Forestry

Land use in Florida is undergoing significant change as many agricultural enterprises shift to the establishment of forest tree plantations on old agricultural fields and pastures. This is occurring on top of an already extensively forested land base. More...

• Christmas Trees
  Production, pest management, caring for cut trees, and marketing.  Florida producers have and very limited success in this area.  Less than 1% of the Christmas trees sold are grown in Florida
• Economics & Management
  Budgets, taxes, and marketing.
• Environmental Management
  Best management practices (BMPs) and prescribed fires.
• Firewood Production
  Managing the forest landscape, and gathering, preparing, and storing firewood.
• Forest Farming / Agroforestry
  Establishment, estimating profitability, productive conservation, riparian buffers, and other topics.
• Forest Grazing / Silvopasture
  Forest management, conversion of pasture and pine forests to silvopasture systems, forage management, and other topics.
• Hardwood, Saw Palmetto & Wetland Species
  Common marketable wood and plant species.
• Pest Control
  Insect management, weeds, diseases, and tree health care.
• Pine Production & Straw
  Pine species, regeneration, soils and fertilizers, and pine straw production and management.

UF/IFAS Sites

• Agroforestry
• Center for Natural Resources
• Center for Subtropical Agroforestry (CSTAF)
• Florida Forestry Stewardship Program--School of Forest Resources & Conservation
• Income Tax Deduction for Timber Casualty Loss
• Master Tree Farmer
• School of Forestry Resources & Conservation

UF/IFAS Publications

• Conservation Easements: Options for Preserving Current Land Uses
• Environmentally Sound Forest Harvesting
• Florida's Renewable Forest Resources
• Selecting a Consulting Forester
• What is in a Natural Resource Management Plan?

State & Federal Agencies

• Bureau of Land Management--U.S. Department of the Interior
• FDACS Division of Forestry
• Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (FDACS)
• Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS)--USDA
• Southern Research Station--USDA/FS
• Timber and Log Price Reports--USDA Forest Service
• U.S. National Arboretum

Other University Sites

• University of Georgia
•   Subtropical Forestry
•   Timber Mart-South
•   Warnell School of Forest Resources