Category: Water

Women’s history month: Madeline Mellinger

by Scott Angle
March 15, 2023

Madeline Mellinger had only about a year of experience working with growers in the Everglades Agricultural Area when they asked her to serve as their adviser on pest management. During that year she had established their trust through consistent ... READ MORE

Category: Academics, Agribusiness, AGRICULTURE, Community Volunteers, Crops, EVENTS, Farm Management, Horticulture, Pests & Disease, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension, Water
Tags: Everglades, History, IFAS, IPM, UF

You can’t put a dollar figure on trust

by Scott Angle
July 19, 2022

It was, quite simply, a great budget year. Here it is by the numbers: $8.8 million for research to update our nutrient rate recommendations, probably the single-most urgent request from our agricultural producers this year. A $3.65 million ... READ MORE

Category: AGRICULTURE, Crops, NATURAL RESOURCES, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension, Water
Tags: Artificial Intelligence, Budget, Geomatics, Nutrients

Bridging the gulf in Gulf intelligence: AI in natural resources

by Scott Angle
December 17, 2021

It’s widely believed that our Gulf Coast oyster population is declining. As scientists at the University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, we seek to prove it. Or disprove it. We go where the science takes us. With oysters, ... READ MORE

Category: Coasts & Marine, Conservation, NATURAL RESOURCES, UF/IFAS, Water
Tags: Artificial Intelligence, Oysters, School Of Forest Fisheries And Geomatics Sciences

Master Naturalist program inspires action on environment

by Scott Angle
July 30, 2021

Once upon a time, the Blackwater River was a conveyor belt of prosperity. Loggers floated longleaf pine trunks to the mills. But once the longleafs were all cut, the mills, landings, and structures that supported the industry were abandoned. ... READ MORE

Category: Coasts & Marine, Conservation, Forest, NATURAL RESOURCES, Recreation, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension, Volunteer/Training, Water
Tags: An Angle On IFAS, Extension, Master Naturalist, Natural Resources

A More Diverse, Inclusive UF/IFAS: An Update

by Scott Angle
January 15, 2021

It’s no secret that the demographics of the people in the academic fields represented within UF/IFAS do not reflect those of our larger society. Reckoning with the historical roots of this is not a search for an excuse but a way to deepen ... READ MORE

Category: Academics, AGRICULTURE, Blog Community, NATURAL RESOURCES, UF/IFAS, Water
Tags: IDEA

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