Panhandle Outdoors Live: Woodlot Management
Live From Oyster South Pt. 2
Day 2 of the Oyster South Symposium was the final day of presentations and the trade show, but it is also the day of the Shuck and Tell closing ceremonies. Another grey sky day greeted us, but the symposium was still full of oyster enthusiasts and farmers. Day 2’s...
NISAW 2024 – Wrap Up
National Invasive Species Awareness Week With our articles this week we hoped to make you more aware of what an invasive species is, why they need to be managed, and some of the threats that exist in the Florida panhandle. We highlighted several species but...
Live From Oyster South Symposium Pt. 1
This year, the non-profit organization Oyster South held their annual Oyster South Symposium in the Big Easy, aka New Orleans. First stop was the Director’s Welcome at Sidecar Patio and Oyster Bar Thursday night. Oyster farmers, researchers, distributors, educators,...
Using Fish to Grow Food in Aquaponics
I felt it this morning. That first bit of humidity in the air. That sign that it might indeed be time to move my tropical plants back outside and consider digging in my raised beds this weekend. My seed catalogs are dog-eared, and my local garden store is flush...
NISAW 2024 – Giant Salvinia
National Invasive Species Awareness Week ARE YOU AWARE THAT GIANT SALVINIA HAS BEEN FOUND IN THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE? Most likely not. The number of reports in the entire of Florida are very few. So, unless you live near one of the infested areas you are...
NISAW 2024 – Cuban Treefrog
National Invasive Species Awareness Week WERE YOU AWARE THAT THE INVASIVE CUBAN TREEFROG HAS MADE IT TO THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE? Maybe… Some of you have been following this story in this newsletter, some of you may have attended our workshop in Panama City in September...
NISAW 2024 – Cogongrass
National Invasive Species Awareness Week ARE YOU AWARE THAT THE INVASIVE COGONGRASS HAS MADE ITS WAY TO OUR COASTAL AREA? Many may be familiar with this noxious weed but that is because it has been a problem in agricultural and timber lands for many decades now. ...
NISAW 2024 – Beach Vitex
National Invasive Species Awareness Week ARE YOU AWARE OF THE INVASIVE DUNE PLANT CALLED BEACH VITEX? I would say most are not. Though the plant was known over a decade ago, the education/outreach on this species has not been equal to the effort of...
NISAW 2024 – