Recorded Presentations from the Forest Stewardship Videoconference: Technical and Financial Assistance for Small Farm, Forest and Wildlife Management
Recorded on December 10, 2009 and broadcast live via Polycom from the University of Florida Campus to Extension facilities in Clay, Hillsborough, Holmes, Jackson, Lee, Madison, Miami-Dade, Nassau, Osceola, Santa Rosa, Sumter, Volusia, Walton and Washington Counties.
Finding financial and/or technical assistance for management practices is a challenge, especially for landowners pursuing assistance for the first time. For landowners, this program will help you with the process of applying for assistance and provide an update on the current technical and/or cost-share assistance programs available to fund farm, forest or wildlife management practices. For foresters and other natural resource professionals, this is an update on the latest assistance programs offered through USDA, DOF, FWC and other partners. Sources of assistance with controlling invasive species and creating and managing farm ponds is also included.
FORESTERS - GET CFEs!!! This on-line workshop has been approved for 3.0 Category 1 SAF Continuing Forestry Education Credits
In order to receive credit, watch the presentations linked below and take this QUIZ. You must get 4 of the 6 questions correct to pass. Please email, fax or mail the completed quiz to Chris Demers, cdemers@ufl.edu, fax c/o Chris Demers, (352) 846-1277.
Or by mail:
Chris Demers
UF-IFAS SFRC
PO Box 110410
Gainesville, FL 32611-0410
Presentations
1 |
Program Introduction, FloridaInvasives.org brief , Chris Demers, UF-IFAS School of Forest Resources and Conservation (SFRC) |
2 |
Be Ready to Apply, USDA Farm Bill Programs, Kenneth Morgan, Program Specialist, USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service |
3 |
Division of Forestry (DOF) Assistance, Tony Grossman, Conservation Programs Manager, DOF |
4 |
Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) Assistance, Chris Wynn, Landowner Assistance Program Coordinator, FWC |
5 |
Assistance with Farm Ponds, Chuck Cichra, Professor of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, SFRC |
SAF CFE Credits: Foresters, In order to receive 3 Category-1 CFE Credit, you must pass this QUIZ. You must get 4 of the 6 questions correct to pass. Please email, fax or mail the completed quiz to Chris Demers, cdemers@ufl.edu, fax c/o Chris Demers, (352) 846-1277.
Or by mail:
Chris Demers
UF-IFAS SFRC
PO Box 110410
Gainesville, FL 32611-0410
Program Materials
- Program Agenda and Presenter Contacts, 2 pgs (pdf)
- Kenneth Morgan's Presentation Notes, 9 pgs (pdf)
- Tony Grossman's Presentation Notes, (pdf)
- Chris Wynn's Presentation Notes, 7 pgs (pdf)
- Dr. Chuck Cichra's Presentation Notes, 8 pgs (pdf)
- Extension Publication: Improving, Restoring, and Managing Natural Resources
on Rural Properties in Florida: Sources of Financial Assistance, 11 pgs (pdf) - Extension Publication: Improving, Restoring, and Managing Natural Resources
on Rural Properties in Florida: Sources of Technical Assistance, 5 pgs (pdf) - Wildlife 2060 - What's at Stake for Florida?, 1 page, legal paper, color (pdf)
- Program Evaluation, 1 pg (pdf)