I’m not sure if you’ve ever stared at a plant for 15 minutes and tried to count and identify all the insects on it, but I can attest it’s not easy! That is exactly what I, and dozens of volunteers, did last Friday (August 23) as part of ... READ MORE
Category: Home Landscapes, Natural Resources, Wildlife
End of Internship Blog How I Got Here Hello! My name is Kate Albertus, and I am one of the 2024 UF/IFAS Extension Sarasota County interns. My position is Environmental Education and Outreach Intern, specifically for the Sustainability ... READ MORE
Category: UF/IFAS Extension
This blog was written by Anelise Bullard, UF/IFAS CAIP communications intern. In this blog we will describe how invasive plants outcompete native species for space and resources. There are several concepts that explain why an invasive could ... READ MORE
Category: Home Landscapes, Invasive Species, Natural Resources, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension
If you are a nature lover, the topic of conservation can be both fascinating and frustrating, as we see the impacts of our changing environment on the wildlife species, human communities, and natural areas that we love. While the scale and ... READ MORE
Category: Conservation, Natural Resources, Wildlife
This blog was written by Anelise Bullard, UF/IFAS CAIP communications intern. Let’s talk about the process through which a nonnative plant species becomes invasive. As we mentioned in our previous blog, all invasive plants start out as ... READ MORE
Category: Conservation, Forests, Home Landscapes, Invasive Species, Natural Resources, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension
If you’ve ever peeked over the railings of a bridge spanning an urban stream, walked along the beach, or even paddled in some of our more rural rivers, you know we have a trash problem in our waterways. Northwest Florida is crisscrossed ... READ MORE
Category: Natural Resources
The summer after my junior year of college, I took part in a nearly 40-day road trip with the geography department at my university. We headed west from Birmingham to New Mexico, then north to Banff National Park, traveling through fourteen ... READ MORE
Category: Coasts & Marine, Conservation, Forests, Natural Resources, Recreation, Wildlife
You know those people who just exude peace and calm? The type who never seem rattled, always go with the flow, and are positive about everything? For me, “Kayak Dave” Barker was that guy. He was a fixture at Navarre Beach, and so well ... READ MORE
Category: Coasts & Marine, Natural Resources
I have written about William Bartram here before—he and his father, the “King’s Botanist”—explored Pensacola and much of the coastal southeast in the late 1700’s. Curious observers of everything from plant growth and wildlife ... READ MORE
Category: Coasts & Marine, Conservation, Natural Resources
Yesterday, I laughed as a group of teenagers from France, Martinique, Guadeloupe, and the United States formed a rolling conga line using the office chairs in my meeting room. They giggled as they sped around the room bumping into tables ... READ MORE
Category: Natural Resources