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Check out this project that CLCP faculty Tom Hoctor and Michael Volk assisted with which was led by the UF Center for Coastal Solutions.
UF researchers develop helpful conservation tool using data analytics
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Researchers at the University of Florida Center for Coastal Solutions and Center for Landscape Conservation Planning recently developed a tool to help identify conservation lands in Florida that could…
We hope you can join us on Wednesday, April 24 from noon to 2 p.m. Eastern for our free webinar, Planning to Protect the Florida Wildlife Corridor: The Planning Toolbox.
RSVP HERE: 1000fof.org/upcoming-webinars/#fwc
Florida’s communities have numerous land conservation options at their disposal. Presenters will provide frank evaluations of the strengths and weaknesses of some of these options, including sector planning, urban development boundaries, transfer of development rights, conservation subdivisions, and conservation land acquisition in Florida.
This event has been approved for planners, Florida attorneys, and others.
Join the UF School of Landscape Architecture and Planning for their Research Seminar on Monday, April 15th, at 1 p.m.! #OneDCP
Today at noon is the first free online seminar in this four-part series.
To register, please follow this link: 1000fof.org/upcoming-webinars/#fwc
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Join us next Thursday for the first free online seminar in this four-part series: Looking at the Big Picture.
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If you are in Santa Rosa or Escambia Counties, please consider attending this workshop – the result of a joint study between 1000 Friends of Florida, the UF Center for Landscape Conservation Planning, and staff from the UF Center for Coastal Solutions focused on strategies for planning for future growth and water resources in northwest Florida. Pensacola & Perdido Bays Estuary Program Healthy Gulf UF College of Design, Construction and Planning
📈 What will Florida’s panhandle look like in 20 years? In 50 years?
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We hope to see you at our upcoming workshop in Pensacola Dear 1000 Friends, You are invited to 1000 Friends of Florida’s upcoming workshop “Escambia / Santa Rosa 2040” scheduled for Tuesday, April…
Check it out! Fabulous event with Center staff joining the UF Historic Preservation Program in promoting Gainesville modern!
The Florida Wildlife Corridor is defined as the top three priorities of the Florida Ecological Greenways Network – a database that the University of Florida Center for Landscape Conservation Planning and Dr. Tom Hoctor, Center Director, have developed and maintained since 1995. We’re excited to announce that a close partner of the Center and founder of the Florida Wildlife Corridor Foundation, Carlton Ward Jr. will be one of the keynote speakers at the 2024 University of Florida Commencement Ceremony on May 3rd!
Carlton has had a key role in expanding statewide awareness of the need to protect the Florida Wildlife Corridor, including leading the campaign for the Florida Wildlife Corridor Act – unanimously passed by the Florida State Legislature in 2021. The Center works closely with the Foundation and others to develop the science needed for strategic protection of critical natural and working lands within the Corridor, and we are thrilled that Carlton’s essential work in protecting the Corridor will be highlighted this year at the University of Florida. UF College of Design, Construction and Planning Florida Wildlife Corridor Foundation Wildpath Live Wildly
UF President Ben Sasse announces Spring Commencement speakers
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Two renowned caretakers — one of wildlife and the other of people — will serve as the keynote speakers at Spring Commencement at UF in May, UF President Ben Sasse announced.
So excited to learn that Carlton Ward Jr., a UF alumnus, conservation photographer known for his photos of the elusive Florida panther, and the leading advocate of the Florida Wildlife Corridor Foundation to conserve the state’s natural lands and native species, will address University of Florida graduates at the University-Wide Commencement Ceremony set for 7 p.m. May 3 in Ben Hill Griffin Stadium.
Join us next Thursday for the first free online seminar in this four-part series: Looking at the Big Picture.
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Please join us! The UF Center for Landscape Conservation Planning together with 1000 Friends of Florida and other key partners will be hosting this four part webinar series in April on planning to protect the Florida Wildlife Corridor. For more information and to register please see here! Florida Conservation Group Live Wildly Florida Wildlife Corridor Foundation 1000fof.org/upcoming-webinars/#fwc
We are excited to announce "Planning to Protect the Florida Wildlife Corridor"
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A free online seminar starting on April 4 REGISTER NOW! Dear 1000 Friends, A visionary 18-million-acre network of interconnected lands and waters, the Florida Wildlife Corridor protects our drinking w
Today, Dr. Dan Smith, our Center's Road Ecologist and Conservation Planner, is presenting at the Florida Greenways & Trails Foundation's Board of Directors' Meeting in Winter Garden on how animal road crossings can serve both wildlife and trail users.
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This week during #GatorDay and #FloridaWildlifeCorridorDay, Center for Landscape Conservation Planning Director Tom Hoctor and Center staff connected with key partners, legislators, and supporters of the Florida Wildlife Corridor. These included Representative Keith Truenow, Senator Jason Brodeur, and others critical to passage of the Florida Wildlife Corridor Act in 2021 and ongoing funding for land protection within the Corridor (Priorities 1 – 3 of the Florida Ecological Greenways Network). We appreciate the Florida Legislature and Governor’s support of land conservation and their efforts to make a statewide connected wildlife corridor a reality.
Today is University of Florida Gator Nation #GivingDay! We need YOUR help fundraising for our program so please make a gift to our Center by clicking below!
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Center for Landscape Conservation Planning Fund – Gator Nation Giving Day
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Make a gift, or multiple gifts, to the areas at UF that you are most passionate about. Wherever you choose to give, know that you are empowering the next generation of Gators for a life of broad and m…
We are back in Tallahassee today for #GatorDay spreading the good word about our program! We appreciate Gator Advocates and everything they do for the UF College of Design, Construction and Planning! #OneDCP
Today faculty and staff from the Center are at the Florida State Capitol for Florida Wildlife Corridor Day doing CLCP outreach. #OneDCP
Reminder: 1000 Friends of Florida is hosting a free webinar this Wednesday (January 24th) in partnership with the Center and Florida Conservation Group focused on the impacts of land use change and sea level rise on our agricultural landscape, and strategies to keep lands in production and protect conservation values.
