Category: Coasts & Marine
Cedar Key Coastal Cleanup 2021
November 12, 2021
Coastal cleanup by the numbers This year, the International Coastal Cleanup was a back in full swing and was a success! At least 140 volunteers braved the rain to remove nearly 2,500 pounds of trash from local shorelines. This is similar to ... READ MORE
Category: Coasts & Marine, Community Volunteers, Events, Natural Resources, UF/IFAS Extension, WaterTags: Cedar Key, Cleanup, Coastal Habitat, Florida Sea Grant, InsideNatureCoast, Marine Debris, NCBS Volunteers, Plastic
Cedar Key Coastal Cleanup 2021
November 12, 2021
Coastal cleanup by the numbers This year, the International Coastal Cleanup was a back in full swing and was a success! At least 140 volunteers braved the rain to remove nearly 2,500 pounds of trash from local shorelines. This is similar to ... READ MORE
Category: Coasts & Marine, Community Volunteers, Events, Natural Resources, UF/IFAS Extension, WaterTags: Cedar Key, Cleanup, Coastal Habitat, Florida Sea Grant, InsideNatureCoast, Marine Debris, NCBS Volunteers, Plastic
Please Don’t Feed Me
November 12, 2021
Brown Pelicans hang out at piers and docks frequented by fishermen. They always look hungry and are very good at making eye contact to communicate their fishy request. Any angler can attest to having a Brown Pelican or other wild water bird ... READ MORE
Category: Coasts & Marine, Conservation, Natural Resources, Recreation, UF/IFAS Extension, Water, WildlifeTags: Feeding Wild Birds, Florida Sea Grant
Volunteers Support Hernando’s Coastal Cleanup Rain or Shine!
November 12, 2021
Despite the morning rainstorms, 178 volunteers dedicated their Saturday towards keeping coastal Hernando County beautiful. Spanning from Alfred McKethan Pine Island Park to Aripeka, volunteers removed 7,412 pieces of trash from the land and ... READ MORE
Category: Coasts & Marine, Conservation, Natural Resources, Recreation, Water
NCBS Intern Report: Seagrass Ecology
November 9, 2021
Written by 2021 UF/IFAS NCBS Summer Intern, Chloe Spengler Introduction This summer I had the amazing opportunity of working on various projects in Laura Reynold’s lab, primarily with graduate student Jamila Roth. Whether I was in the lab ... READ MORE
Category: Coasts & Marine, Natural Resources, UF/IFAS ResearchTags: Coastal Habitat, NCBS Interns, Seagrass
The World is Your Oyster
November 5, 2021
There are a lot of good oyster quotes. One I remember from childhood is the saying to only eat oysters in months with the letter “r,” basically September to April. I believe this originated when all oysters came from the wild. This was a ... READ MORE
Category: Coasts & MarineTags: Aquaculture, Florida Sea Grant, Food Is Our Middle Name
November 2021 Florida Master Naturalist Coastal Shoreline Restoration Course Graduates
November 5, 2021
The UF/IFAS Extension offices in St. Lucie, Martin and Escambia Counties congratulates the newest graduates of the Florida Master Naturalist Program Coastal Shoreline Restoration course in November 2021. On Friday November 5, 2021, thirteen ... READ MORE
Category: Agriculture, , Coasts & Marine, Conservation, Natural ResourcesTags: Coast, Coastal Shoreline Restoration, Florida Master Naturalist, Graduate