Environment

University of Florida IFAS Extension Leon County faculty members Stan Rosenthal and Will Sheftall collaborate with UF Extension colleagues on campus, at North Florida Research & Education Center, and in neighboring counties to plan programs that provide Solutions for Your Life in Leon County

• for living sustainably to mitigate global warming and conserve energy, biodiversity, our drinking water and watershed resources;
• for adapting to climate change in the ways we manage forests, wildlife and invasive exotic species in urban and rural landscapes;
• for managing private rural lands and Leon County Greenways for timber, wildlife, biodiversity, recreation and aesthetics;
• for managing urban and rural watersheds to recharge our aquifer and protect groundwater and surface waters from pollution.

Climate Change & Sustainable Living

• COMING SOON

Watershed Management

• Sea Grant

Commercial Forestry

• Forestry in Florida and Leon County
• Forest Stewardship Program

Urban Forestry

• UF Tree Management
• Florida Division of Forestry-Forest Health Section
• International Society of Arboriculture
• Newspaper Columns
• Leon County Adopt-A-Tree Program

Wildlife

• Are Cuban Tree Frogs Headed Our Way?
  Leon County Natural Resources Extension Agent Will Sheftall tells a humorous story about his encounter with a Cuban Tree Frog suspect at an indisposed moment, his quest to discover its identity, and the northward migration status of this sub-tropical invasive species now common in south and central Florida.
  
  Extension Wildlife Specialist Dr Steve Johnson talks about the threat to our native frog populations and species from the Cuban tree frog likely coming our way, and what you can do to protect our rich native frog  biodiversity here in the Big Bend.
• North Florida Native Tree ID Lab
  Free, annual public education program for professionals, volunteers, landowners, students and citizen-naturalists Take an indoor field trip and get tips on how you tell apart trees and tall shrubs with leaves that look alike You’ll get to see and learn ID tips for 100 different species of the Big Bend Fresh specimens are grouped on tables according to similarity of leave shape
  Instructed by Stan Rosenthal & Will Sheftall -- UF Extension County Faculty
   
• Master Wildlife Conservationist (MWC) Volunteer Program
  Are you interested in learning about our natural environment and teaching middle school students on field trips? Please let us know of your potential interest in our 2008 training class and field trip schedule.
  
  Background training, field trip locations and field labs focus on the karst hydrogeology of the Wakulla Springshed (Leon Sinks, Wakulla Springs, Wakulla River), the upper springshed forests and streams (Lake Talquin State Forest, Apalachicola National Forest), and the coastal springshed marshes (St Marks National Wildlife Refuge).
  
  Student field trips are planned and conducted in partnership with participating middle schools in Leon and Wakulla counties, the UF-IFAS 4-H program in Leon and Wakulla counties, the LIFE Program (Learning in Florida's Environment) staff at DEP, and with staff at Wakulla Springs State Park and Bear Creek Environmental Education Center on Lake Talquin State Forest.
  
  E-mail Natural Resources Extension Agent Will Sheftall at sheftallw@leoncountyfl.gov if you have any questions.