UF/IFAS GLOBAL BLOGS
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?… Read More
Written by 2019 Summer Intern William Ware, with hosts Tim Jones and Jamie Letendre from the Florida Department of Environmental Protection Imagine that you are boarding an airboat on a gravel boat ramp, a government truck launches you… Read More
Written by 2019 Intern Connor Milton, with Joyce Kleen from the Crystal River National Wildlife Refuge. My name is Connor Milton and this past winter I interned at Crystal River National Wildlife Refuge. My research included monitoring interactions… Read More
Where Do You Live? Where do you live? Think about that for a moment – it is a rather easy question to answer. I commonly ask this question at different programs. Most of the time I get responses… Read More
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Thousands of people take the cool plunge into one or more of Florida’s 1,000-plus springs each year, and each person derives $20 to $43 in recreational value beyond their travel expenses per visit, a new… Read More
NCBS Intern Report by Victoria Steinnecker, with Tom Mirti and Mark Hinz from the Suwannee River Water Management District This Summer I interned with Suwannee River Water Management District (SRWMD), and basically what that means is springs, because… Read More
NCBS Intern Report by Margaret Long and Rebecca Rash, Interns with UF IFAS Nature Coast Biological Station and Crystal River National Wildlife Refuge During winter, the Gulf of Mexico temperatures can drop below 68 degrees, sending manatees into Florida’s… Read More