Learn about potential impacts of development and sea level rise on Florida's agricultural land
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Free Webinar on Agriculture 2040/2070 on Wednesday, January 24 REGISTER NOW! Dear 1000 Friends, Find out more about the projected loss of Florida’s agricultural land due to development and sea level r
The Center had a busy 2023 with multiple projects, new initiatives, and excellent staff joining the Center. This includes continuing to work with close partners to provide the science foundation for land protection in Florida, the Florida Ecological Greenways Network and Florida Wildlife Corridor; expansion of our Urban and Recreational Green Infrastructure Initiative to make the connection between urban/rural green infrastructure, resiliency, and community-level planning; and increasing our impact at the regional, national, and international levels while providing learning opportunities for students at the University of Florida.
To read more about our work, you can link to our 2023 Annual Activities Update at:
Register is still ongoing for 1000 Friends of Florida's Agriculture 2040/2070 Webinar. This webinar will be on Wednesday, January 24th from 12:00 – 1:30 pm.
Registration for this event can be found at: 1000fof.org/upcoming-webinars/
Agriculture is a mainstay of Florida’s economy, with its lands also providing essential ecosystem services. Building on Sea Level 2040/2070, Agriculture 2040/2070 focuses on the impacts of future development and sea level rise on agricultural lands and the many values they provide, with a discussion on strategies to keep lands in production and protect conservation values. Presenters include the University of Florida Center for Landscape Conservation Director Dr. Tom Hoctor, and Associate Director Michael Volk who undertook the GIS-based study, and Jim Strickland, owner of Strickland Ranch, vice chair of the Florida Conservation Group, and past president of the Florida Cattlemen's Association. The webinar will conclude with questions and answers.
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Fabulous news! The work that Florida Conservation Group and Common Ground Ecology are doing through this initiative and others is essential for preserving and maintaining Florida’s ecology, agriculture, and water resources.
Florida Conservation Group gets $1.1M in funding to improve ranchland water quality
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‘Florida’s unique aquatic biodiversity and delicate water quality is benefiting from collaborative projects like this one.’
Agriculture is a mainstay of Florida’s economy, with its lands also providing essential ecosystem services. Building on Sea Level 2040/2070, Agriculture 2040/2070 focuses on the impacts of future development and sea level rise on agricultural lands and the many values they provide, with a discussion on strategies to keep lands in production and protect conservation values. Presenters include the University of Florida Center for Landscape Conservation Director Tom Hoctor, and Associate Director Michael Volk who undertook the GIS-based study, and Jim Strickland, owner of Strickland Ranch, vice chair of the FLORIDA CONSERVATION GROUP INC, and past president of the Florida Cattleman’s Association. The webinar will conclude with questions and answers.
REGISTER HERE: 1000fof.org/upcoming-webinars/
This event has been approved for the following credits for those who attend the live webinar: Certified Floodplain Managers (1 CFM), Florida Environmental Health Professionals (.15 CEUs), Florida Bar (2.0 CLE; 2.0 City, County & Local Government Law; 2.0 State and Federal Government and Administrative Practice — #2312117N), and American Institute of Certified Planners (1.5 AICP CM Credits #9280639). 1000 Friends has applied for professional certification credits for Florida DBPR Landscape Architects but cannot guarantee that credits will be approved.
Isabella Guttuso had a wonderful visit to Rutgers University landscape architecture department as a guest lecturer for their Common Lecture Series. Isabella presented about St. Augustine's history, the challenges the city is facing with sea level rise and climate change, and some of the projects the UF College of Design, Construction and Planning has conducted in St. Augustine. Isabella also introduced a joint UF Historic Preservation Program and Center for Landscape Conservation Planning project in St. Augustine that just kicked off last month. Stay tuned for more about this project in the new year.
Thank you, Rutgers University, for being such a wonderful host!
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Last week Isabella Guttuso represented the Center for Landscape Conservation Planning at the National Trails Workshop in central Florida. It was hosted by the Partnership for the National Trails System, and this year the co-host was our state's very own Florida Trail Association. As the Urban Green Infrastructure Coordinator, Isabella attended the workshop to learn, collaborate and network with professionals in trails and recreation planning across the state and nation. We explored topics of trail planning in conjunction with wildlife corridors, inclusive trail design, engaging trail communities and resiliency planning.
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Michael Volk, our Center's Associate Director, was celebrated at the 2023 Innovation Showcase hosted by UF Innovate & Tech Licensing along with 12 other faculty and students from the UF College of Design, Construction and Planning. Congratulations to all the honorees!
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Thirteen DCP Innovators Celebrated for Helping Change the World
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This year marked the sixth year UF honored innovators who have disclosed, licensed, or optioned a technology in the fiscal year just ended.
Proposed Everglades to Gulf Conservation Area | Florida Conservation Group
Proposed Everglades to Gulf Conservation Area | Florida Conservation Group
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Florida Conservation Group is proud to partner with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service National Wildlife Refuge System on the proposed Everglades to Gulf Conservation Area in Southwest Florida.
We had almost all of our staff in attendance at the Florida Wildlife Corridor Foundation's "Corridor Connect" conference. With the CLCP's FEGN project serving as the science foundation for the Florida Wildlife Corridor, the center's work was highlighted and discussed throughout the conference!
Our own Research Assistant Sarah Lockhart just came back from a wonderful week at the Land Trust Alliance National Land Trust Rally at the Oregon Convention Center in Portland, Oregon.
She learned about exciting technologies and ideas to help bridge our Center with the phenomenal work being done on-the-ground by the land trusts throughout Florida! We look forward to building new tools to support and empower knowledge and data exchange here at the CLCP.
