Florida Land Steward Events and Webinars

Electronic download (pdf) and/or web links below:

• 2020

  FLORIDA LAND STEWARD WEBINAR SERIES: FOREST RECOVERY September 10 - October 1, 2020 at 2 pm ET (1 pm CT) Forest Recovery Webinars 2020 Announcement (PDF link)
  Recording of Webinar 1: Hurricane Recovery Assistance and Timber Market Update Presented on September 10, 2020 | 2:00-3:00 pm ET Daniel Stevens, Cooperative Forestry Assistance Supervisor, Florida Forest Service Elias Mathes, Block Grant Program Manager on behalf of Florida Division of Emergency Management Laura Bosworth, Director of Forestry and Regulatory Affairs, Florida Forestry Associatione Forest Recovery Webinar 1 Presentation Slides (PDF link) Links and Supplemental Reading (HTML or PDF): Florida Timber Recovery Block Grant web site UF/IFAS Blog Post on Block Grant and application tips USDA Disaster Assistance Resource Prepare Your Property For Hurricane Season (PDF link) Pine Forest Landowners Guide (PDF link)
  Recording of Webinar 2: Which Pine is Right for My Property? Presented September 17, 2020 | 2:00-3:00 pm ET Stan Rosenthal, UF/IFAS Extension Forestry Agent Emeritus and Forest Advocate, Florida Wildlife Federation, Natural Resource Planning Services Forest Recovery Webinar 2 Presentation Slides (PDF link) Links and Supplemental Reading (HTML or PDF): Common Pines of Florida Genetically Improved Pines for Reforesting Florida's Timberlands Ten Tips for Increasing Wildlife Biodiversity in Your Pine Plantations Ten Tips for Encouraging the Use of Your Pine Plantations by Game Species Chronology of Longleaf Pine Forest Restoration on a North Florida Site (Florida Wildlife Federation) Longleaf Pine Restoration Project video (referencing Florida Wildlife Federation project above)
  Recording of Webinar 3: Keys to Success with Longleaf Pine and Enviva Biomass Partnership Presented September 24, 2020 | 2:00-3:00 pm ET Ad Platt, Vice President for Operations, The Longleaf Alliance Ben Larson, Director of Sustainability, Enviva Shawn Cook, Sustainability Forester, Enviva Billy Clark, Commodity Manger, Enviva Forest Recovery Webinar 3 Presentation Slides (PDF link) Supplemental Reading (links or PDF) Longleaf Pine Regeneration Keys to Sucessfully Regenerating and Establishing Longleaf Pine (PDF link) Enviva Forest Restoration Plan: A Longleaf Forest High Conservation Value Program and 5-Yr Ecosystem Restoration Plan (PDF link)
  Webinar 4: Invasive Species Identification and Control October 1, 2020 | 2:00-3:00 pm ET Brian Pelc, Restoration Project Manager, The Nature Conservancy  Details and registration for Webinar 4: https://ufl.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_9mcRafM1ROCtTDS8PJhh5g Forest Recovery Webinar 4 Presentation Slides (to be posted as PDF) Supplemental Reading (links or PDF) UF/IFAS Extension Pubications on Invasive Species UF/IFAS Extension Publications on Cogongrass Controlling Invasive Plants in North Florida Forests

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  FLORIDA LAND STEWARD SHORT COURSE WEBINAR SERIES Beginning October 15, 2020 at 2 pm ET (1 pm CT) Florida Land Steward Short Course 2020 Webinar Series Announcement
  Webinar 1: How to Sell Your Timber October 15, 2020 | 2:00-3:00 pm ET  Scott Sager, Forester and Academic Programs Coordinator, UF/IFAS School of Forest Resources and Conservation Details and registration for Webinar 1: https://ufl.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_vXt5BNfWSsi3IfynkKzbOg Presentation slides (to be posted as PDF) Links and Supplemental Reading (HTML or PDF): Steps to Marketing Your Timber
  Webinar 2: Keep the Habitat Value of Your New Forest October 22, 2020 | 2:00-3:00 pm ET  Joe Vaughn and Megan Ellis, Landowner Assistance Program Biologists, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission Details and registration for Webinar 2: https://ufl.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_ERpr869jT1yL7sxVT5J-Bg Presentation slides (to be posted as PDF) Links and Supplemental Reading (HTML or PDF):
  Webinar 3: Using Biomass Markets in Forest Restoration November 5, 2020 | 2:00-3:00 pm ET  Jib Davidson, Forester, Columbia Timber and Environmental Services Details and registration for Webinar 3: https://ufl.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_hVGR_vK6S6yqx-_qExBZfg Presentation slides (to be posted as PDF) Links and Supplemental Reading (HTML or PDF):
  Webinar 4: Prepare for and Recover more quickly from the next Hurricane November 12, 2020 | 2:00-3:00 pm ET  Chris Demers, Extension Program Manager, UF/IFAS School of Forest Resources and Conservation Details and registration for Webinar 4: https://ufl.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_yQ1DP-mvTTKvEUy7fTtLWg Presentation slides (to be posted as PDF) Links and Supplemental Reading (HTML or PDF):

