Category: Conservation
Featured Student Friday: Christine Swanson
April 12, 2019
Each week, SFRC highlights a fantastic student or alumnus for #FeaturedStudentFriday. Today's student is Christine Swanson, a Forest Resources and Conservation Ph.D. student. Christine is advised by Dr. Stephanie Bohlman. What’s ... READ MORE
Category: Conservation, Forests, Natural Resources, UF/IFAS TeachingTags: College Of Agricultural And Life Sciences, FSF, Students, Water Institute
Artisanal Soap Keeps Community Clean
April 9, 2019
A study of one Brazilian community finds women entrepreneurs there are recycling cooking oil and making a profit. The artisanal soap they produce from the used oil keeps the community clean by preventing soil and water contamination. Carlita ... READ MORE
Category: Conservation, UF/IFAS ResearchTags: Ann Wilkie, BioEnergy And Sustainable Technology Lab, Brazil, Carlita Fiestas-Nunez, Soil And Water Sciences, Soil And Water Sciences Department, Soil Water And Ecosystem Sciences, Sustainable Industries, UF Student Compost Cooperative
Featured Student Friday: Sthefanny Houghton
April 5, 2019
Each week, SFRC highlights a fantastic student or alumnus for #FeaturedStudentFriday. Today’s alum is Sthefanny Houghton, who earned her BS in Natural Resource Conservation (with a concentration in Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences) with SFRC ... READ MORE
Category: Coasts & Marine, Conservation, Natural Resources, UF/IFAS TeachingTags: CALS, College Of Agricultural And Life Sciences, FSF, Students
Our Landscapes in the Watershed
April 2, 2019
Where Do You Live? Where do you live? Think about that for a moment - it is a rather easy question to answer. I commonly ask this question at different programs. Most of the time I get responses associated with geopolitical boundaries or locations ... READ MORE
Category: Conservation, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, UF/IFAS Extension, , WaterTags: Creeks, Environmental Location, Florida-Friendly Landscapes, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Lakes, Landscape Management, Rivers, Springs, Streams, Water, Watersheds, Where Do You Live?
The Lungs of the City
April 2, 2019
I have memories from my childhood of my grandfather telling me stories about giants of the swamp. At that time I saw some of the largest alligators I have ever seen, but he was referring to the Bald Cypress trees. To this day I see Cypress trees ... READ MORE
Category: Conservation, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, UF/IFAS ExtensionTags: Air Quality, Florida-Friendly Landscapes, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Lungs Of The City, Street Trees, Trees, Urban Environment, Urban Forests
Are You Florida-Friendly?
March 29, 2019
Learning to Landscape If you are a gardener and you have lived anywhere else, you realize pretty quickly that Florida is different. The weather, the bugs and a whole lot of other gardening issues add to the difficulty. The key to these ... READ MORE
Category: Agriculture, Conservation, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Home Landscapes, Horticulture, Lawn, Pests & Disease, UF/IFAS Extension, WaterTags: Conservation, Florida Friendly, Gardening, Highlands County, Highlands Horticulture Digest, Landscaping
Women in Ag: Gabi Sullivan and Gabby Salazar
March 29, 2019
By Teresa Suits, agricultural education and communication master’s student (BS ’17) Some mentorships between undergraduate and graduate students develop from a simple conversation, at least that’s how it happened for undergraduate student, ... READ MORE
Category: Conservation, Forests, Natural Resources, Recreation, UF/IFAS Teaching, WildlifeTags: CALS, College Of Agricultural And Life Sciences, Environmental Science, Natural Resource Conservation, Women In Ag