Category: Coasts & Marine

5 Salt Tolerant Native Plants for Coastal Florida

by Leslie Nicole Munroe
October 26, 2021

By Leslie N. Munroe with Yvonne Florian Land erosion is an issue all over the state of Florida because of our sandy soils and abundant rain. The Indian River County Extension office receives numerous inquiries from our coastal residents ... READ MORE

Category: Coasts & Marine, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, SFYL Hot Topic, UF/IFAS, Water
Tags: Beach Sunflowers, Cecropia Moth Host, Coastal Garden, Coastal Plants, Dune Plants, Dune Stability, Establishment Of Native Plants, Landscaping By The Sea, Low Maintenance Florida Landscaping, Native Coastal Plants, Native Plants, Pollinator Garden, Pollinator Plants, Railroad Vine, Salt Tolerance, Salt Tolerant Plants, Sea Grapes, Sea Oats, Spider Lily

Fish of Florida: Atlantic Tripletail (Lobotes surinamensis) Species Profile

by Michael Sipos
October 14, 2021

Atlantic Tripletail, Lobotes surinamensis Florida State Record: 40 lbs 13 oz, Ft. Pierce 1998 IGFA World Record: 42 lbs 5 oz, South Africa 1989 For most current tripletail regulations in the Florida please check out this FWC page, for Gulf ... READ MORE

Category: Coasts & Marine, Conservation, Events, Health & Nutrition, Natural Resources, Recreation, UF/IFAS Extension, Water, Wildlife, Work & Life
Tags: Atlantic Tripletail, Buoy, Buoyfish, Crab Pot, Debris, Eddyfish, Fillet, Fish, Fish Facts, Fish Fillet Friday, Fish Of Florida, Fishing, Fishing Guide, Florida Sea Grant, FWC, How To, How To Fillet, Igfa, Lobotes Surinamensis, Marine Debris, Regulations, Seafood, Species Profile, Stonecrab, Sustainability, Tripletail

Weekly “What is it?”: Coastal Plain Honeycombhead & Gulf Coast solitary bee

by carriestevenson
October 6, 2021

Over my years of leading people on interpretive trail hikes, I have learned it is particularly important to know the names of whatever happens to be in bloom. These flowers are eye-catching, and inevitably someone will ask what they are. ... READ MORE

Category: Coasts & Marine, Conservation, Natural Resources
Tags: Weekly What Is It

Maximizing Fish Habitat Through Submerged Aquatic Vegetation Restoration

by Emily Colson
September 17, 2021

Written by Audrey Looby, Ph.D. student, Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences Over the past three years, I have been spent days trying and at times failing to catch fish on a lake or watching videos of baby Florida bass swim around a tank, all in ... READ MORE

Category: Coasts & Marine, Natural Resources, UF/IFAS Research, Water, Wildlife
Tags: Coastal Habitat, Coastal Systems, Fisheries, Fishing, NCBS Graduate Students, Research, Seagrass

Divers Spearheading the Fight Against Invasive Lionfish

by Laura Tiu
September 16, 2021

The northwest Florida area has been identified as having the highest concentration of invasive lionfish in the world. Lionfish pose a significant threat to our native wildlife and habitat with spearfishing the primary means of control. Lionfish ... READ MORE

Category: Coasts & Marine, Invasive Species, Natural Resources
Tags: Ecotourism, Florida Sea Grant, Invasive Species

Measuring the effects of seagrass species diversity in Crystal River, Florida

by Emily Colson
September 14, 2021

Written by Jamila Roth, Ph.D. student, UF/IFAS School of Natural Resources and Environment This summer, I spent many sunny hours on the small island of Sandy Hook in Crystal River, FL, where I was conducting a field experiment for my Ph.D. ... READ MORE

Category: Coasts & Marine, Natural Resources, UF/IFAS Research, Wildlife
Tags: Coastal Habitat, Coastal Systems, NCBS Graduate Students, Research, Seagrass

Updated list of ‘virtual’ natural resources programs from UF/IFAS

by Shelly Johnson
September 7, 2021

Updated Jan 2022: Below is a list of online programs offered by UF/IFAS Extension faculty that focus on natural resources in Florida. These programs are free and open to anyone (unless otherwise noted), and can be “attended” from anywhere ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Coasts & Marine, Conservation, Forests, Invasive Species, Natural Resources, Professional Development, UF/IFAS Extension, Wildlife
Tags: Florida-youth-naturalist-program, Natural Resources, Online, Virtual, Webinar

A Partnership for PROS: Plastic Free Restoration of Oyster Shorelines

by Savanna Barry
September 3, 2021

We focus a lot on oyster restoration here at the Nature Coast Biological Station and a new project aimed at reducing plastic use in oyster restoration has us excited. This project is called the Partnership for Plastic-free Restoration of Oyster ... READ MORE

Category: Coasts & Marine, Community Volunteers, Natural Resources, UF/IFAS Extension, Water
Tags: Applied Research, Coastal Habitat, Coastal Systems, Florida Sea Grant, InsideNatureCoast, Living Shoreline, Marine Debris, NCBS Volunteers, Oysters, Plastic, Reef Prisms, Restoration, Shoreline Restoration

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