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  Wildlife & Invasive Species Education Workshop, with Nature Coast CISMA, Sumter County, Februay 11-13, 2020 (pdf)

  Longleaf Pine Forest Restoration and Management Workshop, Marion County, January 23, 2020 (pdf)

• 2019

  Grass ID and Invasive Species Workshop with East Florida, East Central Florida, and Osceola CISMAs, Orange County, October 29, 2019 (pdf)

  2019 Florida Outstanding Tree Farmer of the Year Tour at Russell Brothers Farm , Escambia County, October 25, 2019 (pdf)

  Working Forests Tour at Blackwater River State Forest, Santa Rosa County, October 24, 2019 (pdf)

  2019 Forest Plant Identification Field Day, Alachua County, October 10, 2019 (pdf)

  Forest Stewardship / Tree Farm Tour at Bill and Marcia Boothe's Crooked Creek Preserve, Gadsden County, October 3, 2019 (pdf)

  Forest Stewardship / Tree Farm Tour at Robert and Frances McGranahan's RFM Farms, Suwannee County, September 19, 2019 (pdf)

  Invasive Species and Control Workshop with North Central Floida CISMA, Suwannee County, May 30, 2019 (pdf)

  How controversial is the glyphosate controversy?, Dr. Stephen Enloe, UF/IFAS Center for Aquatic and Invasive Plants (pdf)

  Maintenance intervals for invasive grasses, Dr. Greg MacDonald, UF/IFASDept. of Agronomy (pdf)

  Identification and treatment of key invasive plant species in the region, Andi Christman, Alachua County Parks and Conservation Lands (pdf)

  Exotic tree-killers: Present, approaching, and on the horizon, Jeff Eickwort, Florida Forest Service (pdf)

  Feral swine management, J.C. Griffin, USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (pdf)

  Landowner assistance, Jessica Rodriguez, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (pdf)

  FISP Landowner Assistance Tool (web link)

  46th Annual SAF / SFRC Spring Symposium: Family Forests, April 30-May 1, 2019 (web page with presentation materials and links)

  Forest Stewardship Tour at Ben and Louann Williams Wetland Preserve, Putnam County, March 1, 2019 (pdf)

  Hurricane Recovery Workshop, Calhoun County, February 12, 2019 (pdf)

  2019 Flatwoods Fire and Nature Festival (map handout) January 26, 2019 (pdf)

• 2018

  2018 Forest Plant Identification Field Day, Alachua County, November 16, 2018 (pdf)

  Florida Tree Farm Tour at Price Farm, LLC, Santa Rosa County, October 24, 2018 (pdf)

  Florida Outstanding Tree Farmer of the Year Tour at Doug and Teresa Moore's South Prong Plantation, Baker County, October 19, 2018 (pdf)

  Landowner Cooperative Associations Workshop, Madison County, September 28, 2018 (pdf)

  Invasive Species and Control Workshop with Heartland CISMA, Okeechobee County, September 20, 2018 (pdf)

  Forest Stewardship Tour at Crescent Lake Hunt Club, Putnam County, August 22, 20 Forest Stewardship Tour at Crescent Lake Hunt Club, Putnam County, August 22, 2018 (pdf)

  Wildlife & Invasive Species Education Workshop, Sumter County, May 23-25, 2018 (pdf)

  45th Annual SAF / SFRC Spring Symposium: Get Proactive in the Age of Disturbance, May 2-3, 2018 (pdf)

  Invasive Species and Control Workshop with Suncoast CISMA, Hillsborough County, March 21, 2018 (pdf)

  Forest Stewardship Tour at George C. Owens Farm Silvopasture, Washington County, March 14, 2018 (pdf)

  Forest Stewardship Landowner Short Course, Austin Cary Forest Campus, Alachua County, March 9, 2018 (pdf)

