| News & Info Brief FORESTRY TAXATION VIDEOS ON YOUTUBE
The Forest Landowners Tax Council (The FLTC) has produced a couple educational programs about forestry related taxation. The latest is entitled “Taxation of Forestry Income.” These videos can be found at The FLTC YouTube Channel:
http://www.youtube.com/user/TheFLTC More news at the Florida Land Steward Blog LOOKING FOR INFORMATION ON A PARTICULAR TOPIC?
Check the vast array of extension publications available through UF/IFAS on the EDIS publication site: http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/ Wow, there’s a publication about that? GOT AN INVASIVE SPECIES PROBLEM or FIND A STRANGE PLANT OR CRITTER?
Go to floridainvasives.org for information, assistance and partnership opportunities. | *** | EAST FLORIDA (Madison County, east and south) | | September
24-29 | 15th annual Florida Keys Birding and Wildlife Festival (link) , a variety of programs, field trips, workshops and speakers. Festival activities span the length of the island chain, from Key Largo to the Dry Tortugas, and give participants a unique perspective on the terrestrial and marine habitats of this subtropical paradise. See link for details. | | October 1 | Python Patrol responder/detector trainings, Martin County. See https://pythonpatrol100113am.eventbrite.com (morning training) or https://pythonpatrol100113pm.eventbrite.com (afternoon training) for details and registration. | | October 9 | Invasive Exotic Species and Control Workshop (link to pdf flier) , Florida Center for Wildfire and Forest Management Training, 24059 Childs Road, Brooksville, FL 34601 , Presented by Florida’s Forest Stewardship Program and Nature Coast Cooperative Invasive Species Management Area. Pesticide Applicator Continuing Education Units approved: 2 Core, 1 Nat. Area WM; SAF Continuing Education hours approved: 3.0 hours Cat 1 and 1.0 hour Category 2. $10 covers lunch and materials. Details and registration online at
http://fsp-workshop100913.eventbrite.com/ | | October 9 | Certifiied Pile Burner Class, 8:30 am till 4:30 pm ET, UF/IFAS Suwannee Valley Agricultural Extension Center located in Live Oak, FL. This course will show you how to burn piles legally, safely and efficiently. $50 registration fee. Contact Elena Toro, etoro@ufl.edu or (386) 362-2771. | | October 11 | Central and East Central Florida CISMA Grass ID Workshop, October 11, 10 am – 4:00 pm. University of Central Florida’s Orlando Campus. To reserve your spot or for more information please contact: nature@ucf.edu | | October 16 | Heartland CISMA Grass ID workshop, 9:30 am to 3 pm, Archbold Biological Station. Details and registration at https://grassworkshop101613.eventbrite.com | | October 22 | Local Food Systems / Urban Farming Conference, 9:30 am to 3:00 pm, UF IFAS Extension Orange County Extension Education Center, Orlando, FL. $10 or $15 fee (includes open hive demo). Details and registration at: https://localfood-urbanfarming.eventbrite.com/ | | October 29 | Sandpine to Sandhill in the Urban Interface,10:00 am to 3:00pm ET, Julington Durbin Preserve, Jacksonville, FL. Join us for a tour of the sandhill restoration activities at Julington Durbin Preserve. Hosted by St. Johns Water Management District and and Conserved Forest Ecosystems: Outreach and Research (CFEOR). $6 fee for non CFEOR members. Details and registration at http://cfeorsjrwmdtour2013.eventbrite.com | | October 31 | Forest Stewardship Field Day: Tree/Plant ID (link to pdf flier) , 9 am to 3 pm, Morningside Nature Center, 3540 East University Avenue, Gainesville, FL 32641. $10 fee covers lunch and materials. Details and registration online at http://fsp-workshop103113.eventbrite.com/ | | November 6 | Florida Ag Expo (link) , 7:30 am - 4:00 pm, UF/IFAS Gulf Coast Research & Education Center, 14625 County Road 672, Wimauma, FL 33598. See link for details and registration. | | November 7 | Florida Tree Farm Tour at the property of Jeff and Melody Scott, Florida's 2013 Tree Farmers of the Year, 9 am to 1 pm ET, Suwannee County . Join us for a tour of the Scott Tree Farm, located near Live Oak, FL. Lunch will be provided. The tour is free. To sign up and get, call or email Phil at the Florida Forestry Association, (850) 222-5646 or phil@forestfla.org no later than Friday, October 25 | | November
