by Stephen Greer | Apr 14, 2023
The process of establishing and maintaining a healthy forest brings opportunities and challenges from planning all the way through harvest management. What are your immediate and long term goals for the forest? How will climate related conditions like floods,...
by external | Feb 10, 2023
Chris Demers and Dr. Michael Andreu, UF/IFAS School of Forest, Fisheries, and Geomatics Sciences The Forest Landowner Academy is the first of its kind to be offered by the UF/IFAS School of Forest, Fisheries, and Geomatics Sciences (SFFGS), through the UF/IFAS...
by Ian Stone | Dec 9, 2022
This Holiday season stay real and go local with a fresh locally grown tree. It may come as a surprise to many, but Florida has thriving local Christmas tree farms around the state. Just because Florida has a warm climate in the deep south does not mean...
by Stephen Greer | Oct 7, 2022
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...
by Daniel J. Leonard | Sep 30, 2022
In October 2018, Hurricane Michael rolled through the Central Panhandle, destroying millions of acres of commercial pine forests. In the years since, a remarkable amount of work has been done to clean up and replant most of these destroyed acres. Many of these...
by Andrea Albertin | Sep 30, 2022
The USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) offers producers technical and financial assistance to help them implement Best Management Practices (BMPs) on their operations. NRCS staff work with farmers, ranchers, and forest land managers to...