Backyard Habitats – Lesson 4
Well… We have looked under leaf litter and garden mulch – and we have looked under logs searching for critters who may be using our yard for habitat. Today we are going to look at another “under” place… Read More
Category: Coasts & Marine
UF researchers publish article identifying important habitat characteristics for the rare, imperiled Gulf Coast Solitary Bee and its floral host Coastalplain Honeycombhead.
Habitat suitability of an at-risk, monolectic, ground-nesting bee Hesperapis oraria and its floral host Balduina angustifolia at two spatial scales along the Northern Gulf of Mexico by Davis, Miller and Thetford “The Gulf Coast Solitary Bee is acutely… Read More
New list provides assistance options for Florida coastal businesses
By: Rhett Register Florida Sea Grant is maintaining a curated list of disaster assistance options for Florida’s coastal businesses disrupted by COVID-19. The list contains links to details about well- and lesser-known options and includes “quick takeaway” overviews… Read More
Florida Master Naturalist Program Online – Coastal Shoreline Restoration
We are excited to announce that the Florida Master Naturalist Program (FMNP) is offering online courses. The first offering, Coastal Shoreline Restoration (CSR), is scheduled for April 28 through May 12 and is open for registration (https://conference.ifas.ufl.edu/fmnp/CR20-06Live%20ONLINE%20via%20Zoom.html). This… Read More
Water, The Magic Molecule – Lesson 4
In Lesson 1 we looked at the polarity of the magic molecule. The fact that water is has a positive and negative end and attaches to other molecules like a magnet. Because of this it is called the… Read More
New list provides assistance options for Florida coastal businesses
By: Rhett Register Florida Sea Grant is maintaining a curated list of disaster assistance options for Florida’s coastal businesses disrupted by COVID-19. The list contains links to details about well- and lesser-known options and includes “quick takeaway” overviews… Read More
New list provides assistance options for Florida coastal businesses
By: Rhett Register Florida Sea Grant is maintaining a curated list of disaster assistance options for Florida’s coastal businesses disrupted by COVID-19. The list contains links to details about well- and lesser-known options and includes “quick takeaway” overviews… Read More
Smoking Fish With A Sea Grant Agent
This write -chronicles a Sea Grant agent’s first attempt at smoking fish. Did it go perfectly? No. Did it end up tasting great? Yes. Did he learn something about smoking? Also yes. Follow me on my fish smoking… Read More
Local Wildlife – Lesson 4
Today’s wildlife topic is like some others we have discussed in other lessons… you might see it, you might not. You might ask, why would I highlight a creature you might not see? Well… because you might… and… Read More
Celebrating a Tortoise and a Turtle Here in Florida
There are two species of reptiles that you might have heard about recently here in Florida: the gopher tortoise and the leatherback sea turtle. One species can be found on land while the other spends its entire life… Read More