21-22 | I-Tree Training Workshop (link), Jacksonville, location TBA. Offered by the Florida Urban Forest Council, learn how to inventory your urban forest using the i-Tree inventory and analysis system developed by the U.S. Forest Service. | | November 22 | 32nd Annual Volusia County Farm Tour, details to come. For more information contact David Griffis, UF/IFAS Volusia County Extension at dgriffis@ufl.edu, (386) 822-5778. | | January 14-16, 2014 | 2014 Green Infrastructure Conference (link), University of South Florida, Patel College of Global Sustainability, Tampa, FL. See link for details. | | February 8-13 | The Annual Meeting of the Society for Range Management (link) , Caribe Royale in Orlando, FL. See link for details. | | WEST FLORIDA (Jefferson County and west) | | October 3 | 2013 Tree ID Lab, 9:00 am to 12:30 pm, UF/IFAS Leon County Extension Office, 615 Paul Russell Road, Tallahassee, FL 32301. $10 fee 3.5 ISA CEUs. Details and registration at http://leonextensiontreeid2013.eventbrite.com/ | | October 5 | UF/IFAS NFREC Art & Garden Event (link) , 9:00 am to 4:00 pm, UF/IFAS North Florida Research and Education Center, 155 Research Road, Quincy, FL. See link for details. | | October 17 | Forest Certification Workshop: Forests, Labels, Mills & More, 8:00 am to 5:00 pm ET, UF/IFAS North Florida Research and Education Center, 155 Research Rd, Quincy, FL 32351. Two Polycom locations set up as well. Provided by UF/IFAS School of Forest Resources and Conservation. Join us to learn about the major certification systems in the Southeast, the group certification process for each of the systems, chain of custody and product labeling. SAF Continuing Forestry Education credits are pending. $15 covers materials, lunch and breaks. Register online at
https://fcp-workshopquincy1.eventbrite.com/
For more information contact Rose Godfrey, rosa23@ufl.edu, (352) 219-8717. | | October 20 | New Leaf Market 6th Annual Farm Tour (link) , 10am to 4pm, tours at 11am, 1pm and 3pm CT . See link for details. | | October
20-27 | Seven Days of Local Delights – A Celebration of Local Food, Tallahassee, FL. A series of tours, workshops and talks about Tallahassee's small farms and local food scene. Presented by the Red Hills Small Farm Alliance. See link for details. | | November 14 | Forest Stewardship Tour at George C. Owens Farm, 8:30 am to 2 pm CT, meet at Washington County Extension Auditorium . Join us to learn the many benefits of silvopasture - combining livestock and timber. Details and registration at http://fsp-tour111413.eventbrite.com/ | | November 19-20 | I-Tree Training Workshop (link), Pensacola, location TBA. Offered by the Florida Urban Forest Council, learn how to inventory your urban forest using the i-Tree inventory and analysis system developed by the U.S. Forest Service. | | November 21 | Forest Stewardship Tour at Kent-Carroll Forests, Holmes County. Details to Come. Join us to learn about this multi-enterprise property of forests, fruit production, ponds and wildlife. Details and registration at http://fsp-tour112113.eventbrite.com/ | | December 11 | Mosquito Identification Training Workshop (link), Florida State University Panama City campus, 4750 Collegiate Drive, Panama City, FL 32405. Presented by Public Health Entomology Services. 4-5 FDACS Public Health Pest Control CEUs anticipated. Registration at link above. | | January 14 | Cogongrass Workshop, 9:00 am to 5:00 pm, UF/IFAS North FL Research and Education Center, 155 Research Road, Quincy, FL 32351. To be broadcast via Polycom to 6 other Florida locations. Details to come. | | WEBINARS, REGIONAL OR NATIONAL EVENTS, OTHER | | October 1 | Conservation Webinar: Pastured Poultry and Conservation Planning (link), 3 pm ET, see link for details. | | October 3 | Natural Resources Webinar: Working Lands for Wildlife: Ducks Unlimited's Winter Wheat Initiative in the Northern Great Plains (link) , 2 pm ET. See link for details. | | October 8-10 | Longleaf Academy Understory 201 (link), Solon Dixon Forestry Education Center, 12130 Dixon Center Road, Andalusia, AL 36420. This course is part of The Longleaf Alliance’s Longleaf Academies . To register for this course, please contact the Longleaf Alliance office at office@longleafalliance.org or 334-427-1029 | | October 9 | Conservation Webinar: Introduction to Livestock GRACEnet and How ARS Research can be Transferred to NRCS (link) , 3 pm ET. See link for details. | | October 9 | Forestry Webinar: Burning on Private Lands with Consultants (link), 1 pm ET, See link for details. | | November 6 | Forestry Webinar: Planning Large Scale Burns , 12 pm ET. See link for details. | |
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