Managing forest lands after a Hurricane: Lessons learned from forest landowners in the Panhandle, Florida

Friday, October 27, 2023

4:00pm - 4:30pm PST

Location: A11

CFE .5 / ISA CEU .5 / ESA CEU .125

Speaker(s)

MC

Mysha K. Clarke, PhD

Assistant Professor, Human Dimensions of Natural Resources
University of Florida
Gainesville, Florida, United States

Co-Author(s)

AS

Ajay Sharma, PhD

Assistant Professor
Auburn University
Taylor V. Stein, PhD (he/him/his)

Professor
University of Florida
SAF Working Group Officer
Gainesville, Florida, United States
JV

Jason Vogel, PhD

Associate Professor
University of Florida
Gainesville, Florida, United States
JN

Jarek Nowak

This presentation will highlight 1) the socio-ecological impacts of Hurricane Michael on 1) future land ownership behaviors, 2) the factors that influence their forest restoration plans 2) and the impacts of relief funding on their overall future forest ownership and management plans.

Learning Objectives:

Upon completion, participants will be able to identify the ways that Hurricane Michael has impacted forest management on private non-industrial forest lands.
Upon completion, participants will be able to learn suggestions and drawbacks to engaging non-industrial forest landowners in hurricane preparedness