Category: Natural Resources
Florida Land Steward Update, December 18, 2020
December 18, 2020
SEASON’S GREETINGS On behalf of the Florida Land Steward Program and all our partners, have a very blessed Holiday season and we look forward to outreach and networking activities in the coming year. The light is visible at the end of the ... READ MORE
Category: Conservation, Forests, Invasive Species, Natural Resources, Wildlife
Beach Vitex officially declared a State Noxious Weed
December 18, 2020
Other common names: Roundleaf Chaste tree, Chasteberry, Monk’s Pepper Florida beach goers, have you strolled alongside coastal dune areas and seen this attractive, vining plant? You may have witnessed the presence of beach vitex (Vitex ... READ MORE
Category: Natural Resources, Pests & DiseaseTags: Beach Vitex, Coastal Dune Plants, Dune Ecosystems, Dune Restoration, FLEPPC, Invasive Plants, Noxious Weeds, Vitex Rotundifolia
Explore the tiny world of nature, with the Explore Your World backpack magnifying glass
December 18, 2020
What is the Explore Your World backpack? The weather is getting cool! Here's a fun option to get the family outdoors. The Explore Your World backpack kit is one of three backpacks designed by UF/IFAS Extension Sarasota County in partnership ... READ MORE
Category: Natural Resources, RecreationTags: Activitykit, Conservation, Environment, Explore, Explore Your World, Explore Your World Backpack, Home, Nature, Pgm_EcoNR, Wildlife
FINAL SEA GRANT NOTES FOR 2020 – The Accomplishments, and Future Plans
December 18, 2020
This will be our last Sea Grant Notes for 2020. MAN… what a year. Many of our projects had to be postponed, canceled, or altered to meet the COVID restrictions for social distancing. With that… we were able to accomplish somethings. ... READ MORE
Category: Coasts & Marine, Natural ResourcesTags: Florida Sea Grant, Sea Grant Notes
Florida’s Birds, Lakes, and Volunteers
December 17, 2020
Florida LAKEWATCH is a citizen volunteer lake monitoring program that facilitates "hands-on" citizen participation in the management of Florida waters. Collectively, volunteers have gathered accurate water quality data on over 2,700 aquatic ... READ MORE
Category: Community Volunteers, Conservation, Natural Resources, Water, WildlifeTags: Aquatic Birds, Edis, Lakes, UF-IFAS, Volunteer, Wildlife
Let’s go on a TreeQuest!
December 17, 2020
Each year, on the third Friday in January, Sarasota County's UF/IFAS Extension & Sustainability Dept. celebrates Florida’s State Arbor Day. Since 2018, the County's urban forestry Extension program Treejuvenation Florida, has marked the ... READ MORE
Category: Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Forests, Horticulture, UF/IFAS Extension, Work & LifeTags: Arbor Day, Community, Pgm_HortComm, Tree Quest, TreeQuest, Trees, Urban Forestry
Communicating about invasive plants: It’s complicated!
December 17, 2020
How do you communicate to others about invasive plants? How do you tell someone that their prized golden pothos, climbing up their massive Chinese tallow tree are likely spreading into natural areas? Or that their sea of coral ardisia and ... READ MORE
Category: Conservation, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Forests, Invasive Species, Natural ResourcesTags: Environmental Education, Florida-invasive-plant-education-initiative, Hot Topic, Invasive Plants, Lara Colley, Natural Resources