Benefits of a Forestry Consultant

Benefits of a Forestry Consultant

  Stephen Greer, County Extension Director, UF/IFAS Extension Santa Rosa   Forest landowners can use the services of a professional consulting forester in several ways.  The use of a consulting forester can be justified by the timber stand’s...
Reducing Your Risk of Wildfire Damage

Reducing Your Risk of Wildfire Damage

With wet growing seasons and multiple significant storms in the past several years bringing down many trees and/or limbs, it is quite likely that unmanaged forest lands throughout the Panhandle have a high fuel load for potential forest fires. These high fuel...
Healthy Forest and Land Management Decisions

Healthy Forest and Land Management Decisions

Managing a healthy forest is one of many landowner decisions that need to be made that are determined through the owner’s long-term outcomes and benefits.  These decisions not only impact the landowner, but the community and region.

Planning a Pine Plantation for Wildlife and More

Planning a Pine Plantation for Wildlife and More

Do you have a management plan for your pine plantation? If not, the benefits of wildlife are definitely worth considering as you plan. Benefits from wildlife can include better hunting, hiking, bird watching and photography opportunities. In some scenarios, wildlife...