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Congrats to Donald Behringer, FFGS Professor of Marine and Disease Ecology, for being named a 2025 The Fulbright Program Specialist! Dr. Behringer will travel to the University of Zagreb in Croatia to lead research on aquatic disease ecology. blogs.ifas.ufl.edu/ffgs/2025/01/0…

Saturday, Feb. 1, we'll be setting the woods on fire! 🔥 Come learn about the ecological benefits of prescribed fire at the 2025 Flatwoods Fire & Nature Festival, held at UF's Austin Cary Forest. Details: bit.ly/2025-fire-fest…

We are thrilled to see this The Global Food Systems Institute at UF IFAS blog post showcasing Jiri Hulcr's work introducing an Extension system in Czechia, which would connect forestry researchers and practitioners, and ensure critical information is not lost between them. blogs.ifas.ufl.edu/gfsi/2025/01/3…

🌍 In Europe, forests are facing growing challenges from pests like the spruce bark beetle, worsened by climate change. But there's hope. Dr. Jiri Hulcr is working to bring a modern extension system to Europe to tackle these issues. Let's talk about it 🧵

How do scientists and managers restore #sponge beds? 🪸 Find out in this webinar on Wed., 2/19 @ 2PM Eastern by Postdoc Researcher Dr. Aaron Pilnick and Professor Don Behringer, both from UF School Forest, Fisheries, & Geomatics Sciences. Register ➡️bit.ly/pilnick-behrin…

*Great student networking opportunity!* Registration is open for the SFFGS/Florida Southeast Society of American Foresters 2025 Spring Symposium! Join us for a discussion of the many landscape and working lands conservation initiatives and partnerships happening across Florida. eventbrite.com/e/2025-spring-…

Gainesville's storm sewers are a zoo. Research led by PhD student Alan Ivory (when he was an MS student in UF IFAS Wildlife) documented 35 species using our stormwater pipes. Congrats Alan and team for having their research covered in the NYT! nytimes.com/2025/02/13/sci…

UF Geomatics enjoyed hosting the FSMS Broward Chapter meeting, showing Dr. Dave Gibson's renowned 1980’s lecture on "Professionalism Concepts" and celebrating Gator Giving Day. We appreciated guest speaker Russell Hyatt from Hyatt Survey Services FSMS UF School Forest, Fisheries, & Geomatics Sciences UF/IFAS FLREC

Risk assessments performed behind the scenes by UF School Forest, Fisheries, & Geomatics Sciences scientists at UF/IFAS TAL help sustain Florida's $191M aquaculture industry by preventing pets from becoming pests. #InvasiveSpecies #NISAW More on the role FLORIDA research is playing in #FloridaAquaculture 🔗

**PhD student position available!** Our Environmental Education and Behavior Lab, led by Dr. Yue Li, has an opening for a PhD student to conduct research on using AI in environmental education. Apply by April 15! ffgs.ifas.ufl.edu/jobs/job-detai…

**Summer jobs and internships alert** New opportunities posted daily at ffgs.ifas.ufl.edu/jobs/ Find your next natural resources career opportunity here!

Congratulations to Dr. Frank Asche, professor of natural resource economics, for his election as a 2025 Lifetime Fellow of AAAS. This high honor reflects Dr. Asche's work to advance our understanding of challenges facing food systems like aquaculture. blogs.ifas.ufl.edu/ffgs/2025/03/2…

We're hiring an Education/Training Specialist to coordinate with Florida PLT. If you love environmental education and want to advance it across the state of Florida, come see about this job! Project Learning Tree explore.jobs.ufl.edu/en-us/job/5354…

Love this spotlight on our PhD student Kelli O'Donnell!

Congratulations to recent alum Dr. Audrey Looby, whose dissertation on “The Ecological Importance, Management Applications, and Outreach Potential of Underwater Sounds” was named the UF/IFAS Best Dissertation in the Natural Resources category!

Student job alert! We're hiring part-time Recreational Boating Surveyors to survey boaters about how efforts to protect seagrass affect them; as part of a research project on the effects of propeller scarring in seagrass meadows along the Nature Coast. explore.jobs.ufl.edu/en-us/job/5358…

Inspiring the next generation of surveyors! Shoutout to UF School Forest, Fisheries, & Geomatics Sciences for hosting Scouts in a hands-on geomatics workshop - complete with 3D scanning, mapping and leveling! This is how future surveyors are made: bit.ly/3wM2PB3 #NSPS #FutureSurveyors #STEM #Geomatics

In a study published in Ecology Letters, PhD student Bana Ahmad Kabalan and coauthors showed that individual crayfish personalities can significantly influence their ecological roles. The research has implications for how scientists study movement behaviors. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.11…

Tall Timbers’ Fire Science /Pyrosilviculture Lab. We are delighted to have intern Logan with us this summer. Outstanding field skills and a real credit to the ⁦UF School Forest, Fisheries, & Geomatics Sciences⁩ program

.@charleybelcher from FOX 13 Tampa Bay interviews UF School Forest, Fisheries, & Geomatics Sciences grad student Casey Hudspeth about the terrific partnership between @uf and The Florida Aquarium. Nurturing urchins to preserve precious coral reefs.