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Cover Your A$$ets

Cover Your Assets is an award winning resource produced by the University of Florida that provides property owners and county officials with the tools they need to help maintain private ownership and active management of forestland properties in a valuable and sustainable manner. The program covers topics such as estate planning, starting a pine straw enterprise, conservation easements, hunting leases for revenue, wildlife management assistance, silvopasture, rural lands stewardship, and ecotourism.

Cover Your Assets - Cover ImageThis program is designed to educate properly owners and county officials about tools that can be used to help maintain private ownership and active management of forestland properties in a valuable and sustainable manner.

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  1. Introduction
    Chris Demers, UF-IFAS School of Forest Resources and Conservation

  2. Estate Planning
    Dr. Josephine Turner, UF-IFAS Department of Family, Youth and Community Sciences

  3. Conservation Easements
    Phyllis Hansen, Alachua County Landowner
    Ellen Huntley, Conservation Trust for Florida

  4. Widlife Management Assistance
    Mark Asleson, Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission

  5. Rural Lands Stewardship - Part 1
    Ernest Cox, Gunster, Yoakley & Stewart, P.A.

  6. Rural Lands Stewardship - Part 2
    Mike Adams, Adams Ranch Stewardship, Family Lands Remembered

  7. Starting a Pine Straw Enterprise
    Dr. Alan Long, UF-IFAS School of Forest Resources and Conservation

  8. Hunting for Non-timber Revenue Opportunities
    Glenn Johnson, Plum Creek Timber Company

  9. Silvopasture-A Successful Alternative
    George Owens, George C. Owens Farms

  10. Eco-tourism Opportunities
    Dr. Taylor Stein, UF-IFAS School of Forest Resources and Conservation

 

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Date Published: 2006

By:

University of Florida - IFAS

Florida Division of Forestry, Forest Stewardship Program

Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission

and many others