Category: Natural Resources

Reimagining new home construction landscapes, backed by science

by Tory Moore

May 2, 2023

UF/IFAS researchers have partnered with award-winning land developers in Central Florida to study the benefits of landscapes that move away from traditional turf lawns and instead incorporate drought-tolerant plants native to Florida. Studying ... READ MORE

Category: Home Landscapes, SFYL Hot Topic, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension, UF/IFAS Research, Water, Wildlife
Tags: Center For Land Use Efficiency, Compost, Native Plants, School Of Forest Fisheries And Geomatics Sciences, Soil Health, Turf Alternatives, UF/IFAS Extension Lake County, UF/IFAS Extension Osceola County, Urban Ecology, Urban Landscape Ecology, Water Conservation, Water Quality, Water Resources

Study: Most Miami-Dade residents are concerned by sea-level rise, willing to support adaptation strategies

by Alena Poulin

May 2, 2023

Highlights The rate of global sea-level rise has more than doubled in the past century, leaving low-level coastal areas like Miami-Dade County increasingly vulnerable to flooding. A survey conducted in 2017 showed that most participants ... READ MORE

Category: Coasts & Marine, UF/IFAS Research
Tags: Food And Resource Economics

Lo que necesita saber sobre las ostras y las enfermedades transmitidas por su consumo

by Luz Bahder

May 1, 2023

Cada año se consumen millones de ostras en todo el mundo, con un número significativo de estos moluscos provenientes del Golfo de México. Si bien la enfermedad transmitida por las ostras no es común, puede ser mortal. En este documento, ... READ MORE

Category: Coasts & Marine, Food Safety, Health & Nutrition, UF/IFAS Extension
Tags: Alimentos, Alimentos Crudos, Bacteria, Bivalvo, Cobre, Contaminacion, Enfermedad, Español, Filtradores, Florida Sea Grant, Infección, Keith Schneider, Molusco, Ostras, Proteina, Razieh Farzad, Seguridad Alimentaria, Selenio, Spanish, Vibrio, Vibrio Parahaemolyticus, Vibrio Vulnificus, Vibriosis, Vitamina B12, Vitamina D, Zinc

Elliott’s Lovegrass – Wild Weeds

by Alicia Halbritter

May 1, 2023

Wild Weeds – Weed of the Month Elliott's Lovegrass Eragrostis elliottii Elliott's Lovegrass is a perennial grass found in Florida flatwoods, sandhills, prairies, and disturbed sites. Lovegrass is a bunch grass but is not often noticed ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Forests, Horticulture, Natural Resources, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension, Wildlife
Tags: Natural Resources, NFLAG, Wild Weeds

Coloring with Spiders: Our Favorites from Florida

by Susan Gildersleeve

April 28, 2023

Like to color but bored with mainstream coloring books lately with their vapid, merely decorative fare? Had it up to here with hosts and crowds of lovely daffodils and anodyne woodland scenes that look like something out of The Lord of the Rings? ... READ MORE

Category: Wildlife
Tags: Entomology And Nematology Department, Lisa A. Taylor, Samm Wehman Epstein, Youth

Let’s Celebrate…National Arbor Day!

by Marguerite Beckford

April 28, 2023

I first fell in love with trees when I was 8 years old. The house we’d moved to had a huge Ficus benjamina tree with a 40-foot wide canopy in our backyard. It gave such deep shade that sitting underneath it on a hot afternoon, you would feel ... READ MORE

Category: Natural Resources
Tags: Arbor Day, Treejuvenation, Trees, Urban Forestry Extension

Florida Master Naturalist Program – New/Revised Coastal Systems Course

by martinmain

April 27, 2023

Are you interested in Florida’s amazing coastal environments and the diverse array of species that live there? Did you know there are killer whales in the Gulf of Mexico and that a new species of whale was recently discovered in the Gulf? ... READ MORE

Category: Coasts & Marine, Conservation, Natural Resources, UF/IFAS Extension
Tags: Coastal Systems, Conservation Education, Florida Master Naturalist Program, Natural Resources, UF IFAS Extension

Manatee County Land Judging Competitors Excel at State Contest

by Gail Somodi

April 27, 2023

The 62nd annual Manatee County Land Judging competition, sponsored by the Manatee River Soil and Water Conservation District, was held in late February near the Quattlebaum house at the Lake Manatee Water Treatment Plant. Forty six students ... READ MORE

Category: 4-H & Youth, Agriculture, , Conservation, Natural Resources

Snake Watch 2023 1st Quarter Report

by Rick O'Connor

April 27, 2023

The Snake Watch Project began in 2022 to determine which species of snake people encountered in the Pensacola Bay area, where they were seeing them, and when they were seeing them. The project has received more attention this year and the ... READ MORE

Category: Natural Resources, Wildlife
Tags: Florida Sea Grant, Pensacola Snakes

Terrapin Season is Upon Us

by Rick O'Connor

April 27, 2023

Since 2007 Florida Sea Grant has worked with partners, and trained volunteers, to assess the status of the diamondback terrapin in the Florida panhandle. This small emydid turtle is the only one that lives in brackish water and prefers salt ... READ MORE

Category: Coasts & Marine, Natural Resources
Tags: Florida Sea Grant, Terrapins

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