Tag: SFFGS

People shopping for plants at the 2025 UF/IFAS Native Plant Sale. (Suzette Cook/SFFGS)

Native Plant Sale returns to UF with hundreds of species available


June 23, 2026

You’re probably going to want to get there early — nothing gets the heart of campus jumping during the summer heat quite like the annual UF/IFAS Native Plant Sale. "We anticipate the highest demand will be for native milkweeds and ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Events, Home Landscapes, Horticulture, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension
Tags: Native Species, Scholarships And Funding, School Of Forest Fisheries And Geomatics Sciences, SFFGS, Trees, UF/IFAS Extension, Wildflowers

UF/IFAS DIRT Project Looks Below Ground to Save Water Above


June 15, 2026

https://youtu.be/i4YKAZvzTzY GAINESVILLE, Fla. —A new collaborative research project led by the University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (UF/IFAS) is exploring how Florida's urban landscapes can remain attractive ... READ MORE

Category: Conservation, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Home Landscapes, Horticulture, Natural Resources, Water
Tags: Center For Land Use Efficiency, DIRT Project, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Land Development, SFFGS, UF/IFAS Extension, Water Conservation
An image of Anne-Isabelle Bonifassi in the forest. (Courtesy of Freda Montas)

National Geographic names SFFGS grad Wayfinder Award winner


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


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
A red snapper goes below the waterline attached to a descending device.

Anglers can snag $250 with their Atlantic red snapper


May 21, 2026

Note: The extended red snapper season is on pause because of a May 21 federal injunction. A red snapper and $250 isn’t a bad way to end a day on the water. Those days may be many for the Florida anglers who are celebrating the longest Atlantic ... READ MORE

Category: Coasts & Marine, Conservation, Events, Natural Resources, UF/IFAS, Water
Tags: Florida Sea Grant, Natural Resource Conservation, Natural Resources, Patterson Lab, Red Snapper, School Of Forest Fisheries And Geomatics Sciences, SFFGS, South Atlantic
The ForestSAT 2026 group photo, showing a gathering of people in a conference room in front and on a podium with large screens on the wall on each side.

Successful ForestSAT 2026 more than its parts


May 14, 2026

It would have been enough just to get together and see everyone. “Sometimes we get so busy with deadlines, right?” asked ForestSAT 2026 organizer Inacio Bueno, Ph.D. “Papers, coding, … work, meetings and other things — proposals ... READ MORE

Category: Events, Forests, Natural Resources, Professional Development, UF/IFAS
Tags: Austin Cary Forest, Forest, Forest Carbon, Forest Fisheries And Geomatics Sciences, Forest Health, Forest Management, Forestry, ForestSAT, School Of Forest Fisheries And Geomatics Sciences, SFFGS, SilvaLab, Trees
An aerial view of the Austin Cary Forest.

SilvaLab, SFFGS prepare for world’s premier forest spatial analysis conference


April 20, 2026

It’s about the forest view from above. School of Forest, Fisheries, and Geomatics Sciences Associate Professor Carlos Alberto Silva’s SilvaLab, SFFGS and the University of Florida landed a major forestry tech conference and it’s set ... READ MORE

Category: Events, Forests, Natural Resources, Professional Development, UF/IFAS
Tags: Austin Cary Forest, Forest, Forest Carbon, Forest Fisheries And Geomatics Sciences, Forest Health, Forest Management, Forestry, ForestSAT, School Of Forest Fisheries And Geomatics Sciences, SFFGS, SilvaLab, Trees
Thick, dark plumes of wildfire smoke rise over green treetops.

Austin Cary Forest safe from 400-acre State Road 26 wildfire


April 16, 2026

As evening rush hour traffic built Wednesday, April 15, on Waldo Road, a towering black column of smoke rose to the northeast. Sparked by an unknown origin, the State Road 26 fire was already at 10 acres when reported, and spread to around ... READ MORE

Category: Conservation, Forests, Natural Resources, UF/IFAS
Tags: Austin Cary Forest, Forest, Forest Fisheries And Geomatics Sciences, Forest Management, Forestry, Natural Disasters, School Of Forest Fisheries And Geomatics Sciences, SFFGS
An ambrosia beetle stands near larvae that are eating their way through a piece of wood.

Ladies and Gentlemen, the Beetles: SFFGS faculty lead major beetle taxonomy paper


March 16, 2026

It’s immense.  School of Forest, Fisheries, & Geomatics Sciences researchers — along with international scientists and experts from the Maryland Department of Agriculture, Michigan State University and the University of Texas — ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Forests, Natural Resources, Pests & Disease, UF/IFAS, Wildlife
Tags: College Of Agricultural And Life Sciences, Forest, Forest Fisheries And Geomatics Sciences, Forest Health, Forest Management, Forestry, School Of Forest Fisheries And Geomatic Sciences, School Of Forest Fisheries And Geomatics Sciences, SFFGS, Trees, Wildlife

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