Episode 4 of Protect Our Paradise, by Conservation Florida and Crawford Entertainment is up and running. This docuseries examines the challenges facing Florida's environment and the conservation efforts that are shaping Florida's future. Center Director Tom Hoctor, Associate Director Mike Volk, Professor Emeritus Peggy Carr, and 1000 Friends of Florida Communications Director Vivian Young were interviewed for this series about the Florida 2070 project and our Florida Wildlife Corridor work. To view the episode 4 trailer, please click on the following link: vimeo.com/crawfordgroup/review/847393437/5fd0c94a7c
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Congratulations to Dr. Tom Hoctor, our Center's director, on receiving this prestigious award from the Florida Cattlemen's Association!
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Hoctor Honored by Florida Cattlemen’s Association
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Hoctor was honored for his tireless work with private landowners on environmental conservation programs.
Please check out the following Landscape Architecture Foundation blog that highlights the work of Alexander Green, who was one of our MLA students advised by Mike Volk, Dan Manley, and Yi Luo.
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Zoos and Landscape Performance
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The role of zoos have evolved over the centuries to become complex spaces that blend natural and built landscapes, property operations, and institutional goals. As public institutions, they are redefi…
To learn more about what Alachua County is doing to prepare for the future, check out the following article by Betsy Riley and Stephen Hofstetter from the Alachua County, Environmental Protection Department.
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Alachua County has commissioned a climate vulnerability analysis to identify infrastructure, neighborhoods and resources that may be at risk.
From 1000 Friends of Florida's Communication Director Vivian Young:
"The University of Florida Center for Landscape Conservation Planning and 1,000 Friends of Florida recently released the GIS-based study Florida’s Rising Seas: Mapping Our Future. In a nutshell, between now and 2070, Florida could add more than 12 million residents and lose 190 acres of land a day to development. Compounding this, Florida could lose another 92 acres of land a day (totaling 1.7 million acres) to sea-level rise, resulting in close to a million Floridians needing to relocate, including about 200,000 residents in the coastal counties around Tampa Bay."
Florida, the seas are rising and time is short | The Invading Sea
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Florida must encourage more sustainable development patterns, avoiding development on sensitive lands in coastal areas and floodplains.
Our Center's Associate Director Mike Volk and Dannie Bolden from the North Port St. Joe Project Area Coalition were recent participants in a White House Roundtable for Environmental Justice in Action organized by Harold Mitchell Jr. and a team from the The Regenesis Institute to discuss ongoing work in the North Port St. Joe community. Mike has been working in this community since 2019 through the Florida Resilient Cities Program, an initiative founded by Florida Institute for Built Environment Resilience Director Jeffrey Carney, Shimberg Center for Housing Studies Director Bill O'Dell, and UF Historic Preservation Program Director Cleary Larkin, Ph.D., R.A. For more information about this event and the North Port St. Joe project, please click on the following link: dcp.ufl.edu/news/volkspeaksatwhitehouse/
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DCP Professor and Community Leader Speak at White House Event on Environmental Justice
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DCP has been working with North Port St. Joe, Florida, since 2019.
Local news, WUFT News, has just highlighted the recent release of an interactive flood risk tool for Cedar Key. www.wuft.org/news/2023/05/02/resilient-cedar-key-flooding-vulnerability-map/?fbclid=IwAR2TvbR6s8-…
Development of the tool was led by staff from the Florida Institute for Built Environment Resilience and Florida Resilient Cities program, in partnership with Florida Sea Grant, the Center, and other partners. The project is part of a broader vulnerability assessment for Cedar Key being led by UF/IFAS Extension Agent Savanna Barry, in partnership with the City of Cedar Key and with funding from the Florida Department of Environmental Protection. To explore the interactive tool, please visit: resilientcedarkey.web.app/
UF Shimberg Center for Housing Studies, UF IFAS Nature Coast Biological Station, UF IFAS Food and Resource Economics Department, and Florida Resilient Cities,
Resilient Cedar Key flooding vulnerability map – WUFT News
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A new tool is available from Resilient Cedar Key can help residents prepare for flooding events on and around the key.
Florida must plan for 'new normal' of challenges caused by climate change | The Invading Sea
Florida must plan for 'new normal' of challenges caused by climate change | The Invading Sea
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Within two decades, Florida could gain almost 5 million residents and lose a million acres of land to sea-level rise.
There’s still time to enroll!There is still time to apply for this summer’s Preservation Institute Nantucket! The program’s focus this year is on Heritage and Housing and there are many course tracks to fit your research interests, no matter the discipline. Applications are due May 5 with links to apply here dcp.ufl.edu/historic-preservation/pin/ #OneDCP #PreservationEducation #Nantucket
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) National Wildlife Refuge System is embarking on an ambitious new effort to establish a Southwest Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Area. The Florida Conservation Group, the UF Center for Landscape Conservation Planning, and the National Wildlife Refuge Association have been partnering together with the FWS to develop the science, the mapping products, and conduct the rollout outreach to work with stakeholders to explain this effort and its significance for the region and Florida. In short, if finalized, the Southwest Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Area will provide significant additional funds for land and water conservation protection, restoration, and management in one of the highest priority areas for wildlife, water, and ecosystem services conservation in the state. This region is also the fastest growing in Florida, so time is short to institute land protection and strategies to work effectively with landowners to protect as much of the strategic conservation priorities as possible in the region.The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service National Wildlife Refuge System is embarking on an ambitious new effort to establish a Southwest Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Area.
Read more on our blog:
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Make your voice heard at upcoming planning meetings:
April 3 from 5:30-8:30PM at Immokalee High School, 701 Immokalee Dr, Immokalee, FL 34142
April 5 from 5:30-8:30PM Port LaBelle Inn and Conference Center, 1563 Oxbow Dr, LaBelle, FL 33935
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Our Center is working in partnership with the National Wildlife Refuge Association and the Florida Conservation Group to assist the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) in developing a proposed Southwest Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Area. This effort would complement the state of Florida’s efforts to protect the Florida Wildlife Corridor. For more information on this project, please see the following article: www.refugeassociation.org/news/2023/3/28/proposed-southwest-florida-fish-and-wildlife-conservatio…
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The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is embarking on an ambitious new effort to establish a Southwest Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Area. If successful, a new conservation area would allow the …
Last weekend Center staff members Sarah Lockhart, Belinda Nettles and students from their Landscape Management class visited the Ordway-Swisher Biological Station to learn about the importance of prescribed fires in forest management and to experience some of Florida’s natural communities in this unique conservation area.
