NISAW 2023 – Introduction
National Invasive Species Awareness Week (NISAW) is a national initiative where agencies and organizations provide information on invasive species issues to decision and policy makers. It can also be a time where we provide that information to the general...
New Online Forest Landowner Academy Now Open for Enrollment By Chris Demers and Dr. Michael Andreu, UF/IFAS School of Forest, Fisheries, and Geomatics Sciences
The Forest Landowner Academy is the first of its kind offered by the UF School of Forest, Fisheries, and Geomatics Sciences (SFFGS) on the UF/IFAS Extension Online Learning catalog. Forest Landowners, and others in need of forest management education, are encouraged...
Florida Master Naturalist Program Offers Opportunity to Understand Local Ecosystems up Close
Kayaking through a crystal blue spring, hiking among longleaf pines and discovering gopher tortoise burrows, gliding past alligators by boat in Mobile Bay, private tours of the EPA lab on Pensacola Beach, and meeting hundreds of fascinating, like-minded people—these...
Reducing Health Advisories in Our Coastal Waters; Part 2 Septic Conversion
In Part 1 of Reducing Health Advisories, we discussed how owners of septic systems could develop a management plan to reduce such health advisories. In Part 2 we look at another option for septic system owners – converting to the local sewer system. You...
Reducing Health Advisories in Our Coastal Waters; Part 1 Septic Maintenance
Health advisories are issued by state and local health departments when levels of fecal bacteria become too high for the public to safely enter the water. Sewage can be a source of these fecal bacteria. They can harbor pathogenic organisms that can cause...
FWC’s New Ruling for Recreational Crab Traps
At their December 2021 meeting, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) passed two rulings designed to enhance the conservation of diamondback terrapins, a small estuarine turtle. As of March 1, 2022, no one can possess a diamondback terrapin...
Barrier Island Wildlife in the Florida Panhandle; Part 9 Humans
Humans… No one species has altered the land, sea, and sky – as well as decreased the overall biodiversity of the planet in such as short time as has Homo sapien. Since we have arrived on this planet we have slowly dispersed across all continents, oceans,...
Deer Food Plot Management
That’s not how they do it in Iowa! Exclusion Cage in food plot with normal deer feeding. When we talk about white-tailed deer management, we often look to the states that have monster deer like Iowa, Illinois, and Ohio. Those states grow 200 plus inch bucks. ...
Private Well and Septic System Webinars and Well Water Screening
Are you a Florida homeowner connected to a private well and/or septic system? Do you know want to learn more about your water and wastewater management systems at home? If so, please join the UF/IFAS Central and Northwest Florida water resources regional specialized...