasive Species, Landowner Assistance
An image of Anne-Isabelle Bonifassi in the forest. (Courtesy of Freda Montas)

National Geographic names SFFGS grad Wayfinder Award winner

by Wes Wolfe
June 15, 2026

It doesn’t take long to realize Anne-Isabelle Bonifassi is an extraordinary person, and that’s before the National Geographic Society named her as one of 15 Wayfinder Award winners this year. The award honors her for, “outstanding ... READ MORE

Category: Conservation, Forests, Natural Resources, UF/IFAS, Wildlife
Tags: Award, Awards, Forest, Forest Health, Forest Management, Forest Resources And Conservation, Forestry, Haiti, National Geographic, Online Course, School Of Forest Fisheries And Geomatics Sciences, SFFGS, Trees
Tree saplings stand in a wind tunnel for an experiment. (Suzette Cook/SFFGS)

Blow Out: Arboreal hurricane damage study first of its kind

by Wes Wolfe
June 10, 2026

You can’t drive out to the forest, snag several large trees and put them in a wind tunnel to run experiments, but you can get a lot done with saplings.  A new, ongoing study involves experiments doing exactly that, which marks the ... READ MORE

Category: Conservation, Forests, Natural Resources, UF/IFAS
Tags: Forest, Forest Fisheries And Geomatics Sciences, Forest Health, Forest Management, Forestry, Hurricane Recovery, Hurricane Season, School Of Forest Fisheries And Geomatics Sciences, SFFGS, Trees

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