Ocean Gyres Under Fire
When you hear the word gyre (pronounced jI-ur), what’s the first thing that comes to mind? Perhaps, “What the heck is a gyre?” or you might think of plastic or garbage or an ocean current…. Read More
Category: Natural Resources
Oh, BAY-be!
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You’ve probably heard people refer to a tree as a “bay” at some point. There are many different types of “bay” trees, but today we are going to focus on how to tell a redbay… Read More
Watershed Bus Tour!
BUS TOUR Hop abord a 33-passenger bus to tour two incredible facilities supporting water resources in Pinellas County and learn from Environmental Management staff about the work they do to help keep our waters safe…. Read More
Exploring the Oaks
There are 26 species of oaks recorded in the state of Florida, so it’s not exactly an easy genus to conquer. In fact, upon doing a little exploring locally at Brooker Creek Preserve Environmental Education… Read More
Exotic Plants Starving Birds! 12 Things You Can Do to Help
Birds Are Starving Exotic (non-native) plants do not support the caterpillars that native birds need for food, causing birds to starve to death. If birds can’t find enough caterpillars, they can’t reproduce and they and… Read More
It’s Spring Planting Season
We all want a beautiful, flourishing, healthy landscape. Before you go and spend a bunch of money at the garden center, here are a few things to consider so you won’t waste your time and… Read More
4-H SPIN Clubs and how one leader built 4 winning SPIN club teams!
Have you wanted to become a 4-H volunteer, but worry about the time commitment? Not sure if your child will like to do one project for an entire year? Then the 4-H SPIN (SPecial INterest)… Read More
Parsing Through the Palmettos
The term “palmetto” gets thrown around a lot in the plant world. Sometimes “palmetto” is referring to the common name of the plant, or it could be the scientific name. There is a reason botanists… Read More
A Pine In My Neck
For some, it is easy to tell a pine tree from, say, an oak tree, but can you tell a pine tree from a pine tree? Some might say it’s a pain in the neck… Read More
Jumping Spiders?
Do spiders make you jump? Meet the spiders that YOU might make jump! The largest family of spiders in the world are the Salticidae, which means “jumpers” in Latin. Here in Pinellas we have a… Read More