Tag: Mark Clark

Wading into National Estuaries Week: Research and Extension

by Mike Loizzo
September 21, 2025

Estuaries are vital for clean water, fisheries, coastal protection, and recreation. They are essential to ecosystems and communities. National Estuaries Week (Sept. 20–27, 2025) invites people to celebrate the places where rivers meet the ... READ MORE

Category: Coasts & Marine, Natural Resources, UF/IFAS Extension, UF/IFAS Research
Tags: Apalachicola, Ashley Smyth, Estuary, Guana Tolomato Matanzas National Estuarine Research Reserve, Laura Reynolds, Love Kumar, Mark Clark, Soil Water And Ecosystem Sciences

New manual provides instructions for building environmentally friendly, man-made reefs

by Megan Winslow
June 23, 2025

Living shorelines are gaining popularity in Florida as residents seek sustainable solutions capable of calming waves and restoring habitats. (more…) READ MORE

Category: Coasts & Marine, Conservation, Water, Wildlife
Tags: Biodegradable, Environment, Environmentally Friendly, FDEP, Florida Department Of Environmental Protection, Florida Sea Grant, Guide, Homemade, IFAS, Institute Of Food And Agricultural Sciences, JR-CSA, Jute-reinforced Calcium Sulfoaluminate, Living Shoreline, Manual, Mark Clark, Megan Winslow, Panels, Partnership For Plastic-free Restoration Of Oyster Shorelines, Prisms, PROS, Reef, Savanna Barry, Sea Grant, Soil, Soil Water And Ecosystem Sciences, Tutorial, UF, UF-IFAS, University Of Florida, Video, Volunteer, Water, Wildlife, Workshop

A 2023 hurricane season success story: Cedar Key’s living shorelines bolster resilient community

by Kirsten Romaguera Rabin
November 29, 2023

Living shorelines use natural solutions – installed plants and habitat structures – to strengthen beaches against erosion. Three living shorelines projects out of the Cedar Key-based UF/IFAS Nature Coast Biological Station ... READ MORE

Category: Coasts & Marine, Conservation, Natural Resources, UF/IFAS
Tags: Cedar Key, Coastal Resilience, Hurricane Idalia, Hurricane Season, Living Shorelines, Mark Clark, Oyster Reefs, Savanna Barry, Wave Energy, Wave Gauge

World Oceans Day 2021: Life and Livelihoods

by Mike Loizzo
June 7, 2021

We could not survive without oceans. They cover a majority of our planet. Oceans provide oxygen – a lot of it – so that all living things can breathe. Oceans are home to about one million species of living things, from large whales to small ... READ MORE

Category: Coasts & Marine, Natural Resources, Water
Tags: Ashley Smyth, Laura Reynolds, Mark Clark, Soil And Water Sciences, Soil And Water Sciences Department, Soil Water And Ecosystem Sciences, World Oceans Day

Soil and Water Sciences faculty win national, state awards

by Mike Loizzo
April 21, 2021

Several faculty members in the UF/IFAS soil and water sciences department won state and national awards for their extension service. The awards come from the Association of Natural Resources Extension Professionals (ANREP) and the Florida chapter ... READ MORE

Category: Natural Resources, UF/IFAS Extension
Tags: Ashley Smyth, Association Of Natural Resources Extension Professionals, Florida Assocation Of Natural Resources Extension Professionals, Laura Reynolds, Mark Clark, Mary Lusk, Soil And Water Sciences, Soil And Water Sciences Department, Soil Water And Ecosystem Sciences

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