Category: Conservation

The Green Scene “December”

by BLOGS.IFAS

December 18, 2010

Wow! What Did We Do Before Bottled Water???? Does my timing to Florida as my permanent residence correspond to the introduction of bottled water into our society or are Floridians just more prone to littering than Kansans? I can’t believe ... READ MORE

Category: Conservation, Natural Resources
Tags: Community, Conservation, Educational, Environment, Families & Consumers, Family & Consumer Sciences, Family Youth & Community Sciences, FDA Concerns, FYCS, Green Living, Shelley Swenson, Sustainable Living, The Green Scene, Wakulla, Wakulla County Extension

UF researchers find renewable energy leftovers could fertilize, cut carbon emissions

by Ken Gioeli

September 30, 2010

Click for full image. Caption at end of story. GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- For hundreds of years, farmers in Brazil’s Amazon Basin have hunted through dense jungles for what is called “terra preta” -- mysterious plots of super-fertile black ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Conservation, Invasive Species, Work & Life
Tags: Andrew Zimmerman, Bin Gao, Biochar

Study: Florida panther population in better shape than before; still a long way to go

by BLOGS.IFAS

September 23, 2010

Picture of Florida panther courtesy of Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- In 1995, conservation managers made a desperate bid to save the Florida panther from extinction and released eight female pumas ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Conservation
Tags: Dave Onorato, Jeff Hostetler, Panthers, Warren Johnson

Study: Climate change results in larger, more numerous mountain rodents

by BLOGS.IFAS

July 22, 2010

Click here for full image. Caption at end of page. GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- In what researchers say is one of the most direct illustrations of global climate change’s impact on animals, a new study shows that longer summers and milder winters ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Conservation, UF/IFAS Research
Tags: Madan Oli, Marmot

Catching spawning Florida bass won’t deplete populations, UF study shows

by BLOGS.IFAS

March 23, 2010

Caption at the end of story. Click for full image. GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- Recent cold weather has delayed largemouth bass spawning, says a University of Florida expert whose research suggests anglers should enjoy the opportunity for easy catches, ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Conservation
Tags: Bass, Daniel Gwinn, Mike Allen

UF/IFAS, Buckeye break ground for biorefinery pilot plant in Perry, Fla.

by BLOGS.IFAS

March 1, 2010

Click here for full image. Caption at end of story. GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- In 2002, the U.S. Department of Energy set a goal that, by 2030, a third of the nation's reliance on fossil fuels would be replaced by environmentally sound products ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Conservation, UF/IFAS, Work & Life
Tags: Bebbie Mayfield, Bernie Machen, Buckeye, Cynthia O'Connell, John Crowe, Leonard Bembry, Lonnie Ingram, Ralph Poppell, Stan Mayfield

Old-time vegetables offer new opportunities to Florida farmers, UF experts say

by BLOGS.IFAS

January 21, 2010

GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- Vegetables of yesteryear may offer Florida farmers a brighter tomorrow, say University of Florida experts who'll be teaching a workshop on commercial production of trendy "heirloom" varieties this weekend. These crops ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Conservation, Crops, Work & Life

UF research improves production of sea oats essential to dune restoration

by BLOGS.IFAS

January 5, 2010

Caption at end of story. Click here for full image. GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- It might be easy for the casual beachgoer to write off sea oats as mere weeds. However, the lanky grass holds the soil of beach dunes, making it a keystone of the natural ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Conservation, Disaster Preparation, Invasive Species, UF/IFAS
Tags: Micropropagation, Mike Kane, Sea Oats

UF professor flies high in the small world of owl-pellet gathering

by BLOGS.IFAS

October 26, 2009

Caption at bottom of the page. Click here for full image. GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- Dissecting owl pellets and reconstructing animal skeletons inside can be a gruesomely great educational experience for youngsters - so much so, that demand for ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Conservation, Pests & Disease, UF/IFAS Extension
Tags: Chris Anderson, Owls, Richard Raid

NSF awards $1.4 million to UF, other institutions to study disease threatening lobsters

by BLOGS.IFAS

October 7, 2009

Caption at bottom. Click here for full image. The Caribbean spiny lobster is one of Florida's top commercial seafood species, with an annual $27 million harvest -- but a recently discovered virus is killing the crustaceans and threatening ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Conservation, Food Safety, Invasive Species
Tags: Don Behringer, Lobster, Mark Butler

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