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Land Conservation & Management
UCF's land management program focuses on the preservation of biodiversity within Florida's unique habitats, promotion of responsible land use, and facilitation of intellectual opportunities for students, visitors, and faculty. (i.e. environmental education, species interactions). The green space managed on campus are made up of over 320 acres of natural uplands and wetland habitats preserved in perpetual conservation easements to the St. Johns River Water Management District, and over 200 additional acres of natural areas on campus that have verbal commitments for long-term preservation, such as the arboretum and smaller isolated wetland areas. In addition, the campus contains an extensive network of stormwater ponds. These areas, in combination with the large area occupied by wetlands that are, for the most part, undevelopable, constitute a large percentage of the land occupied by the UCF campus.

The Conservation Section of the University's Master Plan outlines the goals, objectives, and policies that demonstrate the commitment to the protection of the University's environmentally significant lands.

Management techniques used on campus natural lands include prescribed fire, invasive species management, restoration, and species conservation & management. Research, particularly focused on wildland-urban interface management, is actively conducted in all management units, which is used to continuously develop better land management techniques.