Category: Natural Resources

Florida-Friendly Landscaping: Adopting Water-Conservation Practices with Rain Barrels

by Ken Gioeli
July 1, 2019

The article was written by UF/IFAS Extension Broward County Horticulture Extension Agent: Lorna Bravo South Florida receives an average of 62 inches of rainfall per year. Most of this water washes off green lawns and pavements carrying fertilizers ... READ MORE

Category: Community Volunteers, Conservation, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Home Landscapes, Horticulture, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension, UF/IFAS Teaching, , Water
Tags: Conservation, Florida Friendly Landscape, Rainbarrels, Stormwater Management, Water, Water Conservation, Water Quality

Pioneer Snook in the Nature Coast

by Savanna Barry
July 1, 2019

What are pioneer snook? Common snook (Centropomus undecimalis) are a highly sought-after sport fish found in tropical and subtropical waters of the Atlantic, Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean. Lately, anglers are catching many more snook in the ... READ MORE

Category: Coasts & Marine, Community Volunteers, Natural Resources, UF/IFAS Extension, Water
Tags: Applied Research, Citizen Science, Coastal Systems, Fisheries, Fishing, Florida Sea Grant, FWC, InsideNatureCoast, NCBS Graduate Students, NCBS Volunteers, Research

Local Working Group meeting set to discuss resource concerns

by Gail Somodi
July 1, 2019

The Manatee River Soil and Water Conservation District (MRSWCD) in cooperation with the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) will convene a local working group public meeting to provide guidance and discuss local resource conservation ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Natural Resources

Fish that hang out in surface waters

by Betty Staugler
June 28, 2019

Surface waters provide a huge, but nearly featureless place for fish to live. In bottom waters there’s vegetation like seagrass and mangrove roots, there’s rock outcrops, oyster reefs, docks and pilings, and even artificial reefs. But up ... READ MORE

Category: Coasts & Marine, Natural Resources, UF/IFAS Extension, Water, Wildlife
Tags: Fish, Florida Sea Grant, Herrings, Mackerels, Pelagic, Sardines, Tunas, Water Column

USDA NRCS Cost Sharing for Forest Producers

by David Outerbridge
June 28, 2019

Environmental Quality Incentives Program-Forestland or Silvopasture The USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service provides cost sharing programs for producers to help improve conservation value of their lands. These programs and the related ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, , Forests, Natural Resources, UF/IFAS
Tags: EQIP For Forests

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