Category: Natural Resources
Impacts of Invasive Plant Management Techniques
January 4, 2021
Invasive plant management tools have both pros and cons. Each type of invasive plant management technique can have both positive and negative impacts. These management techniques include biological control, chemical control, mechanical control, ... READ MORE
Category: Conservation, Invasive Species, Natural Resources, UF/IFAS Research, WaterTags: Biological Control, Center For Aquatic And Invasive Plants, Chemical Control, Impacts, Integrated Plant Management, Invasive, Invasive Plants, Mechanical Control, Physical Control
Water Harvesting with a Rain Barrel
January 4, 2021
Learn about uses and assembly of rain barrels by watching the video below. Be sure to follow all landscaping ordinances in your community. This is brought to you by the UF/IFAS Extension offices in St. Lucie and Martin Counties Did you know ... READ MORE
Category: , Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Home Landscapes, Home Management, Horticulture, Natural Resources, UF/IFAS Extension, WaterTags: Free, Rain Barrel, Water
Explore the underwater world, with the Explore Your World backpack underwater explorer boat
January 1, 2021
What is the Explore Your World backpack? The Explore Your World backpack kit is one of three backpacks designed by UF/IFAS Extension Sarasota County in partnership with Sarasota County Libraries. It is designed to help explorers of all ... READ MORE
Category: Coasts & Marine, Natural Resources, Recreation, WaterTags: Activitykit, Beach, Environment, Explore Your World, Explore Your World Backpack, Nature, Pgm_EcoNR, Recreation, Science, Water
Explore the world of birding, with the Explore Your World binoculars
December 28, 2020
What is the Explore Your World backpack? The weather is getting cool! Its the perfect time to go out in your neighborhood or nature and look for birds... they are everywhere! The Explore Your World backpack kit is one of three backpacks ... READ MORE
Category: Conservation, Recreation, WildlifeTags: Activitykit, Bird, Environment, Explore Your World, Explore Your World Backpack, Health, Nature, Nature And Health, NatureAndHealth, Pgm_EcoNR, Recreation, Science
Federally Permitted For-Hire Fishing Operations In Florida States Listen Up! A Quick Review of NOAA’s New Southeast For-Hire Electronic Reporting Program
December 23, 2020
Beginning January 2021, NOAA Fisheries is implementing a new reporting requirement for federally permitted South Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico for-hire fishing vessels called the Southeast For- Hire Electronic Reporting Program. The official start ... READ MORE
Category: Agriculture, Coasts & Marine, Conservation, Disaster Preparation, Home Management, Livestock, Natural Resources, Recreation, UF/IFAS Extension, Water, Wildlife, Work & LifeTags: Angling, Boating, Charter, Charter Fishing, Electronic Reporting, Florida, Florida Sea Grant, For Hire, FWC, Headboat, NOAA, Regulations, Reporting, Seafood
2020 in South Florida: A (Watery) Year in Review
December 23, 2020
January & February January and February brought hope, a fresh start, and good cheer March Oh! how naïve, as March brought pandemic and drought - driest in 89 years! April April showed stress on our southeast coast groundwater May May, ... READ MORE
Category: Coasts & Marine, Natural Resources, UF/IFAS Extension, WaterTags: 2020, IFASwater, Southeast District, UF IFAS Water Agents
Weekly “What is it?”: Solar Trees
December 23, 2020
Driving down Main Street near City Hall in Pensacola, you may notice curious new structures along the sidewalk. They look a bit like an abstract artist’s rendition of a tree--a single curved trunk lifting from the ground to the air, with ... READ MORE
Category: Natural ResourcesTags: Weekly What Is It
Seafood: A holiday tradition
December 22, 2020
By Rhett Register On Christmas Eve, many Italian Americans join family and friends for a fish and seafood dinner. The Feast of the Seven Fishes, as some call it, seems to have its origins in Southern Italy and was introduced to America in the ... READ MORE
Category: Coasts & Marine, Health & Nutrition, Natural Resources, Recreation, SFYL Hot Topic, UF/IFAS, Water, WildlifeTags: Commercial Fishing, Cooking, Cooking Fish, Dinnertime, Feast Of The Seven Fishes, Fresh From Florida
The 2020 Pensacola-Perdido Bay Health Advisory Report
December 22, 2020
Health advisories are issued by the Florida Department of Health to alert the public of high levels of fecal bacteria in the waterways. The indicator bacteria used for these assessments are species of the genus Enterococcus, a common bacteria ... READ MORE
Category: Coasts & Marine, Natural ResourcesTags: Florida Sea Grant, Health Advisories For Swimming