Man, What a Year for Natural Resources… 2018

It has been one crazy year in the world of natural resources in the Florida panhandle. I guess the top stories would be the red tide and, of course, Hurricane Michael. Both had an impact… Read More
Posted: January 4, 2019
It has been one crazy year in the world of natural resources in the Florida panhandle. I guess the top stories would be the red tide and, of course, Hurricane Michael. Both had an impact… Read More
Posted: November 3, 2017
Discovering something new is possibly the most exciting thing a field biologist can do. As students, budding biologists imagine coming across something no one else has ever noticed before, maybe even getting the opportunity to… Read More
Category: Natural Resources
Tags: barrier islands, Birds, climate, coastal wildlife, Curiosities, Estuaries, Florida panhandle, Native plants, Panhandle Outdoors, Swamps, trees, wildlife
Posted: August 11, 2017
Our first POL program will happen this week – August 17 – at the Navarre Beach snorkel reef, and is sold out! We are glad you all are interested in these programs. Well! We have… Read More
Posted: June 17, 2017
What do you imagine when the word “ecotourism” comes to mind? I know I usually daydream about a trip my husband I took to Costa Rica several years ago, surrounded by lush tropical rainforests as we… Read More
Category: Natural Resources
Tags: Agritourism, coastal wildlife, ecotourism, fishing, Florida panhandle, Panhandle Outdoors, Recreation, snorkeling, Springs, wildlife
Posted: January 27, 2017
After Hurricane Ivan devastated the Pensacola area in 2004, my son was working to repair docks in local waterways. One day, after working on a project in Bayou Texar (near Pensacola Bay), he came by… Read More
Category: Natural Resources
Tags: bald eagle, Birds, ecotourism, Florida panhandle, Panhandle Outdoors, wildlife
Posted: January 8, 2017
Arbor Day has a 145-year history, started in Nebraska by a nature-loving newspaper editor who recognized the many valuable services trees provide. We humans often form emotional attachments to trees, planting them at the beginning… Read More
Category: Natural Resources
Tags: Arbor Day, Events, Florida panhandle, Panhandle Outdoors, Stormwater, trees, wildlife
Posted: September 23, 2016
Humans have been settling on, and around, coastal estuaries since they first arrived in the panhandle over 10,000 years ago. These bodies of water have provided food and recreation as long as anyone can remember. … Read More
Posted: September 16, 2016
If you told me earlier this summer that I would “accidentally” bike 18 miles one afternoon, I’d have laughed. I’ve always loved biking, but rarely have time for long distance rides. As part of the… Read More
Category: Natural Resources
Tags: ecotourism, Florida panhandle, Habitat Conservation, hiking, Panhandle Outdoors, Recreation
Posted: February 12, 2016
From Fear to Fascination: White Sharks in the Florida Panhandle UF/IFAS Extension – Florida Sea Grant By Rick O’Connor (Escambia County) and L. Scott Jackson (Bay County) Recently, I was walking on our local Gulf… Read More
Category: Natural Resources
Tags: barrier islands, Beach safety, bull shark, Curiosities, Florida Master Naturalist, Florida Museum of Natural History, Florida panhandle, George Burgess, Great White Shark, Gulf of Mexico, International Shark Attack File, northwest Florida, panhandle, Panhandle Outdoors, Recreation, Sea Life, shark, shark attack, shark safety, Sharks, Turtles, Urban Wildlife, white shark
Posted: February 12, 2016
All Photos by Molly O’Connor We began our series on Nature Tourism along the ICW at the Alabama state line on Perdido Key and discussed the ICW itself. This month we will continue in… Read More
Category: Natural Resources
Tags: barrier islands, ecotourism, Environmental Education, Florida panhandle, hiking, Kayaking, Panhandle Outdoors, Recreation
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