Events Calendar
2010 Forest Stewardship Program, Extension & Other Natural Resource Events
If you know of a natural resource event that should be included on this page please send an email with the name of the event, date, location, and contact phone or email to cdemers@ufl.edu.
Events
| Date | Event, Location, Contacts |
February 5 |
Annie’s Project, Suwannee / Columbia County. This begins a 6-week course designed for farm/ranch women to help them become active and involved farm partners. Cost is $25. For more information contact Mary Sowerby at the UF-IFAS Suwannee County Extension Office, meso@ifas.ufl.edu, (386) 362-2771. |
February 5 |
Forest Stewardship Tour - Southwest Florida Stewardship Tour, Lee County, Call Claudia Piotrowicz, (239) 533-7514, cpiotrowicz@leegov.com to register. Program Agenda |
February 8 |
Carbon Market Workshop, 8:45 am - 1 pm ET, Tallahassee Capitol Center, 300 W. Pensacola, Tallahassee, FL 32301. Register on-line at link above. |
February 9 |
Carbon Market Workshop, 10 am - 2 pm ET, John Germany Public Library, 900 North Ashley Drive, Tampa, FL 33602 . Register on-line at link above. |
February 9 |
Annie’s Project, Sumter / Lake County. This begins a 6-week course designed for farm/ranch women to help them become active and involved farm partners. Cost is $25. For more information contact Susan Kelly, UF-IFAS Sumter County Extension Office, sakelly@ufl.edu, (352) 793-2728. |
February 9 |
Division of Forestry / UF-IFAS Workshop: Silvicultural Best Management Practices (BMP’s) for Forest Landowners and Are Eucalyptus and Cottonwood Trees in North Florida’s Future? 10:00 am -2:15 pm EST at UF-IFAS Hamilton County Extension Office, 1143 US Hwy 41 NW, Jasper, FL 32052. Contact Greg Staten at (386) 792-1269, stateng@doacs.state.fl.us or Allen Tyree at (386) 792-1276, atyree@ufl.edu to register. Please call by 4:00 pm, Friday, February 5th, if you plan to attend. |
February 10 |
Annie’s Project, Sarasota County. This begins a 6-week course designed for farm/ranch women to help them become active and involved farm partners. Cost is $25. For more information contact Robert Kluson, UF-IFAS Sarasota County Extension Office, rkluson@ufl.edu, (941) 232-3090. |
February 25 |
Forest Stewardship Property Tour at Saturiwa Conservation Area, Property of Mike Adams, 2009 Forest Stewardship Landowner of the Year, St. Johns County. Call the St. Johns County Extension Office at (904) 209-0430 to register. |
March 1-6 |
Natural Areas Training Academy: Vegetation Monitoring in a Management Context, Archbold Biological Station, Lake Placid, Florida. Cost is $875.00 and includes registration, materials, lodging and meals. For more information and on-line registration, see the Natural Areas Training Academy web site at: http://nata.snre.ufl.edu/ |
March 11 |
Forest Stewardship Workshop, Diversify Income from Your Land, 9:00 am - 3 pm ET, UF-IFAS Hillsborough County Extension Office, Seffner, FL. Contact Rob Northrop at (813) 744-5519 x.106 to register. |
March 23 |
Forest Stewardship Workshop, Diversify Income from Your Land, 9:00 am - 3 pm ET, UF-IFAS Clay County Extension Office, Green Cove Springs, FL. Contact the Extension Office at (904) 284-6355 to register. |
March 30 |
UF-IFAS Pesticide Applicator CEU Day, 8:30 am - 4:00 pm EST, broadcast via Polycom to UF-IFAS Extension Offices across Florida. Applicators will be able to attend any or all of the 6 sections for pesticide licensing recertification credit. A total of 6 FDACS‐approved CEUs are available for the entire day in 12 categories. Contact your local UF-IFAS Extension Office or Research Center to see if they are hosting or can host the program. |
May 3-6 |
UF-IFAS Aquatic Weed Control Short Course, Coral Springs, FL. The Aquatic Weed Control Short Course is designed to benefit those new to the industry and experienced professionals seeking a comprehensive update on all things related to aquatic weed control. |
May 4 |
Forest Stewardship Workshop, Diversify Income from Your Land, 9:00 am - 3 pm CT, UF-IFAS Walton County Extension Office, DeFuniak Springs, FL. Contact the Extension Office at (850) 892-8172 to register. |
May 5-7 |
59th Annual Florida Beef Cattle Short Course, Hilton University of Florida. See http://conference.ifas.ufl.edu/beef/index.htm for more information. |