Questions about this site? Contact Craig Faulhaber (352) 732-1225
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NEW POSTINGS!
Click here for notes from the Northeast Florida Scrub Ecosystem Working Group's Land Management Committee field trip to Orange County in May.
Presentations, meeting minutes, and updated contact information from the April 29 West Central Florida Uplands Working Group meeting are now posted. Click the links for handouts concerning mitigation banking from FloridAgriculture and Ecosystem Marketplace.
Sam Rabin of Stetson University recently completed a study comparing reproductive success of scrub-jays in pasture and scrub in Seminole State Forest.
Jay Watch, the citizen science monitoring program, needs volunteers for summer monitoring! More information is available here.
Steve Morrison of TNC is expanding his investigation of the conditions under which scrub will burn. If you have conducted prescribed burns in scrub, please visit this link for more information on how you can help!
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HOT TOPICS
Private lands conservation
Do you know any private landowners interested in scrub management? Check out the programs available for private lands in these presentations. You can find links to even more opportunities here.
Want to learn more about conservation banking? Check out this article about conservation banking in Florida, and read this primer on the subject.
You can contact FWC's private lands biologists by visiting this website.
Disease and scrub-jays
A fact sheet regarding scrub-jays and avian diseases can be found here. Information on Archbold Biological Station's efforts to study avian diseases is available here.
Mechanical treatments in scrub
Interested in learning more about mechanical treatments? Check out these presentations from the Southwest Florida Scrub Working Group and this report from Archbold Biological Station.
Ever wonder what conditions are needed for scrub to burn?
Steve Morrison of TNC has some ideas here.
You can help Steve expand on this study! If you have conducted prescribed burns in scrub, please visit this link for more information on how you can help.
Burned, burning and unburned scrub at Gould
Road, Lake Wales Ridge – For more photos with
information about management and machinery , go to:
Management Photos
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VIDEOS & AUDIO
Learn from prescribed fire experts...
...with these interesting videos from the Wildland Fire Lessons Learned Center.
Ever heard the scrub-jay whisper song?
Check out this video.
Scrub-jay calls
Check out these audio clips of jay calls.