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Upcoming Webinars – 1000 Friends of Florida
Upcoming Webinars – 1000 Friends of Florida
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Our Center is proud to partner with so many dedicated people as we all work toward preserving the Florida Wildlife Corridor! To read more about how the university's work is benefitting the state, please click on the following link: news.ufl.edu/2023/03/uf-benefits-fl/
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Five big ways UF is benefiting Florida
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The University of Florida, the flagship university of the nation’s third-most-populous state, is committed to leading and serving the state of Florida. UF has more than 150 mission-focused units sta…
Our recent project, Florida's Rising Seas: Mapping our Future, was covered by WFSU. You can read the article at the following link:
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Surging growth in Florida and rising seas equal big land loss by 2040
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The report from the University of Florida and 1000 Friends of Florida found a 23 percent increase in population and just under a foot of sea rise could wipe out a million acres.
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This coming Wednesday, 1000 Friends of Florida and our Center will present a free Live Webinar at noon to share findings from the Florida’s Rising Seas: Mapping Our Future project. The Center's Director Dr. Tom Hoctor, Associate Director Michael Volk, and Development and Land Use Analyst Dr. Dan Farrah will present along with 1000 Friends of Florida's President Paul Owens and Communications Director Vivian Young, AICP. For more information on the project and registration, please visit conta.cc/3LKxOQ3
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SEA LEVEL 2040 AND SEA LEVEL 2070 NOW RELEASED!
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A joint project of 1000 Friends of Florida and the UF Center for Landscape Conservation and Planning Dear 1000 Friends, Population growth, sea level rise, and development patterns promise to be key de
On Wednesday evening, Center Director Tom Hoctor spoke at the Gainesville screening of Path of the Panther along with Joe Guthrie from the Archbold Biological Station, Malia Byrtus, Field Producer and Wildlife Camera Trapper, and Brett Scheffers from UF Wildlife Ecology and Conservation. Thank you to our co-host Florida Climate Institute, First Magnitude Brewery, the Path of the Panther team, and everyone that came out to attend the screening! If you missed the event or want to see the film again, it is currently showing at the Regal Royal Park 16 theater in Gainesville as well as other theaters throughout the state. For more information on this film, please visit: pathofthepanther.com/
Our crowning achievement in 2022 was the conservation of the Horse Creek Ranch in DeSoto and Hardee Counties. Thanks to #Florida Conservation Group and University of Florida’s Center for Landscape Conservation.
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Last Saturday, Center faculty and staff members Mike Volk and Belinda Nettles participated in the Resilient Deering Workshop in Miami along with Cleary Larkin and Sujin Kim from the UF Historic Preservation Program. This workshop was part of the Resilient Deering project sponsored by the Florida Division of Historical Resources in partnership with the Deering Estate, Deering Estate Foundation, Miami-Dade Parks, the Craig Group, and the UF Historic Preservation Program. This workshop engaged the public and sought feedback as part of a larger initiative to document existing conditions, visualize the impacts of sea level rise and flooding, and develop a resilience strategy. #DeeringEstateFoundation #ufhistoricpreservation #OneDCP
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Save the Date – Wednesday, March 29th from 12:00 to 1:30 pm EST, 1000 Friends of Florida is hosting the webinar release of the newest Sea Level 2040 and Sea Level 2070 scenarios for the State of Florida in coordination with representatives from our Center, Tom Hoctor, Mike Volk, and Dan Farrah. This is a significant project that was initiated by Dr. Paul Zwick, Peggy Carr, and the UF GeoPlan Center in collaboration with 1000 Friends of Florida, and it has since been led by the Center for Landscape Conservation Planning in partnership with 1000 Friends of Florida with support from UF GeoPlan, Bureau of Economic and Business Research (BEBR) at the University of Florida, and many others.
For more information and to register for this event, please visit 1000fof.org/upcoming-webinars/
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Thank you! Every donation made yesterday on Gator Nation Giving Day helps the Center continue to conduct its work. Your support is greatly appreciated!
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On this Gator Nation Giving Day, please consider supporting the Center for Landscape Conservation Planning. The Center conducts conservation planning and green infrastructure projects throughout Florida with a variety of partners including the National Wildlife Refuge Association, 1000 Friends of Florida, Florida Conservation Group, Florida Wildlife Corridor Foundation, and the Florida Natural Areas Inventory. Donations of any amount help support the Center’s work, and they can easily be made through the following link: givingday.ufl.edu/campaigns/center-for-landscape-conservation-planning-fund
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Tonight at 6:00 pm is the annual Edward Stone Lecture Series at the Harn Museum of Art!
