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plants, gloves, and buckets in a marsh

Donor marsh at Duke Energy Mariculture Center making donations!


February 16, 2021

In 2018, we worked with Duke Energy’s Mariculture Center in Crystal River to establish a large salt marsh nursery in one of their culture ponds. We needed the donor marsh because habitat restoration requires access to plant material. Establishing ... READ MORE

Category: Coasts & Marine, Community Volunteers, Conservation, Home Landscapes, Natural Resources, UF/IFAS Extension
Tags: Coastal Habitat, Coastal Systems, Donor Marsh, Florida Sea Grant, InsideNatureCoast, Living Shoreline, Marsh, Restoration, Shoreline Restoration
Tampa Bay shoreline and Port of Tampa Bay

Catch the Nature Coast Currents


August 21, 2020

Nature Coast Currents 2022-2023 We are pleased to announce registration is open for the 2022-2023 webinar series, Nature Coast Currents! This free monthly webinar is designed to publicly communicate the results of the newest science and research ... READ MORE

Category: Coasts & Marine, Events, Natural Resources, UF/IFAS Extension, UF/IFAS Research, Water, Wildlife
Tags: Applied Research, Cedar Key, Coastal Habitat, Coastal Systems, Ecosystem Models, Fisheries, Fisheries Management, Fishing, FWC, InsideNatureCoast, Living Shoreline, Lone Cabbage Reef, Marsh, NCBS Graduate Students, Oysters, Research, Restoration, Seagrass, Shoreline Restoration, Snook, Suwannee River, Virtual Learning, Water Quality
two volunteers in a recently planted marsh shoreline

Coastal Shoreline Restoration from the couch


April 10, 2020

Going virtual In Cedar Key, we are actively working to restore and enhance shoreline habitats - or, at least, we were until COVID-19 threw a wrench in our plans. But we press on! We are excited to announce that you can join a very special coastal ... READ MORE

Category: Coasts & Marine, Natural Resources
Tags: Cedar Key, Coastal Habitat, Coastal Systems, Florida Master Naturalist Program, InsideNatureCoast, Living Shoreline, Marsh, NCBS Volunteers, Oysters, Restoration, Shoreline Restoration
Savanna Barry (right) placing an artificial reef prism at a Sea Grant Living Shoreline restoration in Cedar Key, Florida.

Coastal Shoreline Restoration Experience through the Florida Master Naturalist Program


March 1, 2020

This course has been cancelled - see here for the rescheduled hybrid distance option. An ideal natural classroom In Cedar Key, we are actively working to restore and enhance shoreline habitats. There are many volunteer opportunities available, ... READ MORE

Category: Coasts & Marine, Community Volunteers, Conservation, Events, Natural Resources, Professional Development, UF/IFAS Extension
Tags: Cedar Key, Coastal Habitat, Coastal Systems, Florida Master Naturalist Program, InsideNatureCoast, Living Shoreline, Marsh, NCBS Volunteers, Oysters, Restoration, Shoreline Restoration
Savanna Barry (right) placing an artificial reef prism at a Sea Grant Living Shoreline restoration in Cedar Key, Florida.

Redeeming a seawall


October 4, 2018

Shoreline armoring Most Floridians already know about the loss and degradation of our coastal habitats. One of the major causes of coastal habitat loss is shoreline armoring. Shoreline armoring, or hardening, occurs when seawalls, bulkheads, ... READ MORE

Category: Coasts & Marine, Community Volunteers, Natural Resources
Tags: Coastal Habitat, Coastal Systems, Florida Sea Grant, FWC, InsideNatureCoast, Living Shoreline, Marsh, Oysters, Shoreline Restoration
Oyster beds off of the coast of Cedar Key, Florida.

How are we doing after 50+ years of oyster restoration in the US?


August 14, 2018

If you are like me, you have heard a lot of buzz lately about oyster restoration efforts. But did you know that oyster restoration has been going on in the United States since at least 1964? What have we learned since then about oyster restoration? ... READ MORE

Category: Coasts & Marine, Natural Resources, UF/IFAS Research
Tags: Coastal Habitat, Coastal Systems, InsideNatureCoast, Oysters, Research, Restoration, Shoreline Restoration
a shoreline with transplanted marsh grass

Spring 2018 Nature Coast Master Naturalist Courses


January 19, 2018

A Perfect Backdrop for Learning Florida’s Nature Coast provides an ideal natural classroom. Even the casual onlooker will easily observe diverse ecological interactions. Dolphins feeding along oyster bars, black skimmers flocking along the ... READ MORE

Category: Coasts & Marine, Events, Natural Resources
Tags: Coastal Habitat, Coastal Systems, Florida Master Naturalist Program, InsideNatureCoast, Living Shoreline, Marsh, Oysters, Restoration, Shoreline Restoration