Category: NATURAL RESOURCES

Bridging the gulf in Gulf intelligence: AI in natural resources

by Scott Angle

December 17, 2021

It’s widely believed that our Gulf Coast oyster population is declining. As scientists at the University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, we seek to prove it. Or disprove it. We go where the science takes us. With oysters, ... READ MORE

Category: Coasts & Marine, Conservation, NATURAL RESOURCES, UF/IFAS, Water
Tags: Artificial Intelligence, Oysters, School Of Forest Fisheries And Geomatics Sciences

25 years later, a dream fulfilled

by Scott Angle

October 19, 2021

After 25 years, do you keep chasing a dream? Collier County Farm Bureau President Matt Stephenson-Smith does. Stephenson-Smith entered the University of Florida as a 24-year-old transfer in 1994. Decades later, he found himself still taking ... READ MORE

Category: Academics, Agribusiness, AGRICULTURE, Crops, NATURAL RESOURCES, UF/IFAS
Tags: College Of Agricultural And Life Sciences, Farm Bureau

Andra Johnson named dean of UF/IFAS Extension and director of Florida Cooperative Extension Service

by Samantha Murray

September 7, 2021

Andra Johnson, associate director of Penn State Extension, will be the next dean of UF/IFAS Extension and director of the Florida Cooperative Extension Service, the University of Florida announced on Tuesday. Johnson will assume the role on ... READ MORE

Category: AGRICULTURE, NATURAL RESOURCES
Tags: Andra Johnson, J. Scott Angle, News

Master Naturalist program inspires action on environment

by Scott Angle

July 30, 2021

Once upon a time, the Blackwater River was a conveyor belt of prosperity. Loggers floated longleaf pine trunks to the mills. But once the longleafs were all cut, the mills, landings, and structures that supported the industry were abandoned. ... READ MORE

Category: Coasts & Marine, Conservation, Forest, NATURAL RESOURCES, Recreation, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension, Volunteer/Training, Water
Tags: An Angle On IFAS, Extension, Master Naturalist, Natural Resources

Vam York: An Appreciation

by Scott Angle

July 26, 2021

UF/IFAS has lost one of its most devoted philanthropists as well as one its true pioneers, Vermelle “Vam” York. She passed away peacefully on Wednesday. She was the widow of UF/IFAS founder Dr. E.T. York. Over the course of their 64-year ... READ MORE

Category: AGRICULTURE, Forest, NATURAL RESOURCES, UF/IFAS Extension
Tags: Vam York

Celebrating Faculty Excellence

by Scott Angle

July 26, 2021

Congratulations to the 59 UF/IFAS faculty whose record of strong achievement has earned them tenure, permanent status and/or promotion! I am proud to work with each and every one of these leaders who consistently demonstrate across-the-board ... READ MORE

Category: Academics, AGRICULTURE, EVENTS, NATURAL RESOURCES, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension, WORK & LIFE

Storytelling advocates for Floridians

by Scott Angle

March 23, 2021

One of the VP’s main jobs is to get the resources our faculty and staff need to do theirs. I love doing this. Asking for funding is an opportunity to tell the story of the men and women of UF/IFAS making Florida and the world a better place. ... READ MORE

Category: 4-H & Youth, AGRICULTURE, Invasive Species, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension
Tags: 4-H, Budget, Extension, Legislature

A More Diverse, Inclusive UF/IFAS: An Update

by Scott Angle

January 15, 2021

It’s no secret that the demographics of the people in the academic fields represented within UF/IFAS do not reflect those of our larger society. Reckoning with the historical roots of this is not a search for an excuse but a way to deepen ... READ MORE

Category: Academics, AGRICULTURE, Blog Community, NATURAL RESOURCES, UF/IFAS, Water
Tags: IDEA

The VP Promise —Transformative experiences for CALS students

by Scott Angle

October 15, 2020

Opportunity is a hallmark of a great land-grant university and of a UF/IFAS College of Agricultural and Life Sciences education. So much of that opportunity awaits outside the classroom: study abroad, a semester in politics in Tallahassee or ... READ MORE

Category: Academics, AGRICULTURE, NATURAL RESOURCES, UF/IFAS
Tags: VP Promise

Values and Hope Guide Us Through Uncertain Times

by Scott Angle

July 13, 2020

Dear friends, UF/IFAS is one of the best agricultural and natural resource programs in the world because of you. The depth and breadth of our organization is respected globally, and we are well positioned to continue its upward trajectory. ... READ MORE

Category: AGRICULTURE, NATURAL RESOURCES, UF/IFAS Extension, WORK & LIFE
Tags: An Angle On IFAS

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