A Times Editorial

In an era when global warming has moved to the forefront of the public conversation, it's common for some people to worry about their carbon footprint and others to poke fun at such concerns. So when the University of Florida billed this year's grudge match with

By Luis Zaragoza The University of Florida wants you to think about global warming as the Gators face the 'Noles at The Swamp on Saturday.

UF says it will become the first U.S. university to try to counteract the greenhouse gases created by a single college

The state of Florida is an icon in college football, and at Saturday’s game between the University of Florida and Florida State University the state hopes the world will also recognize another valuable asset – its well-managed forests.  Thorough an effort by the University

By Joyce Owen

Walton County resident honored as state’s outstanding tree farmer

While a homeowner plants a few trees, thinking, “Here’s something to improve the value of my property”; the Pridgen family planted hundreds of acres of trees to make the best use of the land.

Martha

By Daniel Carson

The Florida Forestry Association honored two area men, including one with the association’s highest accolade, at its 84th annual September meeting for their extended service and contributions to the state’s forestry industry.

FFA spokesperson Erin Glover said Clay Smallwood,

PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla.— Clay Smallwood, a Port St. Joe resident and employee of St. Joe Company, was honored with the Florida Forestry Association’s Distinguished Service Award for a career of service to Florida’s forest community at the group’s Annual Meeting in Ponte Vedra Beach on September 6. 

The Florida

PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla.— Jim Cottingham, a Panama City resident and employee of Smurfit-Stone Container Enterprise, was honored with the Florida Forestry Association’s 2007 Above and Beyond Award for his many years of service to forestry in Florida at the group’s Annual Meeting in Ponte Vedra Beach on September 6. 

PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla.—Sustainable forestry requires responsible land management practices, and those practices take hard work and dedication on the part of the forest landowner.  For her dedication to forest stewardship, Martha Pridgen, a Certified Tree Farmer and Walton County forest landowner, was named Florida’s Outstanding Tree Farmer of the

PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla.–– Project Learning Tree (PLT) has grown from a handful of environmental educators to a statewide network of educators and partners spreading a message of  balanced forestry. Partners like the St. Johns River Water Management District (SJRWMD) make this possible.  For this reason, SJRWMD is the 2007

PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla.—For his service to Suwannee County and his skills in firefighting and public education, John Raulerson, senior forest ranger with the Florida Division of Forestry, is the Florida Forestry Association’s 2007 Forest Ranger of the Year.

As a Senior Forest Ranger in Suwannee County, Raulerson serves county residents

PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla.––Two educators from the Tallahassee area have been recognized statewide for their work with Project Learning Tree (PLT), an internationally-recognized environmental education program.

Karen Weigelt, forester at the Florida Division of Forestry’s Bear Creek Educational Forest in Quincy, is the 2007 Project Learning Tree Educator of the

PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla.—Senator Carey Baker (District 20) was named the Florida Forestry Association’s 2007 Legislator of the Year at the group’s Annual Meeting in Ponte Vedra Beach on September 6. Baker represents parts of Lake, Sumter, Marion, Volusia and Seminole Counties.

A native Floridian from Lake County, Senator Baker

PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla.—Sustaining forestry in Florida for the long term requires responsible forest management practices.  One program to promote these practices, the American Tree Farm System, relies on inspectors to assure that sustainable practices are followed by landowners.  For his service to the Florida Tree Farm Program, Smurfit-Stone Container

PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla.—Representative Will Kendrick (District 10), from Carrabelle, was named the Florida Forestry Association’s 2007 Legislator of the Year at the group’s Annual Meeting in Ponte Vedra Beach on September 6.  Representative Kendrick represents a broad area of the Big Bend, including parts of Franklin, Wakulla, Jefferson, Madison,

PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla.— Answering the call for public assistance is required of every Florida Division of Forestry Forester, but doing so successfully in a three-county area the size of 4,000 square miles is no small feat.  Michael Weston--Senior Forester for Lee, Collier and Hendry Counties--has done just that for

NEW HOPE, Fla.—Students from A.D. Harris High School, in Panama City, joined 2006 Florida Tree Farmers of the Year Jon and Carol Gould on a tour of their Tree Farm near New Hope on Tuesday, March 13, 2007. Ed Lewis, forester with Smurfit-Stone Container Enterprise, taught the students about forest

LAKE CITY, Fla.— In an effort to promote professionalism within their line of work, seventeen timber harvesters from Lake City and surrounding areas participated in a workshop focused on key administrative issues on Wednesday, February 21. Titled, “Employee Leasing, Hiring & Firing and Reasonable Suspicion Testing,” the Lake City workshop