Category: Conservation
Downstream of COVID-19
August 30, 2021
As a UF/IFAS extension agent I, like all my extension colleagues, receive a lot of resources about the state of the current COVID-19 pandemic. However, as someone who specializes in water resources, I couldn’t envision how COVID-19 would impact ... READ MORE
Category: , Coasts & Marine, Conservation, Natural Resources, UF/IFAS Extension, WaterTags: Covid-19, Florida Sea Grant, IFASwater, UF IFAS Water Agents, Water Quality
Tree Trimming and Electric Power Lines – Questions and Answers
August 27, 2021
Common Questions and Answers Is it true that electric utilities are required by federal law to cut down trees near their power lines? No. To prevent power outages, federally approved reliability standards require utilities to manage vegetation ... READ MORE
Category: ConservationTags: Arboriculture, Trees And Electric Lines, Urban Forest
Trees – Symbols of Freedom in the United States
August 27, 2021
In 1765 England imposed the Stamp Act on the American colonies. The Act imposed a tax on all papers, newspapers, advertisements, and other publications and legal documents. American colonists considered it a means of censorship on their rights ... READ MORE
Category: Conservation, Natural ResourcesTags: Trees, Trees In American History
Sarasota County summer internship: on love and learning
August 27, 2021
Hello! I'm Adelaide Mahler, one of the Environmental Education and Outreach interns at UF/IFAS Extension Sarasota County this summer. Moreover, I'm an individual terribly in love with the environment (and education). So, read on to learn a bit ... READ MORE
Category: Conservation, Invasive Species, Natural Resources, UF/IFAS Extension, WildlifeTags: Citizen Science, Environmental Education, Intern, InternSarasotaLife, Nature, Pgm_EcoNR
Citizen science: surveying Florida scrub-jays
August 25, 2021
As a Florida native, I've become fascinated by our sole endemic bird: the Florida scrub jay. When offered the opportunity to help survey populations in the Sarasota area, I couldn't resist, and by just 10:30am I had seen my first jays, helped ... READ MORE
Category: Community Volunteers, Conservation, Natural Resources, UF/IFAS Extension, WildlifeTags: Birds, Endemic, Florida Scrub Jay, Native, Pgm_EcoNR, Threatened, Volunteer, Wildlife
Why Bats?
August 24, 2021
A common denominator in epidemiology Amid this global pandemic that has shaken the world, bats seem to have appeared a lot in media and the social feed. This blog piece aims at clarifying why that might be, approaching the concept from an ecological, ... READ MORE
Category: Conservation, WildlifeTags: Bats, Coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2, Spillover, Virus