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

2. School of Natural Resources and Environment Campus-wide Involves faculty from 11 colleges and units Hosted by CALS/IFAS

3. SNRE Programs Academic degrees –Environmental Science –Interdisciplinary Ecology Research and Outreach/Extension –Grants and contracts –Organized outreach (NRLI, NATA, PREC)

4. 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

5. 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 People and Land Use Strategies (PLUS) Faculty Workgroup

6. Current Project Example Hamilton County Donor funded Three-year project –Economic development –Community involvement –Planning for the future

7. 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

8. Citizen and Local Government Perceptions and Attitudes Assessment of needs –Conditions affecting local citizen well-being Extension workshops Extension Business Retention and Expansion Program

9. Economic Impact Analysis Defines role of agriculture and natural resource based industries Measure income change potential from new (or lost) industries

10. 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

11. 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)

12. Questions and Discussion