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UF/IFAS hosting free annual PLANT CAMP for science and environmental primary school teachers

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January 12, 2016

GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- The University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences is hosting its annual, free, week-long PLANT CAMP for science and environmental primary school teachers this summer, with lodging and meal costs covered ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Invasive Species, UF/IFAS
Tags: Institute Of Food And Agricultural Sciences, University Of Florida

UF/IFAS helping homeowners across Florida deal with coyotes

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October 13, 2015

GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- Coyotes were introduced in Florida in the 1920s for hunting and, today, they live in every county in the state and are becoming a nuisance in some areas. Lisa Hickey, an Extension agent for the University of Florida’s ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Invasive Species, Livestock, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension
Tags: Coyotes, Extension, Institute Of Food And Agricultural Sciences, Livestock, University Of Florida

Invasive Vines

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August 7, 2015

Les Harrison is the UF/IFAS Wakulla County Extension Director Homeowners have had a tough summer maintaining the yard while fighting the onslaught of weeds. Controlling problem plant life is difficult, but not impossible--the best tactic ... READ MORE

Category: Invasive Species, Natural Resources
Tags: Barbs, Environment, Florida, Garden, General Information, Grow, Growing, Horticulture, Invasive, Landscape, Lawn & Garden, Les Harrison, Master Gardener, Natural Resources, Natural Wakulla, Pest, Pest Management, Plant, Thorns, UF-IFAS, Vines, Wakulla, Wakulla CED, Wakulla County, Wakulla County Extension, Wakulla Extension, Weeds

Barn owls threatened by Africanized bees in South Florida

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June 19, 2015

Belle Glade, Fla. --- Throughout the past two decades, University of Florida researcher Richard Raid has seen barn owl populations in the Everglades Agricultural Area, centered around Belle Glade, expand from mere dozens to more than 400 nesting ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Invasive Species, Pests & Disease, UF/IFAS
Tags: Entomology, Entomology And Nematology, Everglades Research And Education Center, Institute Of Food And Agricultural Sciences, University Of Florida
Cuban Brown Anole

Q: I don’t see the small green lizards here anymore. I used to see them all the time when I moved here ten years ago. They seem to have been replaced by a brown variety. What happened?

by Rebecca Jordi
June 17, 2015

A: Most likely what you are now seeing is the Cuban brown anole, Anolis sagrei. Apparently this lizard was first detected in 1887 in the Florida Keys but has become fully established within the last 10 years. An increase in the population occurred ... READ MORE

Category: Invasive Species, Natural Resources, Wildlife
Tags: Brown Anole, Critter Corner

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