Tag: urban

From city life to pastures: How Florida 4-H cultivates tomorrow’s land stewards and sustainable livestock leaders

by Lourdes Mederos
March 3, 2025

Growing up in the big city is worlds apart from living the ranch life. So how do you equip urban youth with the skills needed to transition to a life as thriving livestock owners and land stewards? Aiden Andrews, 15, and brothers Matthew ... READ MORE

Category: 4-H & Youth, Blog Community, SFYL Hot Topic, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension, Wildlife
Tags: Agricultural Legacy, Aiden Andrews, Animal Care, Animal Sciences, City, Conservation, Farming, Florida 4-H, Hog, Jabob Ryle, Kenan Bridges, Lamb, Land Steward, Livestock, Matthew Ryle, Miami-Dade County Fair And Exhibition, Miami-Dade Youth Fair, News, Project Stable, Ranch, Sheep, Sustainable Food, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension, UF/IFAS Extension Broward County, Urban, Urbanization, Workfroce Development, Youth Development

UF study sheds light on challenges and recommendations of managing urban trees and storms

by Brad Buck
August 8, 2024

Trees can provide much-needed shade in cities, thereby reducing the “heat island” effect. Such benefits underpin the growth of urban tree planting campaigns across the globe. But they can also topple in storms, generating headaches and ... READ MORE

Category: UF/IFAS
Tags: Arborists, Carbon Emissions, Cities, Collaboration, Communication, Damage, Forestry Professionals, Heat Island, Hurricanes, Mysha Clarke, School Of Forest Fisheries And Geomatic Sciences, Shade, Stephanie Cadaval, Storms, Stormwater Runoff, Trees, Urban

Plant the right tree in the right place with help from UF

by Brad Buck
May 8, 2024

Homeowners, business owners and others can plant the right tree in the right place in cities and suburbs with help from a newly relaunched website from University of Florida scientists. If “right tree, right place” sounds similar to the ... READ MORE

Category: Forests, HOME LANDSCAPES
Tags: Agricultural And Biological Engineering, Canopy, Environmental Horticulture, Florida Trees, Howard Beck, Planting, Resilience, Right Tree; Right Place, Ryan Klein, Stability, Suburban, Trees, Urban, Urban Landscape Summit, Website

UF scientists aim for more tree varieties to ensure urban canopy survives pests, diseases

by Brad Buck
February 21, 2023

If you plant a wider array of tree species in urban areas, you might avoid your forest being wiped out by a single pest or disease, say University of Florida scientists. “When cities are dominated by only a few species, new infestations ... READ MORE

Category: UF/IFAS
Tags: Andrew Koeser, Arborists, Canopy, Diseases, Diversity, Environmental Horticulture, Forest, Gulf Coast Research And Education Center, Impediments, Landscape Architects, Pests, Trees, Urban, Variety

11,000 tree varieties in North America, but only a few species dot cityscapes

by Brad Buck
May 5, 2022

If you look at trees, especially in Florida’s urban areas, you’ll generally see southern live oaks or cabbage palms. Makes sense. Those are the two most common species in the Sunshine State’s cities. Indeed, most of America’s cities ... READ MORE

Category: UF/IFAS
Tags: Andrew Koeser, Environmental Horticulture, Gulf Coast Research And Education Center, Landscape Architects, Lethal Bronzing, Live Oak, Palms, Removal, Species, Species Diversity, Stormwater, Trees, Urban, Urban Heat, Usda

UF study: Stormwater ponds do little to prevent pollution in nearby lakes and ponds

by Brad Buck
March 31, 2022

For years, scientists questioned the ability of stormwater ponds to keep nutrients out of lakes and rivers. Turns out, they were right to be suspicious, new University of Florida research shows. Stormwater ponds are built to prevent soil ... READ MORE

Category: UF/IFAS
Tags: Basil Iannone, BMPs, Depressional Wetlands, Kayla Hess, Lakes, Mowing, Nitrogen, Nutrients, Phosphorus, Rain, Retention Ponds, Rivers, Stormwater, Stormwater Ponds, Urban, Urban Ecology

An Urbanized Florida Means More Stormwater Ponds, Invasive Plants

by Brad Buck
December 12, 2019

As Florida becomes increasingly urbanized, more than half the state’s stormwater ponds appear in two metropolitan areas -- Orlando and Tampa Bay, new research from the University of Florida shows. In their first attempt to quantify stormwater ... READ MORE

Category: Invasive Species, NATURAL RESOURCES, Water
Tags: AJ Reisinger, Basil Iannone, Flood Control, Invasive Plants, Orlando, School Of Forest Resources And Conservation, Soil And Water Sciences, Stormwater Ponds, Tampa Bay, Urban

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