Category: Conservation
UF/IFAS Researchers: Many turning to oysters for Valentine’s Day energy
February 13, 2017
GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- With Valentine’s Day around the corner, you might be thinking about revving things up by eating a few oysters. We’ve all heard that oysters are aphrodisiacs, but researchers with the University of Florida Institute ... READ MORE
Category: Agriculture, Conservation, Health & Nutrition, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension, Work & LifeWinter is For Tree Planting
January 21, 2017
4H youth assist an IFAS Extension agent in planting a tree. July 2008 IFAS Extension Calendar Photo. 4H children planting a small tree. 4H Club, youth groups, planting. UF/IFAS Photo: Josh Wickham. Florida has celebrated Arbor ... READ MORE
Category: Conservation, Natural ResourcesTags: Panhandle Outdoors, Planting, Tree, Winter
Federal funds to help farmers, foresters conserve land
January 20, 2017
Agricultural operators and forest landowners interested in adding technology or techniques that foster conservation have a new window to apply for federal funding to offset costs. The U.S. Department of Agriculture has issued the following ... READ MORE
Category: Agriculture, Conservation, Forests, Natural ResourcesTags: Agriculture, Conservation, Conservation District, Conservation Stewardship Program, Forest, Natural Resources Conservation District, Pgm_Ag, Pgm_SWCD, USDA
Florida-Friendly Landscaping™ – Attract wildlife
January 13, 2017
Imagine a backyard refuge where butterflies flit around, songbirds splash in a birdbath, and hummingbirds dart from flower to flower. It's a beautiful, serene scene; one that can benefit Florida wildlife. And you can make it real, with help ... READ MORE
Category: Conservation, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Home Landscapes, Lawn, WildlifeTags: Animals, FFL, Florida Friendly, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Habitat, Landscaping, Lawn, Nature, Pgm_HortRes, Wildlife
Florida-Friendly Landscaping™ – Attract wildlife
January 13, 2017
Imagine a backyard refuge where butterflies flit around, songbirds splash in a birdbath, and hummingbirds dart from flower to flower. It's a beautiful, serene scene; one that can benefit Florida wildlife. And you can make it real, with help ... READ MORE
Category: Conservation, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Home Landscapes, Lawn, WildlifeTags: Animals, FFL, Florida Friendly, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Habitat, Landscaping, Lawn, Nature, Pgm_HortRes, Wildlife
Nature Coast research internships give UF students an edge
January 12, 2017
Last summer, Cory Gillis found himself waking before dawn at the Lower Suwannee National Wildlife Refuge, where he’d been assigned to track the breeding calls of the northern bobwhite quail as part of an internship with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife ... READ MORE
Category: Coasts & Marine, Conservation, Forests, Natural Resources, SFYL Hot Topic, UF/IFAS Extension, UF/IFAS Research, Water, WildlifeTags: Featured Hot Topic, UF/IFAS Nature Coast Biological Station
Nature Coast research internships give UF students an edge
January 12, 2017
Please see caption below story. GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- Last summer, Cory Gillis found himself waking before dawn at the Lower Suwannee National Wildlife Refuge, where he’d been assigned to track the breeding calls of the northern bobwhite ... READ MORE
Category: Agriculture, Conservation, Invasive Species, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension, UF/IFAS Research
Big Bend Science Symposium puts research on public view
January 11, 2017
Scientists on Florida’s Big Bend coastline spend their careers studying local ecosystems and finding solutions to challenges such as oyster reef decline or the impacts of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. Feb 1 to 3, the second annual Big ... READ MORE
Category: Coasts & Marine, Conservation, Natural Resources, SFYL Hot Topic, WaterTags: Featured Hot Topic, UF/IFAS Nature Coast Biological Station
Have a “Tree-mendous” Arbor Day!
January 11, 2017
Arbor Day has a 145-year history, started in Nebraska by a nature-loving newspaper editor who recognized the many valuable services trees provide. We humans often form emotional attachments to trees, planting them at the beginning of a marriage, ... READ MORE
Category: Conservation, Natural ResourcesTags: Arbor, Panhandle Outdoors, “Treemendous”