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May 2025 First Friday with Florida First Detector

Recap of May 2025 First Friday with Florida First Detector In May, we continued our talks about wood-boring insects. This time, we focused on bark beetles. These are small beetles in the insect family called Curculionidae. Some bark beetles help break down dead or dying trees, which is helpful for the environment. But a few types can attack healthy trees and cause serious damage. In this class, we talked about two groups of bark beetles: Read More

Florida Land Steward Update, May 2, 2025Conservation

Florida Land Steward Update, May 2, 2025

THANKS EVERYONE WHO JOINED US FOR THE MENDOZA’S FLORIDA LAND STEWARD OF THE YEAR TOUR ON APRIL 25 Over 50 landowners, foresters, resource professionals, conservationists, and agricultural producers joined us last Friday for a tour of Rebecca and Manny Mendoza’s Jolly Palms at Mohawk Property in Lake County. With perfect weather we explored a Read More