Category: Coasts & Marine

Cottage food preparation at the communal kitchen at Fifth Generation Farms in Lake City, Florida. Image used in the 2015 UF/IFAS Extension Calendar.

African Pompano Ceviche!: Florida Seafood at your Fingertips LIVE!


May 20, 2020

Ceviche Looking for a cool, tangy, delicious summertime snack? Look no further and prepare yourself some ceviche using fresh from Florida seafood! Ceviche is a dish that has been adopted by many Latin American cultures and each has their own ... READ MORE

Category: Coasts & Marine, Food Safety, Health & Nutrition, Natural Resources, Recreation, Water, Wildlife
Tags: African Pompano, Ceviche, Collier, Cook Your Catch, Fish, Fishing, Florida Sea Grant, Pompano, Seafood, Seafood At Your Fingertips, SFAYFT
An invasive Cuban Tree Frog specimen. Invasive species, amphibians and reptiles. frogs, pests.

Florida Is So Nice Everything Wants To Live Here, Including Non-Native Animals And Plants!


May 15, 2020

“Invasions of exotic species cost Floridians over $500 million per year” -Ivegot1.org. May 16th-23rd is Florida Invasive Species Awareness Week and there will be plenty of educational resources to check out during this time to expand your ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Coasts & Marine, Conservation, Crops, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Fruits & Vegetables, Home Landscapes, Horticulture, Invasive Species, Natural Resources, Pests & Disease, Pests & Disease, Recreation, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension, UF/IFAS Research, Water, Wildlife
Tags: Anole, Brazilian Pepper, Cane Toad, Collier County, Control, Critter Corner, FISAW, FLinvasives, Florida Sea Grant, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Invasive Species, Lionfish, Plants, Poisonous, SW FL, Venomous

Using Zoom in our New Digital World


May 15, 2020

Most Extension Professionals across the nation have been using Zoom for years now. But even we had to learn new things during this pandemic. There are a few basics that you need to know when it comes to using Zoom for our meetings. Creating ... READ MORE

Category: 4-H & Youth, Agribusiness, Agriculture, Camp, Clubs & Volunteers, Coasts & Marine, Community Volunteers, Conservation, Crops, Curriculum, Disaster Preparation, Events, Farm Management, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Food Safety, Forests, Fruits & Vegetables, Health & Nutrition, Home Landscapes, Home Management, Horticulture, Invasive Species, Lawn, Livestock, Money Matters, Natural Resources, Pests & Disease, Pests & Disease, Professional Development, Recreation, Relationships & Family, SFYL Hot Topic, Turf, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension, UF/IFAS Research, UF/IFAS Teaching, , Water, Wildlife, Work & Life
Tags: Covid-19, Covid19, How To, Meetings, Virtual Meetings, Zoom

Boom Boom Shrimp: Florida Seafood at your Fingertips LIVE!


May 13, 2020

Boom boom shrimp Boom boom shrimp is one of my favorite recipes to prepare at home! It is so easy, low in calories, high in lean protein, and very tasty. I am excited to share it with you in my upcoming cooking demonstration as part of the ... READ MORE

Category: Coasts & Marine, Events, Food Safety, Health & Nutrition, Natural Resources
Tags: Florida Sea Grant, Seafood, Seafood At Your Fingertips, Seafood At Your Fingertips LIVE, Shellfish
Mangrove salt marsh snake - Nerodia clarkii compressicauda.

What in the World is This? The mangrove salt marsh snake


May 8, 2020

Recently, while filming a mangrove video at Lemon Bay Park in Sarasota County, I spotted a beautiful snake, resting a few feet from me while well-hidden in the branches of a gorgeous red mangrove. The snake remained motionless, like most snakes ... READ MORE

Category: Coasts & Marine, Natural Resources, Wildlife
Tags: Florida Sea Grant, Mangrove, Marine, Marsh, Nature, Pgm_Marine, Snakes, What In The World Is This, Wildlife
Anastasia State Park, St. Augustine, beach, dunes, fence, protection, grass. UF/IFAS Photo: Josh Wickham.

Coastal Invaders: Mother of Millions


May 6, 2020

Among the sandy dunes of northeast Florida, there’s a plant quietly replicating itself. It outcompetes our native beach species slowly altering the ecology. Mother of Millions (Kalanchoe x houghtonii) or sometimes called Chandelier plant, ... READ MORE

Category: Clubs & Volunteers, Coasts & Marine, Community Volunteers, Conservation, Invasive Species, Natural Resources, Recreation, UF/IFAS Extension, Wildlife
Tags: Coastal Invasives, Invasive Species, Invasive Species Removal, Mother Of Millions, UF/IFAS Extension, UF/IFAS Nassau Extension, Volunteer

Virtual training for Florida Horseshoe Crab Watch now live!


May 6, 2020

Living fossils, online! It's clear that people love horseshoe crabs all over the state! The Florida Horseshoe Crab Watch citizen science program is strong and growing rapidly statewide. Unfortunately, we had to cancel or postpone many training ... READ MORE

Category: Coasts & Marine, Community Volunteers, Natural Resources, UF/IFAS Extension, Wildlife
Tags: Citizen Science, Coastal Systems, Fisheries, Florida Sea Grant, FWC, Horseshoe Crabs, InsideNatureCoast, NCBS Volunteers, Research

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