Environment
February 27, 2012
The Okaloosa County Extension office offers the following Environment programs and information: Forestry Resources Florida Sea Grant READ MORE
Category: Natural ResourcesCategory: Natural Resources
February 27, 2012
Is it time to ban the can? What is BPA?
February 3, 2012
By Shelley Swenson Family & Consumer Sciences Agent Is it time to Ban the Can? What is BPA and should I avoid it? Where is the research to support this concern? Has it been suggested to you through your reading or conversations that ... READ MORE
Category: Natural ResourcesTags: Bisphenol A, BPA, Cans, Environment, Environmentally Friendly, Extension, Families & Consumers, Family And Consumer Sciences, General Information, Linings, Safe Foods, Sustai, Wakulla
UF studies show promise for biological control methods against insect
February 2, 2012
Caption at bottom. Click here for high resolution image. GAINESVILLE, Fla. — For years, scientists have tried to use environmentally friendly fungi to control fire ant infestations. But the ants’ social behaviors — such as hauling ... READ MORE
Category: Invasive Species, Pests & Disease, Work & LifeTags: Ants, Biocontrols, Fungi, Keyhani, Mosquitoes, Nemat Keyhani, Pereira, PLoS One, Red Imported Fire Ants, Roberto Pereira
Timber Marketing Seminar
January 25, 2012
Forest Stewardship Workshop: Grow Timber Revenue March 15, 2012 9 am - 3 pm CT Washington County Extension Office 1424 Jackson Avenue, Chipley, FL 32428. This program will provide guidance on timber management and marketing strategies that ... READ MORE
Category: Agribusiness, ForestsBig Bend Bugs! – Hickory Horned Devil
January 17, 2012
Hickory Horned Devil (larva), Regal Moth or Royal Walnut Moth,Citheronia regalis (Fabricius) (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Saturniidae: Citheroniinae) The imposing larva, known as the hickory horned devil, is most often observed when it is full grown ... READ MORE
Category: Natural Resources, WildlifeTags: Big Bend Bugs!, Bug Identification, Bugs, Caterpillars, Environment, Hickory Horned Devil, Landscape, Les Harrison, Natural Wakulla, Nature, Wakulla, Wakulla CED, Wakulla County Extension
Arbor Day 2012
January 1, 2012
Free Trees at Arbor Day Festival Join Wakulla County Extension as we celebrate Arbor Day. January 21st will find the 8thannual Crawfordville Arbor Day celebration – and tree giveaway – at Hudson Park. Starting at 10am on Saturday, more ... READ MORE
Category: Conservation, Natural ResourcesTags: 4-H Youth Development, Agriculture, Arbor Day, Environment, Environmentally Friendly, Event, Families & Consumers, Free, Garden, General Information, Growing, Lawn & Garden, Master Gardener, Park, Sustai, Sustainable Living, Trees, Wakulla, Wakulla Agriculture
Statistical models inspired from Facebook could help endangered animals, UF researchers say
November 15, 2011
Cutline at bottom. Click here for high-resolution image. GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- Some endangered animals may live in smaller habitats than scientists realize, leading to inflated estimates of their ability to survive, according to a new University ... READ MORE
Category: Agriculture, Conservation, Invasive Species, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS ResearchTags: Cactus Bug, Everglades, Facebook, IFAS, Institute Of Food And Agricultural Sciences, Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences, Robert Fletcher, Snail Kite, Social Network, University Of Florida, Wildlife Ecology And Conservation
The Green Scene “November”
November 9, 2011
Being Green: The Conservation House At the recent Mighty Mullet Festival, Sustainable Big Bend volunteers and I provided an educational booth featuring simple changes that can be easily made in your home to save energy. It was a great booth ... READ MORE
Category: Conservation, Natural ResourcesTags: Community, Conservation, Disasters, Energy Conservation, Environment, Families & Consumers, Family, Family & Consumer Sciences, Family Youth & Community Sciences, FYCS, Green Living, Saving Energy, Shelley Swenson, Sustainability Community, Sustainable Big Bend, Sustainable Living, The Green Scene, Wakulla, Wakulla County Extension
New IFAS study shows corn plants help control major mite pest
November 1, 2011
Cutline at bottom. Click here for high-resolution image. GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Add one more entry to corn’s list of abilities: helping to biologically control pests. Already a source of food and biofuel, University of Florida researchers ... READ MORE
Category: Agriculture, Crops, Invasive Species, Pests & Disease, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS ResearchTags: Biocontrol, Corn, Entomology And Nematology, Gall Midge, IFAS, Lance Osborne, Mid-Florida Research And Education Center, Twospotted Spider Mite, UF
The Green Scene “October”
October 10, 2011
Recycling in the Garden Extension Agents often share ideas with each other which can be utilized both on the job and personally. I remember an Escambia Family and Consumer Sciences Agent telling me about a border in their office gardens that ... READ MORE
Category: Conservation, Natural ResourcesTags: Community, Conservation, Environment, Families & Consumers, Family & Consumer Sciences, Family Youth & Community Sciences, FYCS, Green Living, Recycling, Shelley Swenson, Sustainability Community, Sustainable Big Bend, Sustainable Living, The Green Scene, Wakulla, Wakulla County Extension