Program Coordinators

Emily Bell

UF/IFAS Invasive Species Extension/FISP Coordinator

The UF/IFAS Invasive Species Council provides the leadership to build the capacity of all stakeholders to proactively address the management and prevention of invasive species through partnerships and science-based teaching and extension programs.

ecbell*ufl.edu
(352) 846-2374

Jonathan Dain

Florida Natural Resources Leadership Institute– Director

NRLI is a professional development program for those working with, or making decisions about, natural resources. Participants come from public and private sectors, academia, agriculture, tribal entities, Extension and community/non-profit organizations. Alumni also include elected officials. Over the course of 9 months, NRLI “Fellows” travel to 8 distinct parts of Florida for intensive three-day sessions, each of which focuses on a different natural resource issue of current importance. At these sessions, participants experience the resource in question first-hand, meet with diverse sets of stakeholders who offer differing and often competing viewpoints, and get experiential, highly practical training in conflict management, communication and leadership skills. For more information please visit: http://nrli.ifas.ufl.edu/

jdain@latam.ufl.edu
(352) 294-7652

Chris Demers, CF

Florida Forest Stewardship Program– Extension Program Manager
SFRC affiliations: Austin Cary Forest Advisory Committee, Florida Division SAF Continuing Education Coordinator

The mission of the Florida Forest Stewardship Program is to help, and encourage, private landowners to manage their lands for long-term environmental, economic, and social benefits.

cdemers*ufl.edu
(352) 846-2375

Tony Fedler

Conserved Forests Ecosystems: Outreach and Research Cooperative (CFEOR)– Research Coordinator

CFEOR is a cooperative comprised of public, private, non-government organizations, landowners as well as University of Florida faculty that facilitate integrative research and outreach activities with particular interest in public and family forests. CFEOR develops and disseminates knowledge needed to conserve and manage Florida’s forests as healthy, working ecosystems that provide social, ecological and economic benefits on a sustainable basis.

tfedler*ufl.edu
(352) 846-0465

Mark Hoyer

LAKEWATCH Director

LAKEWATCH seeks to solve water-quality problems and by regularly collecting and reporting water-related data. Long-term, water-chemistry data and water-depth maps are available for more than 1,100 lakes, 175 coastal sites, 120 rivers and five springs in Florida, many of which had never been monitored before this program. Volunteer-collected data have contributed to 37 research articles and helped establish critically important baseline measurements to help guide the evaluation of water-quality changes in relation to land-use and climate fluctuations in critical Florida waterways.

mvhoyer @ufl.edu
(352) 273-3611

Jessica Ireland

Florida Natural Resources Leadership Institute– Program Coordinator

The Florida Natural Resources Leadership Institute (NRLI) is an eight-month leadership training program that brings together professionals from diverse natural resource sectors (including local government, state and federal agencies, industry, agriculture, academia, and non-profits) to explore collaborative approaches to natural resource issues. NRLI seeks to impact decision making in Florida by creating a network of professionals with members in every county and across all natural resource sectors who can effectively address natural resource issues through collaborative leadership and conflict management. To learn more about NRLI, visit our website: http://nrli.ifas.ufl.edu/.

jjtireland*ufl.edu
(352) 294-7643

Nancy Peterson

Florida Project Learning Tree– State Coordinator
Conserved Forests Ecosystems: Outreach and Research Cooperative (CFEOR)– Executive Director

Project Learning Tree is an award-winning environmental education program designed for teachers and other educators, parents and community leaders working with youth from preschool through grade 12. The curriculum is delivered through professional development training workshops. Project Learning Tree’s mission is to use the forest as a “window on the world” to increase students’ understanding of our complex environment; stimulate critical and creative thinking; develop the ability to make informed decisions on environmental issues; and instill the confidence and commitment to take responsible action.

njp*ufl.edu
(352) 846-0848