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Media Alert: Join UF/IFAS Extension Wakulla County for a Beginning Backyard Poultry Workshop

by Jamie Groh
April 17, 2026

What: UF/IFAS Extension Wakulla County is hosting a Beginning Backyard Poultry Workshop for new and aspiring poultry farmers.  Where: UF/IFAS Extension Wakulla County, 84 Cedar Ave, Crawfordville, FL 32327.  When: Thursday, April 30, 5:30 – 8 p.m. ET. Cost: A $15 pre-registration fee ... READ MORE

Category: Blog Community, Farm Management, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension
Tags: Featured, UF-IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension, University Of Florida, Wakulla County
Festival goers learning from UF and external scientists about marine pollution (2023). Photo credit: Emily Colson, UF/IFAS NCBS.

Media Alert: Join UF/IFAS Nature Coast Biological Station for Community Science Night

by Jamie Groh
April 14, 2026

What: UF/IFAS Nature Coast Biological Station (NCBS) is hosting a free and open to the public Community Science Night.  Where: UF/IFAS Nature Coast Biological Station, 552 1st St, Cedar Key, FL, United States, Florida 32625.  When: ... READ MORE

Category: UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension
Tags: Community Engagement, Community Events, Featured, Nature Coast Biological Station, NCBS, UF IFAS News, UF-IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension
Una persona tomando una fotografía con su teléfono móvil de una planta en floración para su identificación y registro.

De la curiosidad a la conservación: Cómo la ciencia ciudadana enseña a niños y adultos a observar y experimentar la naturaleza

by Luz Bahder
April 13, 2026

Creado por Lourdes Mederos, gerente de relaciones públicas en español para el Departamento de Comunicaciones de UF/IFAS. A menudo, todo comienza con algo pequeño: un ave que nunca habíamos notado posada en una rama, una mariposa de ... READ MORE

Category: Coasts & Marine, Community Volunteers, Conservation, Forests, Invasive Species, UF/IFAS, Wildlife
Tags: Brittany Mason, Ciencia Ciudadana, Clima, Corey Callaghan, Descubrimiento, EBird, Español, Especies, Estudios De Campo, Extensión De UF/IFAS, Habitat, Inaturalist, Involucrar, Monitoreo, Personas, Project Finder-SciStarter, Spanish, UF-IFAS
A green tractor pulls an open-air trailer with people seated inside across a grassy field, with cornfields and trees in the background.

Media Alert: Join UF/IFAS North Florida Research and Education Center Suwannee Valley for Community Day at the Farm

by Jamie Groh
April 13, 2026

What: The UF/IFAS North Florida Research and Education Center Suwannee Valley (NFREC-SV) is hosting a free and open to the public Community Day at the Farm.  Where: UF/IFAS North Florida Research and Education Center Suwannee Valley, ... READ MORE

Category: UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Research
Tags: Community Day, Featured, North Florida Research And Education Center-Suwannee Valley, UF-IFAS, UF/IFAS Research
harvested sugarcane

Sugarcane for Your Landscape

by joshuacriss
April 8, 2026

  Foodscaping is a relatively new concept in horticulture which interplants edibles with ornamentals, or utilizes ornamentals that are also edible. One plant that exemplifies this is sugarcane (Saccharum officinarum). This plant is in ... READ MORE

Category: Home Landscapes
Tags: Agriculture, Bay, Calhoun, Escambia, Extension, FFL, Florida Yards And Neighborhoods, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Franklin, FYN, Gadsden, Garden, Gardening, Gardening In The Panhandle, GI-BMP, Gulf, Holmes, Horticulture, Jackson, Jefferson, Leon, Liberty, Office, Okaloosa, Panhandle, Santa Rosa, UF, UF-IFAS, Wakulla, Walton, Washington
A large group of people at a banquet sitting in white chairs at white round tables with a woman standing at the speaker's podium at the front of the room.

