School of Natural Resources and Environment

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School of Natural Resources and Environment Land
Use Activities Jim Cato SNRE Senior Associate
Dean and Director Website snre.ufl.edu
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School of Natural Resources and Environment

• Campus-wide
• Involves faculty from 11 colleges and units
• Hosted by CALS/IFAS

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SNRE Programs

• Academic degrees
• Environmental Science
• Interdisciplinary Ecology
• Research and Outreach/Extension
• Grants and contracts
• Organized outreach (NRLI, NATA, PREC)

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People and Land Use Strategies (PLUS) Faculty
Workgroup

• Organized to provide interdisciplinary research
  and education
• About 70 faculty across nine colleges
• Linking science, policy, and business for
  creative land management solutions
• http//snre.ufl.edu/research/plus.htm

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People and Land Use Strategies (PLUS) Faculty
Workgroup

• Some key areas of interest
• Land use ecology
• Planning, design, construction of built
  environment
• Policy, institutional and legal aspects
• Land use planning and training
• Almost all PLUS projects require funding

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Current Project Example

• Hamilton County
• Donor funded
• Three-year project
• Economic development
• Community involvement
• Planning for the future

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Socioeconomic, Agricultural, Natural Resource
Indicators and Trends

• Visual presentation through maps
• Affordable housing
• Poverty levels
• Housing values
• Demographic indicators
• Recreational opportunities
• Household incomes
• Employment
• Wildlife habitat
• Extension workshops

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Citizen and Local Government Perceptions and
Attitudes

• Assessment of needs
• Conditions affecting local
• citizen well-being
• Extension workshops
• Extension Business Retention and Expansion Program

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Economic Impact Analysis

• Defines role of agriculture and natural resource
  based industries
• Measure income change potential from new (or
  lost) industries

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Land Use Scenarios

• Up to 10 alternative future land use scenarios
  from potential development
• Plan concepts for most
• preferred scenarios
• Detailed concept plans for three towns in the
  county

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Participants

• SNRE
• Jim Cato, Nancy Peterson
• IFAS
• Allen Tyree (HCED), Mark Brennan (FYCS),
• Laila Racevskis, Hank Cothran, David Mulkey
  (FRE)
• College of Design, Construction and Planning
• Peggy Carr, Paul Zwick, Tina Gurucharri (GEOPlan
  Center)

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Questions and Discussion