The Florida Wildlife Corridor is a visionary 18-million-acre network of interconnected lands and waters which afford critical ecosystem services. About a third of this land is in agriculture.

Please join online from noon to 2 p.m., Eastern, on Thursday, April 17, the our free webinar on Building Bridges. Representatives from the agriculture and conservation communities will discuss areas of common concern and strategies for cooperation.

Panelists include:

• Florida Farm Bureau President Jeb Smith;
• Fifth generation Hardee County citrus grower Ned Hancock;
• Florida Conservation Group Executive Director Julie Morris;
• Central Florida Regional Planning Council Planning Director Jeff Schmucker, AICP; and
• University of Florida Center for Landscape Conservation Planning Director Dr. Tom Hoctor.

The session will be facilitated by the University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (IFAS) Chief of Staff to the Senior Vice President for Agriculture and Natural Resources Chris Moran.

Free professional certification credits have been approved for planners, attorneys, and certified floodplain managers.

The 2025 Planning to Protect the Florida Wildlife Corridor 2.0 series has focused on the myriad interrelationships between agriculture and conservation. The final webinar, Building Bridges, will crystalize areas of common concern and strategies for cooperation. Each panelist will give a brief presentation and then join in a group discussion, to be followed by a Q&A session with those in attendance. The session will be facilitated by the University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (IFAS) Chief of Staff to the Senior Vice President for Agriculture and Natural Resources Chris Moran.

Register at: https://1000fof.org/floridawildlifecorridor/