Tag: timber

UF pavilion promotes sustainable construction

by Megan Winslow
July 29, 2024

On a campus known for its stately brick buildings, the University of Florida’s newest structure stands out: a 400-square foot pavilion with timber columns, some straight, others erected at an angle. Holes allow light – and water – to stream ... READ MORE

Category: Conservation, Forests, NATURAL RESOURCES, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension, UF/IFAS Research
Tags: Atelier Mey, Austin Cary, Carbon Emissions, Chris Meyer, Conservation, Craig Vincent, IFAS, Institute Of Food And Agricultural Sciences, MASS Haptic, Mass Timber, Megan Winslow, Minimal Impact Engineering, Pavilion, Rex Lumber, Rothoblaas, School Of Forest Fisheries And Geomatics Sciences, Scott Sager, SFFGS, Shawna Meyer, Sustainable, The Softwood Lumber Board, Timber, UF, University Of Florida, USDA Forest Service Wood Innovation Grant Program, Walbridge

UF/IFAS researchers review alternatives to prescribed burning

by Megan Winslow
March 19, 2024

Each year, the Florida Forest Service authorizes about 88,000 prescribed burns by landowners and public agencies on more than 2.1 million acres of land. Objectives include promoting healthy regeneration of vegetation, controlling disease among ... READ MORE

Category: Farm Management, Forests, Horticulture, Pests & Disease, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Research
Tags: And Geomatics Sciences, Burn, Chopping, Fire, Fisheries, Florida Forest Service, Grazing, Hand Felling, Herbicide, Institute Of Food And Agricultural Sciences, Land Management, Megan Winslow, Michael Andreu, Mowing, Mulching, Prescribed Burn, Prescribed Fire, School Of Forest, Timber, Timber Harvesting, UF/IFAS, University Of Florida, Wildfire

UF/IFAS to provide educational support for timber producers recovering from Hurricane Michael

by Kirsten Romaguera Rabin
August 26, 2020

When Hurricane Michael swept through the Florida Panhandle in 2018, the category 5 storm left in its wake years’ worth of losses to one of the area’s largest industries, timber. Per estimates from the Florida Forest Service, a division of ... READ MORE

Category: Agribusiness, EVENTS, Forests, SFYL Hot Topic, UF/IFAS Extension
Tags: Block Grant, Chris Demers, Florida Land Steward Program, Hurricane Michael, Online Education, Recovery, Reforestation, School Of Forest Resources And Conservation, Timber, Webinar

UF/IFAS workshop to help timber owners protect their land from theft, other crimes

by Tom Nordlie
January 25, 2013

GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- To the owner, a tract of timberland may be a wise investment or a family legacy. Unfortunately, to others that same acreage may look like a great place to cook methamphetamine, poach deer or steal a few truckloads of ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Forests, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension
Tags: Columbia County, Demers, Kazee, Timber, Timber Security

Florida’s economy could benefit from biomass for electricity, UF researcher says

by Tom Nordlie
August 11, 2010

Cutline at bottom. Click here for high resolution image. GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- Consumers know that buying locally produced food stimulates the local economy, and a University of Florida researcher says the same idea applies when power plants ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Crops
Tags: Biomass, Electricity, Hodges, Legislature, Timber, Wood

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