Category: Wildlife
Florida’s Natural Melody: Landscape Patterns and Stream Health
February 3, 2020
Florida's Natural Melody Have you ever gone paddling on a local spring run or river and sat silently listening to the wind, bird songs, rustling leaves, or lapping sounds of water along the bank-especially in the early morning? These sounds ... READ MORE
Category: Conservation, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Forests, Home Landscapes, Natural Resources, UF/IFAS Extension, UF/IFAS Teaching, , Water, WildlifeTags: Conservation, Ecosystem Services, Environment, FFL, Florida Friendly, Florida-Friendly Landscapes, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Freshwater, Landscape, Rivers, Springs, Water Bodies
The First Annual Alachua County Farm Bureau Food and Agriculture Festival a Huge Success
January 28, 2020
In an effort to reach a non-agricultural audience, the “Alachua County Farm Bureau Food and Agriculture Festival” was held on Saturday, November 23rd 2019. This event was planned by the District 4 Farm Bureau Young Farmers & Ranchers ... READ MORE
Category: 4-H & Youth, Agribusiness, Agriculture, Conservation, Crops, Events, Farm Management, Fruits & Vegetables, Horticulture, Livestock, Natural Resources, Pests & Disease, Pests & Disease, Turf, UF/IFAS Extension, , WildlifeTags: Agriculture, Education
Cedar Key Seabird Rescue: 2019 Summary
January 24, 2020
Years later, still helping birds Cedar Key Seabird Rescue was founded in August 2016 by the Cedar Keys Audubon with support from several organizations, including the UF/IFAS Nature Coast Biological Station, Florida Sea Grant, Florida Fish and ... READ MORE
Category: Coasts & Marine, Natural Resources, WildlifeTags: Bird Rescue, Birds, Cedar Key, Coastal Habitat, Fishing, InsideNatureCoast, NCBS Volunteers
Teenagers help out around the nest!
January 2, 2020
Often teenagers get a bad reputation… sleeping in, laying around on the couch, spending too much time on technology. Not the teenagers of Florida scrub-jays! Florida scrub-jays (Aphelocoma coerulescens) are cooperative breeders, ... READ MORE
Category: Conservation, Natural Resources, WildlifeTags: Birding, Birds, Conservation, Florida Scrub Jay, Oscar Scherer State Park, Pgm_EcoNR, Wild Sarasota, Wildlife
CALS Graduating Student Profile: Margaret Rivas
December 12, 2019
Margaret Rivas hoped to go to college to become an organic chemist, but her road to college was unexpectedly delayed when her mother was diagnosed with stage four cancer. “All of my plans for college went out the window and submitting applications ... READ MORE
Category: Conservation, Forests, Natural Resources, Recreation, UF/IFAS Teaching, Water, WildlifeTags: CALS, Chemistry, College Of Agricultural And Life Sciences, Milton, Natural Resource Conservation, School Of Forest Resources And Conservation, SFRC
CALS Graduating Student Profile: Margaret Rivas
December 12, 2019
Margaret Rivas hoped to go to college to become an organic chemist, but her road to college was unexpectedly delayed when her mother was diagnosed with stage four cancer. “All of my plans for college went out the window and submitting applications ... READ MORE
Category: Conservation, Forests, Natural Resources, Recreation, UF/IFAS Teaching, Water, WildlifeTags: CALS, Chemistry, College Of Agricultural And Life Sciences, Milton, Natural Resource Conservation, School Of Forest Resources And Conservation, SFRC
Under the SEAsons Greetings!
December 12, 2019
2019 is almost gone; where did the time go? I should have seen this coming! After all, holiday decorations started popping up in stores in October… or was it September? I’m sure I’m not alone in thinking much too soon. But, did you know ... READ MORE
Category: Coasts & Marine, Natural Resources, UF/IFAS Extension, WildlifeTags: Fish, Florida Sea Grant, Holiday Season, Invertebrates
CALS Graduating Student Profile: Candace Fuhrmann
December 11, 2019
Candace Fuhrmann knew she wanted to help wildlife, particularly wolves and other endangered predators. She came to UF/IFAS CALS to major in wildlife ecology and conservation, because she believed it was the best program to prepare her to accomplish ... READ MORE
Category: UF/IFAS Teaching, WildlifeTags: CALS, College Of Agricultural And Life Sciences, WEC, Wildlife Ecology And Conservation