Coasts & Marine Archives - UF/IFAS Wildlife Ecology and Conservation Department

Introduction to the Lone Cabbage Oyster Reef Restoration Project

Posted: October 24, 2017

Introduction to the Lone Cabbage Oyster Reef Restoration Project Thursday, October 26, 7:00 p.m. Community Center, 809 6th Street, Cedar Key In less than 30 years, 3,000-year-old oyster reefs off Florida’s Big Bend coastline have declined by 88… Read More

Category: Coasts & Marine, Conservation, Natural Resources, UF/IFAS, Wildlife

The Case of the Disappearing Birds: Avian Flyways and the Need for Conservation

by WEC

Posted: November 30, 2016

Each week on the blog we pull back the curtain on our Wildlife Ecology & Conservation graduate students’ seminar class. This post is by master’s student Elysia Webb. Dr. Lisa Davenport had a mystery on her hands: her birds… Read More

Category: Coasts & Marine, Conservation, Natural Resources, UF/IFAS Research, UF/IFAS Teaching, Wildlife

Tags: Amazon, Avian, Birds, Conservation, Flyways, Peru, Rainforest, Tracking

Peat Habitat Loss in the Florida Everglades: Getting the Dirt on What’s Really Going on

by WEC

Posted: March 27, 2016

By Kodiak Hengstebeck, Masters student, Wildlife Ecology & Conservation Dept. The Florida Everglades are collapsing. Or, at least, some areas of the park are washing away. Hordes of wildlife enthusiasts and adventurers alike visit the famous National Park… Read More

Category: Coasts & Marine, Natural Resources