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Gator Nation Giving Day is almost here! Tomorrow, we hope you’ll consider supporting the Center for Landscape Conservation Planning with your gift. Donations of any amount help us to fulfill the Center’s goal of providing research, planning, and education to support strategic conservation and green infrastructure protection. To make a donation, you can click on the following link: givingday.ufl.edu/campaigns/center-for-landscape-conservation-planning-fund
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Throughout 2022, the Center has partnered with various federal and state agencies and NGOs to support land protection throughout the state. Our partnership with the Florida Conservation Group (FCG) has resulted in the protection of over 19,000 acres. Applications to protect an additional 21,000 acres have been submitted to state and federal agencies for inclusion in priority programs such as the state’s Florida Forever program land acquisition list. Thank you to all our partners and supporters! For more information about the Center and our 2022 accomplishments, visit the Center’s website conservation.dcp.ufl.edu/ or check out the 2022 Annual Activities Update at drive.google.com/file/d/1kC-oDWM2WjHwPSJp1fiUA0jrztULlPl1/view?fbclid=IwAR11UIPJo4mI0wwBUX5ukz-_Y…
We hope you’ll consider supporting our work with a donation at the following link: www.uff.ufl.edu/give-now/?fund_id=019513
# Florida Conservation Group, # UF College of Design, Construction and Planning #UF Research
Thanks to our supporters, 2022 has been an exciting and productive year for the Center. One key event has been the receipt of a one-year legislative appropriation that has provided us with the opportunity to hire additional staff and increase our capacity. As a result, we can develop new spatial modeling tools to identify the most strategic priorities within the Florida Wildlife Corridor and other conservation priorities throughout the state. For more information about the Center and our 2022 accomplishments, visit the Center’s website at conservation.dcp.ufl.edu/ or check out the 2022 Annual Activities Update at drive.google.com/file/d/1kC-oDWM2WjHwPSJp1fiUA0jrztULlPl1/view?fbclid=IwAR11UIPJo4mI0wwBUX5ukz-_Y…
We hope you’ll consider supporting our work with a donation at the following link: www.uff.ufl.edu/give-now/?fund_id=019513
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Florida Icon: Jim Strickland
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I’m 67 years old, and at age 7, I wanted to be what I am now. I always just wanted to be on a horse.
On this #GivingTuesday you can help protect Florida’s biodiversity with your donation to the Center for Landscape Conservation Planning.
We hope you'll consider supporting our work with a donation at the following link: www.uff.ufl.edu/give-now/?fund_id=019513
Throughout the year, the Center for Landscape Conservation Planning partners with federal and state agencies, communities throughout the state, and other non-profit organizations to conserve Florida’s rural and natural lands while working to increase community resilience.
The Center for Landscape Conservation Planning relies on funding from people like you! For more information on the Center’s projects, visit the Center's website conservation.dcp.ufl.edu/ or read the 2022 Annual Activities Update at drive.google.com/file/d/1kC-oDWM2WjHwPSJp1fiUA0jrztULlPl1/view?usp=share_link
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We are excited to announce that the Center for Landscape Conservation Planning, in conjunction with the Florida Resilient Cities program received a planning grant from the Gulf Research Program to continue working with the City of Port St. Joe and the North Port St. Joe community. This project will work toward improving community wellbeing through nature-based solutions (NBS) designed to mitigate current and future environmental risks. The project team includes faculty from UF College of Design, Construction and Planning, Florida Institute for Built Environment Resilience, the Shimberg Center for Housing Studies, and the UF IFAS West Florida Research and Education Center. Our other partners include Pioneer Bay Community Development Corporation, the City of Port St. Joe, The Nature Conservancy, St. Andrew and St. Joseph Bays Estuary Program, and the Northwest Florida Water Management District.
Read more about the grant award at: www.nationalacademies.org/news/2022/10/gulf-research-program-awards-1m-in-planning-grants-to-supp…
More information about Center and Florida Resilient Cities projects with Port St. Joe can be found at: dcp.ufl.edu/frc/psjprojects/
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PORT ST. JOE Research Projects and Academic Courses Long-term Resilience Port St. Joe The 2019-2021 project focuses on the City of Port St. Joe, its surrounding region’s recovery from Hurricane Mich…
The UF DCP Research Symposium is less than 2 days away. We will be one of the featured Centers on Thursday. Register now at pwd.aa.ufl.edu/dcprs/
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The Center for Landscape Conservation Planning is the foremost entity within Florida engaged in applied research on landscape conservation and land use including an emphasis on protecting Florida’s biodiversity and ecosystem services. As the third most populous state in the nation with growth of approximately 1,000 new residents per day, protecting Florida’s remaining rural and natural lands while planning for resilient and smart growth has never been more important. Center staff are actively working to address these issues through applied research projects and engagement with state, local, and federal agencies, mentoring our next generation of conservation science Ph.D. students, and providing guidance and learning opportunities for Masters and undergraduate students at the University of Florida.
This post is a reminder that Center staff and students are almost completely reliant on outside funding to achieve our mission, including supporting specific projects focused on conservation planning and providing student research and learning opportunities. Outside funds are critical as the University of Florida provides only a small portion of the financial support needed to conduct Center research and education and support Center staff. We hope you will share information about the Center with your network, and consider making a tax deductible donation during the year. We are also looking for donors interested in long term funding for the Center, including to establish an endowment that ensures in perpetuity support for our essential work to protect the state’s wildlife corridors, ecological connectivity, climate resiliency, and green infrastructure. Please feel free to reach out to Center staff for more information about our mission and work. UF College of Design, Construction and Planning UF Research University of Florida Foundation
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There are a variety of ways to support the work conducted by the Center for Landscape Conservation Planning. Financial contributions are one important method, and can be made through the University of…
Our new Chair of the Department of Landscape Architecture at the University of Florida has a position available for a post-doctoral associate focused on building coastal community resilience with nature-based shoreline solutions. Please share if you know of anyone who is interested. This position will also compliment work that we are doing in the Center and with the Florida Institute for Built Environment Resilience focused on similar topics within Port St Joe, Cedar Key, Jacksonville, and elsewhere. UF College of Design, Construction and Planning
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University of Florida – Details – Postdoctoral Researcher
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Apply now Job no: 523232 Work type: Post Doc Associate Location: Main Campus (Gainesville, FL) Categories: Architecture/Construction/Planning, Research/Scientific/Grants Department:15040000 – DCP-LAND…
The Florida Conservation Group worked assiduously with the Carlton family, the Florida Department of Environmental Protection, and the Southwest Florida Water Management District to protect one of the jewels in the Peace River watershed in southwest Florida, Horse Creek Ranch, which was approved yesterday by the Florida Cabinet for permanent protection through a conservation easement. The ranch includes over 4,000 acres of intact wetlands, over 16,000 acres of high quality wildlife habitat, and is essential for protecting Horse Creek, Peace River, and Charlotte Harbor.“This conservation easement will result in the permanent protection of over 12 miles of frontage of Horse Creek, the most significant tributary of the Peace River, which is the drinking water supply to over a million people in southwest Florida.”
