Category: Disaster Preparation

STEM TO STERN

by Chantille Weber, aphilyaw and Scott Jackson

March 27, 2024

Organized and sponsored by Florida Sea Grant, the "Stem to Stern" workshop in November 2023 at the Emerald Coast Convention Center marked a significant gathering in marine conservation and management. This event drew together legal experts, ... READ MORE

Category: Coasts & Marine, Conservation, Disaster Preparation, Invasive Species, Natural Resources, Recreation, UF/IFAS Extension, Water
Tags: Anchorage, Boating, Boating Management, Boating Safety, Clean Marina, Coastal, Derelict Vessel, Disaster Preparation, Florida Panhandle, Florida Sea Grant, Giant Salvinia, Marine, Mooring, Northwest Florida, Pontoon Boat, Seagrass, Seagrass Scarring, Vessel Removal Grant, Volunteer Vessel Turn-in Program, VTIP, Waterways

Meet our new director!

by Erik Lovestrand
April 22, 2022

Congratulations to our new Wakulla County Extension Director, Samantha Kennedy! Director for the UF/IFAS Wakulla County Extension program Although Samantha is taking on a new role as the Director for the UF/IFAS Wakulla County ... READ MORE

Category: 4-H & Youth, Agriculture, Community Volunteers, Disaster Preparation, Events, Food Safety, Health & Nutrition, HOME LANDSCAPES, Home Management, Money Matters, Natural Resources, Relationships & Family, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension, UF/IFAS Research, WORK & LIFE
Tags: Community, Educational, Extension, Families & Consumers, Family & Consumer Sciences, Family And Consumer Sciences, Family Youth & Community Sciences, Florida, General Information, Nutrition, UF/IFAS, Wakulla, Wakulla Agriculture, Wakulla CED, Wakulla County, Wakulla County Extension, Wakulla Extension

With Hurricane Season Approaching, Are You Prepared for an Evacuation?

by BLOGS.IFAS
May 23, 2017

Hurricane season begins this year on June 1st and ends November 30th. As Floridians, we face the possibility of hurricanes each year. This simply goes with the territory. During these months, it’s important to plan for the threat of a hurricane, ... READ MORE

Category: Disaster Preparation, WORK & LIFE
Tags: Approaching, Archive, Evacuation, Hurricane, Panhandle Outdoors, Prepared, Season

Am I living in a Floodplain?

by BLOGS.IFAS
April 27, 2017

Floods are a common concern in many areas of the U.S. Gulf coastal residents should be particularly aware. Floods may come in the form of flash floods, which come with little warning. Other flood conditions come on slower, as with large thunder ... READ MORE

Category: Disaster Preparation, WORK & LIFE
Tags: Archive, Floodplain, Living, Panhandle Outdoors

Free “Brace for the Storm” Workshops Help Homeowners Prepare for Disasters

by BLOGS.IFAS
June 19, 2016

Aluminum shutters help protect windows from flying debris during windstorms. Here in the latter half of June, temperatures have heated up and summer thunderstorms have swept through on a regular basis. As we are reminded often, hurricane season ... READ MORE

Category: Disaster Preparation, WORK & LIFE
Tags: Archive, Disasters, Free, Help, Homeowners, Panhandle Outdoors, Prepare, Storm”, Workshops, “Brace

Hurricane Season Is Upon Us Again… Time to Prepare

by BLOGS.IFAS
May 10, 2016

The beginning of hurricane season—June 1—is very nearly upon us. It’s been more than ten years since northwest Florida was on the receiving end of a destructive hurricane. However, we’ve been no strangers to devastating floods, tornadoes, ... READ MORE

Category: Disaster Preparation, WORK & LIFE
Tags: Again…, Archive, Hurricane, Panhandle Outdoors, Prepare, Season, Time, Upon

What is the El Niño?

by BLOGS.IFAS
January 31, 2016

In our last article about the red tides we discussed how the strange weather of 2015 caused some changes in the natural world around Pensacola Beach – mainly, it got warmer. Though climate change is happening, and we just had a major summit ... READ MORE

Category: Disaster Preparation, WORK & LIFE
Tags: Archive, Niño, Panhandle Outdoors

Looks like a Typical Year for the Gulf of Mexico Dead Zone

by BLOGS.IFAS
July 11, 2015

What is the Gulf of Mexico Dead Zone you ask? Well…it’s a layer of hypoxic water (low in dissolved oxygen) on the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico. It was first detected in the 1970’s but reached its peak in size in the 1990’s. The low levels ... READ MORE

Category: Disaster Preparation, WORK & LIFE
Tags: Archive, Dead, Gulf, Like, Looks, Mexico, Panhandle Outdoors, Typical, Year, Zone

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