MILTON — Those interested in forest stewardship and management can see a demonstration of those principles next month.
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The Florida Forest Service, University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences Extension Service and the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission annually work with private landowners to showcase forest stewardship and management activities on private forest lands as part of the Forest Stewardship program. The program helps landowners create a multiple-use forest management plan. In addition, participating properties are certified as Stewardship Forests.
Next month, the Spencer family has agreed to host a forest stewardship tour. The family has actively managed their land for generations and the property features all of the major pine timber species in Florida: longleaf, slash and loblolly.
The tour — 9 a.m. Thursday, May 14 at the Spencer property, 5001 Willard Norris Road, Milton —is open to the public but is tailored to private forest landowners and land managers. The cost of the tour is $10 per person, which includes lunch and materials.
Attendees will see a demonstration of management principles for high-quality pine timber production as well as wildlife habitat improvement, aesthetics and recreation.
Register at http://bit.ly/1HVwi76 or call the Santa Rosa County Extension Office, 623-3868. Space is limited.
This article originally appeared on Crestview News Bulletin: Milton land tour highlights forest stewardship event