  Forest Stewardship Landowner Short Course, Austin Cary Forest Campus, Alachua County, February 23, 2018 (pdf)

  Conservation Easement Workshop, Osceola County, January 26, 2018 (pdf)

• 2017

  Tree Farm Tour at Pinkoson Property, Alachua County, November 15, 2017(pdf)

  Tree Farm Tour at Pinkoson Property, Alachua County, November 15, 2017 (pdf)

  Forest Plant Identification Field Day, Alachua County, October 19, 2017 (pdf)

  Forest Plant Identification Field Day, Alachua County, October 19, 2017 (pdf)

  Sandhills Farm photos by Eleanor Dietrich

  Forest Stewardship / Six Rivers CISMA Workshop: Invasive Exotic Species and Control, Okaloosa County, September 28, 2017 (pdf)

  Forest Stewardship Workshop: Sell Your Timber for what it's Worth, Gadsden County, May 25, 2017 (pdf)

  Forest Stewardship / Big Scrub CIMSA Workshop: Invasive Exotic Species and Control, Marion County, April 21, 2017 (pdf)

  Forest Stewardship Workshop: Sell Your Timber for what it's Worth, Nassau County, March 16, 2017 (pdf)

  Forest Stewardship Tour at Lloyd Adams' Nu View Properties, Columbia, Lake County, March 9, 2017 (pdf)

• 2016

  Forest Stewardship / Tree Farm Tour at John and Margaret Jahreis Property, Lake County, November 2, 2016 (pdf)

  Forest Stewardship / Tree Farm Tour at Bear Bay Timber Company, Clay County, October 26, 2016 (pdf)

  Longleaf Pine Forest Restoration and Management Workshop, Bainbridge, GA, October 25, 2016 (pdf)

  2016 Florida Outstanding Tree Farm of the Year Tour, October 14, 2016 (pdf)

  Forest Plant Identification Field Day, Alachua County, October 6, 2016 (pdf)

  Forest Stewardship Workshop: Use Prescribed Fire Safely and Effectively, Santa Rosa County, September 27, 2016 (pdf)

  Forest Stewardship / Apalachicola Regional Stewardship Alliance Workshop: Invasive Species and Control, Franklin County, September 15, 2016 (pdf)

  Longleaf Pine Forest Restoration & Management, Greenwood Plantation, Thomasville, GA, June 2, 2016 (pdf)

  Aquatic Invasives Workshop, Orange County, May 13, 2016 (pdf)

  Forest Stewardship Workshop: Use Prescribed Fire Safely and Effectively, Alachua County, April 28, 2016 (pdf)

  Forest Stewardship Tour: Gould Tree Farm, Washington County, April 5, 2016  Forest Stewardship Tour: Gould Tree Farm, Washington County, April 5, 2016 (pdf)

  Forest Stewardship Tour: Arnold Tree Farm, Levy County, March 17, 2016 (pdf)

  Wildlife & Invasive Species Education Workshop, Sumter County, February 17-19, 2016 (pdf)

• 2015

  Forest Health Update, Polycom Workshop, December 10, 2015 (recorded presentations, materials and links)

  Longleaf Pine Forest Restoration & Management, Alachua County, December 8, 2015   (pdf)

  Forest Stewardship Tour: Withlacoochee Gulf Preserve, Levy County, December 3, 2015 (pdf)

  Invasive Exotic Species and Management, Palm Beach County, November 17, 2015 (pdf)

  Forest Plant ID Workshop, Alachua County, October 29, 2015  (pdf)

  Forest Stewardship Tour: Sparkleberry Farm. Alachua County, October 22, 2015  (pdf)

  Integrate Wildlife and Forestry Workshop, Jefferson County, October 15, 2015  (pdf)

  Cogongrass Identification and Control, Walton County, September 24, 2015 (pdf)

  Invasive Exotic Species and Management, Lake County, August 20, 2015 (pdf)

  Longleaf Pine Forest Restoration & Management, Wakulla County, June 2, 2015   (pdf)

  Forest Stewardship Tour: Spencer Family Property, Santa Rosa County, May 14, 2015 (pdf)

  Forest Stewardship Tour: Spring Canyon LLC, Gadsden County, April 23, 2015   (pdf)

  Forest Stewardship Workshop / Tour: Klausner Lumber One, Suwannee County, March 31, 2015 (pdf)

  Forest Stewardship Tour: Yulee Tree Farm, Volusia County, March 20, 2015 (pdf)

  Integrate Wildlife and Forestry Workshop, Alachua County, February 26, 2015 (pdf)