The Episode: In this episode, Daniel speaks with Stan Rosenthal, former Leon County Forester, about urban forestry practices in Tallahassee—and learns that managing people is often a bigger part of urban forestry than managing trees.
The Guest: Stan Rosenthal’s urban forestry career began in the mid-80s. Stan worked as Leon County’s forester from 1988 to 2016. He is currently a Natural Resource Planning Services senior forester. He is also a University of Florida IFAS Forestry Extension agent emeritus and one of the founders of Tallahassee Arbor Day.
Stan was featured on the WFSU Ecology Blog as we discussed live oaks in Tallahassee.
Further tree reading:
- Natural Resource Planning Services, Inc. webpage: this is Stan Rosenthal’s current employer, an organization which provides consultation on forestry and natural resource services.
- University of Florida IFAS “Florida Trees For Urban and Suburban Sites” page. This page contains information about urban tree selection, planting, and care in Florida.
- University of Florida IFAS Gardening Solutions “Trees” page, which contains detailed information about some of the most common Floridan garden trees.
- Florida Forestry Association webpage. This site teaches about the importance and impact of forests in Florida, and has links to relevant forestry resources and programs.
- This webpage contains maps for U.S. tree species diversity and endemic species density. The hotspot on these maps is Apalachicola National Forest, just to the west of Tallahassee.
- This webpage contains maps of U.S. tree species richness, tree diversity by county, and endemic species richness by county.
This podcast was sponsored by a grant from the Sunshine State Biodiversity Group, a Tallahassee-based non-profit committed to conservation, education, and outreach related to biodiversity and rewilding in the state of Florida.