Media Alert: Join as UF/IFAS Extension Natural Resources Leadership Institute Recognizes Graduates of Class 25

by Jamie Groh
April 6, 2026

What: UF/IFAS Extension Natural Resources Leadership Institute (NRLI) Class 25 Graduation Banquet  Where: Cade Museum for Creativity & Invention, 811 S Main St, Gainesville, Fl When: Saturday, April 18, 5:30 – 9 p.m.   Media ... READ MORE

Category: UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension
Tags: Featured, Natural Resources Leadership Institute, NRLI, School Of Forest Fisheries And Geomatics Sciences, UF-IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension, University Of Florida
Blue Bird feeding on a bird feeder UF/IFAS Photo by Cristina Carrizosa.

Want to attract birds to your outdoor spaces? Ask IFAS bilingual resources offer guidance on the right approach

by Lourdes Mederos
April 2, 2026

More than 50 million Americans feed birds, putting out an estimated billion pounds of bird food each year, based on U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service data summarized by bird-feeding researchers. Backyard bird feeding is popular across Florida, ... READ MORE

Category: Blog Community, , Conservation, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, SFYL Hot Topic, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension, Wildlife
Tags: Archive, Backyard Birds, Bird Feeders, Bird Food, Bird-friendly, Birds, Birdwatching, Food, Institute Of Food And Agricultural Sciences, News, Outdoor Spaces, Prey, U.S. Fish And Wildlife Service, UF-IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension, University Of Florida, Wildlife, Wildlife Conservation
A close look at an Eastern Diamondback Rattlesnake at the Jacksonville Zoo. UFIFAS Photo Josh Wickham.

Wildlife Watch: Can you recognize Florida’s native venomous snakes? Here is your how-to with Ask IFAS’ bilingual guide

by Lourdes Mederos
April 1, 2026

About this series As residential and commercial development expands across Florida, wildlife is adapting to live closer to people. The University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (UF/IFAS) shares tips through ... READ MORE

Category: Blog Community, , Conservation, SFYL Hot Topic, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension, UF/IFAS Research, Wildlife
Tags: Archive, Conservation, Copperhead, Coral Snake, Eastern Diamondback Rattlesnake, Ecology, Florida, Institute Of Food And Agricultural Sciences, Native Snakes, News, Nonvenomous, Pit-viper, Pygmy Rattlesnake, Snakes, Steve Johnson, Timber Rattlesnake, UF-IFAS, UF/IFAS Wildlife Ecology And Conservation, University Of Florida, Venemous Snakes, Vipers, Wildlife, Wildlife Watch
Un agente de Extensión de UF IFAS, vestido con una camiseta tipo polo azul con una placa de identificación, examina flores en un jardín durante un evento de día de campo, mientras otros participantes observan y toman notas cerca.

UF/IFAS crea una iniciativa para conocer la opinión pública sobre las necesidades de los residentes de Florida

by Luz Bahder
March 26, 2026

Creado por Meredith Bauer-Mitchell, especialista sénior en relaciones públicas para UF/IFAS. Aspectos destacados: El Centro de Educación sobre Asuntos Públicos de UF/IFAS está realizando una encuesta a los residentes de Florida ... READ MORE

Category: Blog Community, Events, Professional Development, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension, UF/IFAS Research, UF/IFAS Teaching
Tags: Centro PIE De UF/IFAS, Conciencia Pública, Docencia, El Centro De Educación Sobre Asuntos Públicos De UF/IFAS, Encuesta En Espanol, Erica Odera, Esfuerzos, Español, Extension, Investigacion, PIE Center, Problemas De Florida, Programas, Ricky Telg, Sectores Industriales, Spanish, UF-IFAS, University Of Florida Institute Of Food And Agricultural Sciences
A Florida-springs fed river is center of frame with one male and one female researcher to the right wading in the knee-high water and a pedestrian raised wood bridge to the left.

Florida’s Natural Springs Janitors: Research Shows Snails Can Help Fight Algae

by Jamie Groh
March 25, 2026

What are the green globs that are sometimes seen floating in or even taking over Florida’s natural springs and waterways? Those would be algae blooms and, turns out, snail grazers have a role to play.  For 20 years, waterway ... READ MORE

Category: Natural Resources, UF/IFAS Research, Water
Tags: Algae, Algae Bloom, Algal Bloom, Dina Liebowitz, Featured, Florida Waterways, Freshwater, Matt Cohen, News, Paul Donsky, School Of Forest Fisheries And Geomatics Sciences, Springs, UF-IFAS

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