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Our Port St Joe project is being featured in the August 2022 Virtual Environmental Film Festival! All films are available all day from August 12-21, 2022, for the duration of the festival. Kudos to Alyson Larson and Jeff Carney for their efforts to put this together! Florida Environmental Film Festival UF College of Design, Construction and PlanningFlorida Institute for Built Environment Resilience Check it out here! mailchi.mp/a59d00e54af4/the-august-2022-virtual-film-festival?e=6a29e88f59
The August 2022 Virtual film festival!
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Our online film festival will showcase films from local and international filmmakers, all of whom address environmental issues that could impact Florida and the rest of the world. All films are av…
This is short notice – but if you have time please join us for the film premiere and webinar of In Times of Crisis: Stories from the Gulf of Mexico at 1 pm ET today! Jeff Carney will be presenting a film funded by the National Academies on our partnership with the City of Port St Joe titled, "After Michael: Memory and Reinvention in Port St Joe". We hope you can make it! @ufexplore @ufdcp : www.eventbrite.com/e/in-times-of-crisis-stories-from-the-gulf-of-mexico-tickets-327552958717
The 2022 Urban Landscape Summit is now available to view online, including a presentation about the Center's Climate Wise Landscape Initiative and work to survey students and educators about climate change education, a project and Initiative which have been created in partnership with Dr. Gail Hansen of UF Environmental Horticulture and Dr. Belinda Nettles. More information about the project will be available soon at this site: dcp.ufl.edu/landscapechange/ and you can view the presentation at the following link. University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences UF College of Design, Construction and Planning UF Research www.youtube.com/watch?v=U6pafVEKAR8&list=PLqH2HUQ07DzLAiyRoEWMTHgTITnd9NTrz&index=14&t=122s
The book "Landscape Architecture for Sea Level Rise" was just published, with Editors Galen Newman and Zixu Qiao. We were included as coauthors of a chapter related to resiliency planning in Port St Joe, Florida, with lead author Jeff Carney from the Florida Institute for Built Environment Resilience, Cleary Larkin of the UF Historic Preservation Program, UF Department of Landscape Architecture faculty member Yi Luo, and Bill O'Dell from the UF Shimberg Center for Affordable Housing. Incoming UF Department of Landscape Architecture Chair Jules Bruck is a coauthor of a chapter as well. Hope you will check it out! Galen and his team created a fantastic website that describes the publication: laforsealevelrise.com/ UF College of Design, Construction and Planning Texas A&M College of Architecture
Book – Landscape Architecture for Sea Level Rise
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This book assesses and illustrates innovative and practical world-wide measures for combating sea level rise from the profession of landscape architecture.
This interview with Tom Hoctor accompanies an article by UF Research about the DeLuca Property, a recent donation to the University of Florida with significance both as a landscape-scale site for conservation and agriculture sustainability research. The property is also critical for the protection of the Florida Ecological Greenways Network/Florida Wildlife Corridor. Florida Conservation Group Florida Wildlife Corridor Foundation UF College of Design, Construction and Planning
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We're excited to announce that our Center Director, Tom Hoctor received the Herb Kale Award from the Florida Chapter of the Wildlife Society during the Chapter's annual spring meeting this past week. Tom joins Dr. Larry Harris, Dr. David Maehr, Dr. Reed Noss and other past recipients in receiving this award that recognizes biologists who have made important contributions both to wildlife conservation science and policy in Florida. We're honored that he has been selected. Congratulations Tom Hoctor! UF College of Design, Construction and Planning
On this Gator Giving Day for the University of Florida and UF College of Design, Construction and Planning, we hope you will consider supporting the Center for Landscape Conservation Planning with a gift. The Center works with a variety of partners including the National Wildlife Refuge Association, 1000 Friends of Florida, Florida Conservation Group, Florida Natural Areas Inventory, Florida Wildlife Corridor Foundation, and others to conduct state, regional, and urban green infrastructure and conservation planning in Florida. Center staff are primarily funded by projects and donations to conduct this work, and your support is valuable. As a follower of our page, we appreciate your interest in our work. Options to support the Center can be found here: www.uff.ufl.edu/give-now/?fund_id=019513
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SWFWMD buys Southworth Tract — 589 acres in Hernando County
SWFWMD buys Southworth Tract — 589 acres in Hernando County
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SWFWMD has approved the purchase of 589 acres of land within the Weekiwachee Preserve, Southworth Tract, for about $4.6 million.
We wanted to share this link to a new book by Gail Hansen, one of our UF College of Design, Construction and Planning grads and a colleague in UF Environmental Horticulture and University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, as well as a former professor in our Department of Urban and Regional Planning, Joseli Macedo. We hope you will check it out!
