Forestry
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If you interested in learning more about forestry and natural resources from your own office or need to add some continuing ed credits, check out this web site of archived webinars. The description of the site is below: Welcome to The Forestry Webinar Portal View Live and On-Demand: Whatever your interest – from improving wildlife…
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Fox News reported that most of the 3 million acres of forestland that was destroyed by Hurricane Michael in 2018 is literally rotting away on the ground. Only about 13 percent of it has been recovered so far. Many timber producers are seeing their life savings lost because it is not possible to salvage all…
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In this recent story from the Panama City News-Herald, continuing impacts from Hurricane Michael are discussed. They include an increased chance of bad wildfires due to all of the tree debris in the Florida panhandle, flooding from both damming of streams by large trees and the lack of trees to soak up rain water, and…
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One of the unexpected consequences of all of the trees blown down by Hurricane Michael last year in the Florida Panhandle was that flooding of creeks has increased. The downed tress are acting as dams in creeks they cross, slowing the water and backing it up into areas that are not usually flooded. Removing the…
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The Tampa Bay Times reported this week that a large number of dead trees remaining on the ground following Hurricane Michael last year contributed to the spread of a wildfire near Panama City to almost 600 acres. Authorities note that because there is so much dead vegetation on the ground this year after the storm…
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The Weather Channel recently released this 11-minute video which talks to farmers in southwest Georgia about their experiences with the aftermath of Hurricane Michael and what it has meant for their life and future as farming families. How have they been able to cope with the economic losses sustained in the storm and what are…
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For over 150 years, forest stewardship and farming have been an important part of African American history. Following the Civil War, many African American families took to the land to seek their future. By 1910, black landowners had accumulated 15 million acres across the US South and by the 1920s, 14% of all farms in…