Finding Common Ground on Climate Change
Climate change is one of those topics that most people don’t want to think much about. It can be overwhelming, it can be controversial, and it can be downright frightening. A year ago, Yale and… Read More
Posted: July 14, 2017
Climate change is one of those topics that most people don’t want to think much about. It can be overwhelming, it can be controversial, and it can be downright frightening. A year ago, Yale and… Read More
Category: Natural Resources
Tags: climate, climate change, Coastal Sustainability, Energy, Panhandle Outdoors, Recreation, Solar energy, Sustainable Living
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: 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
Posted: January 19, 2016
In 2014, five Extension agents involved with www.naturallyescarosa.com launched the first Gulf Coast Agritourism & Ecotourism Business Development Conference. Over sixty business owners and members of the hospitality industry met to discuss marketing, sustainable tourism,… Read More
Category: Natural Resources
Tags: Agritourism, ecotourism, Events, Florida panhandle, hiking, Kayaking, Panhandle Outdoors, Recreation, Upcoming Events
Posted: November 6, 2015
Hernando de Soto and his party crossed the Aucilla River sometime in October of 1539 and celebrated Christmas in what is now Tallahassee. Many things in Florida have changed since de Soto passed this way,… Read More
Category: Natural Resources
Tags: ecotourism, Environmental Education, Florida panhandle, hiking, Panhandle Outdoors, Recreation, Sinkholes
Posted: September 21, 2015
A couple of years a few agencies in south Alabama put together something they called the Alabama Birding Trail. It was a relatively simple idea really – they developed a brochure that marked different locations… Read More
Posted: July 17, 2015
The air temperatures are in the high ‘90’s and the heat indices are reaching over 100°F; heck the inland water temperatures are in the high ‘80’s – it’s just hot out there! But our barrier… Read More
Category: Natural Resources
Tags: barrier islands, ecotourism, Environmental Education, hiking, Panhandle Outdoors, Recreation
Posted: April 17, 2015
As we left the winter months and headed into spring I was expecting a lot of new blooms, new animal tracks, and more live encounters with wildlife… and then the rain began. I do not… Read More
Category: Natural Resources
Tags: barrier islands, Curiosities, ecotourism, Environmental Education, hiking, Kayaking, Panhandle Outdoors, plants, Recreation, wildlife
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