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Future Farmers Test Forestry Skills At Florida State Forest

Every year, the Florida Forest Service partners with Future Farmers of America (FFA) chapters at schools throughout the state to facilitate the FFA’s Forestry Career Development Events. This year’s District 1 event was held Tuesday at Bear Lake on Blackwater River...

413,000 Acres Of Florida Forest Is Now SFI Certified

Florida Commissioner of Agriculture Adam H. Putnam announced today that the Florida Forest Service, a division of the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, certified Blackwater River and Tate’s Hell State Forests, covering 413,000 acres,...

Timber Business Booming In Parts Of Florida

The timber business is booming in northeast Florida with demand booming for the natural resource worldwide. The towering grove of century-old longleaf pines surrounding Roger Ward’s family home is a rare site in this verdant swath of north-central Florida — most pines...

Florida Releases Results Of Statewide Forestry Inventory

Florida Commissioner of Agriculture Adam H. Putnam announced today the results of a forestry inventory of Florida’s nearly 17 million acres of forestland. The study, led by the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services’ Florida Forest...