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What is the ECORE System?

The Environmental and Conservation Outreach, Research, and Education (ECORE) System unifies the Forest Preserve, Botanical Gardens, and GeoPark under one leadership team within the College of Arts and Sciences to enhance support for faculty, student, and community needs. The ECORE System was established to manage and promote the botanical and environmental assets associated with these properties.

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CL ECORE Highlight

Image of ECORE Director Nicole Brand walking in the Forest Preserve. Photo by Dave Decker.

"Last August, [Nicole Brand] became director of USF’s Environmental Conservation Outreach, Research, and Education (ECORE) System. Her job, in short, is to be a steward for not just the preserve, but also the USF College of Arts & Sciences’ popular botanical gardens, and the GeoPark."

Wetland Ecohydrology

Photo from the research (Figure 2.11)

In "The Peculiar Nature of Florida’s Sandhill Wetlands, Ponds & Lakes— Their Ecohydrology, Relationship with the Regional Aquifer & Importance within the Landscape", Nowicki discusses their research in the USF Forest Preserve and other wetlands habitats.

Annotated Bibliography FP

Florida Environment and Natural Collections

Annotated Bibliography of Selected Literature on the USF Forest Preserve. May 2021