West Florida Research and Education Center Archives

Up your lawn game with tips from UF/IFAS experts

Posted: April 7, 2021

“Gardening in the Panhandle LIVE!” returns in 2021, and the next episode covers lawns. The next event is live on April 8 at 1 p.m. Eastern, noon Central. Recordings are posted afterward at tinyurl.com/GardeningLive. Zoom requires pre-registration, and… Read More

Category: Events, Home Landscapes, Lawn, UF/IFAS Extension

Tags: Bryan Unruh, Gardening in the Panhandle, Julie McConnell, Larry Williams, lawn care, lawns, Leon County, Mark Tancig, Okaloosa County, Pat Williams, UF/IFAS Extension Northwest District, virtual learning, Wakulla County, West Florida Research and Education Center

Hurricane Sally: UF/IFAS research plots destroyed; 4-H Camp Timpoochee loses sea wall

by Samantha Murray

Posted: September 25, 2020

Hurricane Sally damaged several UF/IFAS facilities and research sites in the Florida Panhandle last week. The teaching, research and outreach activities at these locations support the region’s agricultural and natural resources industries, local residents, families and youth. “All… Read More

Category: 4-H & Youth, Agriculture, Camp, Crops, Disaster Preparation, SFYL Hot Topic, UF/IFAS Extension, UF/IFAS Research

Tags: Camp Timpoochee, Escambia County, Hurricane Michael, Hurricane Sally, Jeanna Mastrodicasa, News, North Florida Research and Education Center, Pete Vergot, UF/IFAS Extension Northwest District, Washington County, West Florida Research and Education Center

UF researchers publish article identifying important habitat characteristics for the rare, imperiled Gulf Coast Solitary Bee and its floral host Coastalplain Honeycombhead.

by Lee Thrasher

Posted: April 15, 2020

Habitat suitability of an at-risk, monolectic, ground-nesting bee Hesperapis oraria and its floral host Balduina angustifolia at two spatial scales along the Northern Gulf of Mexico by Davis, Miller and Thetford “The Gulf Coast Solitary Bee is acutely… Read More

Category: Coasts & Marine, Conservation, Natural Resources, UF/IFAS Research, Wildlife

Tags: Balduina, Newsletter, West Florida Research and Education Center

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Up your lawn game with tips from UF/IFAS experts

Hurricane Sally: UF/IFAS research plots destroyed; 4-H Camp Timpoochee loses sea wall

UF researchers publish article identifying important habitat characteristics for the rare, imperiled Gulf Coast Solitary Bee and its floral host Coastalplain Honeycombhead.