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Florida's ranchlands provide essential habitat, wildlife corridors, and significant opportunities to protect and restore our water resources. Ranches are being lost to rapid development and conversion to intensive agricultural uses, but if we act fast we still have the chance to protect this traditional way of life and the ecological benefits it provides. Florida Conservation Group
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IT ALL BEGAN THAT WINTER DAY in 1521 when Ponce de León came ashore near Charlotte Harbor on Southwest Florida’s coast, looking to create a permanent settlement. It was his second voyage to the l
This is a second article by Mary Wozniak from the Fort Myers Florida Weekly on the recent Florida Wildlife Corridor legislation and importance of land protection within the Florida Wildlife Corridor and Florida Ecological Greenways Network (FEGN). Florida Conservation Group Florida Wildlife Corridor Coalition Blackbeard's Ranch UF College of Design, Construction and Planning
Critical CORRIDOR | Fort Myers Florida Weekly
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THERE’S A GLIMMER OF hope in the land. The glimmer is about the land itself and what seems to be a new willingness to save the wildlife and water that drive our quality of life and balance it wit
This is the second of two articles by Mary Wozniak from the Fort Myers Florida Weekly on the Florida Wildlife Corridor and Florida Ecological Greenways Network (FEGN) discussing opportunities for landscape-scale conservation across Florida and conservation partnerships with ranching, timber, and agricultural landowners. Florida Wildlife Corridor Coalition Florida Conservation Group Blackbeard's Ranch
Ranchers say most owners support corridor: 'It's our livelihood' | Fort Myers Florida Weekly
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Florida has 47,400 farms and ranches covering 9.7 million acres of land that provide a large and stable economic base, according to the state Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services’ 2020
A journal article on the Center's work as part of our Urban Green Infrastructure Initiative focused on climate change education in post-secondary landscape and horticultural programs was published today with coauthors Belinda Nettles and Gail Hansen. This is also part of a broader effort at creating a Climate-Wise Landscape Initiative in Florida and the United States (dcp.ufl.edu/landscapechange/). Thanks to the staff of Landscape Research Group for helping publish this and to the California Landscape Architectural Student Scholarship Fund (CLASS Fund) for making this research possible. UF College of Design, Construction and Planning UF Environmental Horticulture www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/01426397.2021.1958307
Landscape Change – CLIMATE CHANGE INFORMATION FOR LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS
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An op-ed by our Center Director, Tom Hoctor, discussing the Florida Ecological Greenways Network and Wildlife Corridor was published in the Tampa Bay Times today. Tom talks about the significance of the legislation, but also the importance of continued funding for land conservation in the state including the Florida Forever and Rural and Family Lands Protection Program, incentives to protect habitat and restore watersheds, and federal land conservation funding and partnerships. Florida Wildlife Corridor Foundation UF College of Design, Construction and Planning
Florida Wildlife Corridor legislation represents progress — and points to next steps | Column
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But there are approximately 8 million acres within the Florida Wildlife Corridor that have yet to be protected.
This was an interesting and useful article on rain gardens in the The New York Times. We are in Nantucket, Massachusetts this week working with the UF Historic Preservation Program and the Preservation Institute Nantucket to share information about the use of rain gardens and other nature-based strategies as important tools to mitigate climate change impacts and increase the resiliency of historic communities.
The Do-It-Yourself Rain Garden
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So you spent the holiday weekend indoors, watching rainwater pool in your yard — or worse still, in the basement? Here’s how to fix that.
The Florida Wildlife Corridor Act was signed into law this week, after receiving unanimous bi-partisan support in the Florida House and Senate. Along with the passage of the Act, the following is a link to a feature on the Florida Ecological Greenways Network and Florida Wildlife Corridor in the The New Yorker that describes the importance of the Corridor and efforts by many reach this milestone. Florida Wildlife Corridor Foundation
Florida’s Remarkable New Wildlife Corridor from the Panhandle to the Keys
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The state has created a national model for how to safeguard threatened species for generations.
The University of Florida Center for Landscape Conservation Planning finished the 2021 Update of the Florida Ecological Greenways Network was completed last week working with Florida Natural Areas Inventory, our Technical Advisory Group, and other partners.
The Florida Ecological Greenways Network (FEGN) is part of the legislatively adopted Florida Greenways Plan administered by the Office of Greenways and Trails (OGT) in the Florida Department of Environmental Protection. The FEGN guides Florida’s ecological greenway conservation efforts, and promotes public awareness of the need for a statewide ecological greenways network. It is also used as the primary data layer to inform the Florida Forever and other state and regional land acquisition programs regarding the location of the most important conservation corridors and large, intact landscapes in the state. The FEGN identifies areas of opportunity for protecting a statewide network of ecological hubs and linkages designed to maintain large landscape-scale ecological functions including critical species habitat and ecosystem services throughout the state.
FEGN Priorities 1, 2, and 3 are the most important for protecting a connected statewide network of public and private conservation lands, and in April 2021, the Florida Legislature unanimously passed legislation making FEGN P1-P3 the Florida Wildlife Corridor, and made protection of these wildlife and landscape conservation priorities a high priority as part of a strategic plan for Florida’s future.
To accomplish this goal, we need robust state, federal, and local conservation land protection program including Florida Forever, Rural and Family Lands Protection Program, and Natural Resources Conservation Service easements and incentives. We work closely with the Florida Conservation Group and other partners to ensure that the FEGN and other best available science is used to guide Florida conservation planning, and to advocate for land conservation funding that is essential for implementing the FEGN and other landscape-scale conservation projects.
In addition, with help from partners, we expect to continue to work on the FEGN over the next year with goals including:
–Identify strategic Florida Forever and Rural and Family Lands Protection Program project priorities most important for closing gaps in protection in the FEGN.
–Continue development of Strategic Prioritization with FNAI.
–Develop a Supporting Landscape Analysis to identify additional landscape-scale conservation priority areas.
–Develop an FEGN 2021 GIS database.
–Conduct additional updates to the Critical Lands and Waters Identification Project with FNAI and release a CLIP 5.0 database.
–Compare with the upcoming new Florida 2070 model and a planned Protection Opportunities model. The new Florida 2070 scenarios project is another ongoing research effort by the Center for Landscape Conservation Planning with 1000 Friends of Florida, the University of Florida Bureau of Economic and Business Research, and the University of Florida GeoPlan Center.
–Additional consideration of ecological connectivity across state borders (into Georgia and Alabama).The Florida Ecological Greenways Network (FEGN) is part of the legislatively adopted Florida Greenways Plan administered by the Office of Greenways and Trails (OGT) in the Florida Department of Environmental Protection. The FEGN guides Florida’s ecological greenway conservation efforts, and promotes public awareness of the need for a statewide ecological greenways network. It is also used as the primary data layer to inform the Florida Forever and other state and regional land acquisition programs regarding the location of the most important conservation corridors and large, intact landscapes in the state. The FEGN identifies areas of opportunity for protecting a statewide network of ecological hubs and linkages designed to maintain large landscape-scale ecological functions including critical species habitat and ecosystem services throughout the state.
