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.
Fire Management in a Silvopasture System
– In a silvopasture setting, you must consider both grass and tree management when doing a prescribed burn or other practices. We know that controlled, or prescribed burning can be beneficial to both plant communities. Depending on species of pine, initial...
Hurricane Michael Timber and Irrigation Recovery Block Grant Application Deadlines Extended through April 30
– On August 21, 2020, Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried and the Florida Forest Service announced that registration for the Florida Timber Recovery Block Grant Program and the Florida Irrigation Recovery Block Grant Program was available to agricultural...
Hurricane Michael Emergency Forest Restoration Program Open Again
– It has been over two years since Hurricane Michael devastated the Central Panhandle. In that time tremendous strides have been made towards patching our part of the world back together. Some of the landscape is getting back to normal, but in some areas the...