FEGN Priorities 1, 2, and 3 are the most important for protecting a connected statewide network of public and private conservation lands, and in April 2021, the Florida Legislature unanimously passed legislation making FEGN P1-P3 the Florida Wildlife Corridor, and made protection of these wildlife and landscape conservation priorities a high priority as part of a strategic plan for Florida’s future. To accomplish this goal, we need robust state, federal, and local conservation land protection program including Florida Forever, Rural and Family Lands Protection Program, and Natural Resources Conservation Service easements and incentives. The Florida Conservation Group works with many partners including the University of Florida Center for Landscape Conservation Planning to identify the most important conservation priority areas and advocates for the many programs needed to protect them.
Very good news today with the recognition and possible funding for the Florida Wildlife Corridor by the Florida Legislature!🙌Florida Legislature Recognizes the Florida Wildlife Corridor🙌
👏Today, we celebrate the Florida Senate and the Florida House of Representatives passage of the Florida Wildlife Corridor Act, with bipartisan support. We applaud the Florida legislature’s leadership and their commitment to conserving Florida’s land and water resources.
This historic milestone was made possible thanks to the support of a broad coalition of partners from the agricultural, environmental and scientific communities over the past decade.
If signed by the Governor, the legislation will take effect on July 1, 2021.
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The Florida legislature is in the midst of identifying budget priorities for the coming year, including for the Florida Forever and Rural and Family Lands Protection Program (RFLPP) land acquisition programs. Although the Florida Forever program may be refunded, the RFLPP program may again receive zero dollars, even though there is $15 million in matching federal funding that would become available if state funding was provided. Please consider contacting your legislators to support the maximum possible funding for both of these programs and a minimum of $15 million for the the RFLPP. The following post by the Florida Conservation Group provides more information, as well as contact information for legislators.
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Florida’s Ranches Play a Significant Role in Combatting the Threats from the Warming Climate Apr 16, 2021 | Conservation ArticlesPublished in The Invading Sea by Jim Strickland, March 3, 2021 Go to …
Tom's work with students in our UF College of Design, Construction and Planning landscape architecture program, working with Margaret Spontak and Free the Ocklawaha was featured again – this time on our College website! You can find out more and see the students' work here: dcp.ufl.edu/news/freetheocklawaha/
Hoctor & Students Work to Free the Ocklawaha River
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For 50 years, UF faculty and students have been helping to free it by applying science and design with advocates for the river.
I'm excited to say that our landscape performance evaluation of Depot Park, led by Professor Yi Luo and graduate student Kanglin Chen in the UF College of Design, Construction and Planning, was just released online in the latest issue of Landscape Research by the Landscape Research Group. This project was completed with generous support from the Landscape Architecture Foundation and is summarized here in the LAF Landscape Performance Series: www.landscapeperformance.org/depot-park. For those who have access, the full article is also available through Taylor & Francis online.
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Depot Park is a 32-acre urban park adjacent to downtown Gainesville, Florida. Formerly an industrial brownfield, the site was polluted with coal tar and arsenic. Following over 20 years of site remedi…
One of our partners, Jim Strickland, recently published this op-ed regarding the important role of Florida ranchlands for protecting Florida's wildlife, water, and ecological corridors while also helping to address climate change. The article references the threat that population growth and land use conversion places on ranchlands and rural landscapes. We're working now with 1000 Friends of Florida, the Florida Conservation Group and others on a project to look at specifically at these impacts as an update to work originally completed by UF College of Design, Construction and Planning professors Dr. Paul Zwick and Peggy Carr called the Florida 2070 project (1000friendsofflorida.org/florida2070/).
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By Jim Strickland, Florida rancher I consider myself blessed to live and work as a rancher in Florida. As a caretaker of the land, I have both the privilege and the obligation to protect the habitat a…
This new blog post by the Florida Conservation Group shows the extent of timber and ranchlands within Florida, the ecological and historic basis for their current distribution, and their ecological importance.floridaconserve.org/2021/03/05/floridas-ranchlands-and-timberlands-our-working-landscapes/
The remaining wild and rural lands of Florida are dominated by working ranches and timberlands, which provide habitat for our wildlife and clean our water while also supporting our agricultural economy.
The Department of Urban and Regional Planning (URP) in the UF College of Design, Construction and Planning posted a news story this month highlighting an article by URP faculty member Dr. Chris Silver, and describing a partnership between the Center and URP faculty member Dr. Kathryn Frank to include green infrastructure as a core topic in a set of jointly taught courses. The courses include tours of world class green infrastructure projects in City of Gainesville, FL – Government and Alachua County including the Sweetwater Wetlands Park and Depot Park, and assistance from staff from the Alachua Conservation Trust to tour ACT property and the Prairie Creek Conservation Cemetery. The courses are also conducted in partnership with Dr. Michael Kung and the UF Masters in Sustainable Design program. We hope you will check the article out below!
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Green Infrastructure in Planning Curricula – Department of Urban and Regional Planning
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Green Infrastructure in Planning CurriculaURP’s Dr. Christopher Silver and scholars from the United Kingdom make the case for planning programs to teach about green infrastructure (GI) to advance su…
This is another blog post by our partner Julie Morris of the National Wildlife Refuge Association, with contributions by Tom and other partners that highlights the work on new conservation lands in south-central Florida and the Everglades Headwaters National Wildlife Refuge & Conservation Area to help one of the most endangered birds in the United States.
Florida Grasshopper Sparrow – There is hope. — The National Wildlife Refuge Association
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The National Wildlife Refuge Association and its partners are advancing critical conservation efforts by working to protect habitat for the Florida grasshopper sparrow. Our land conservation projects…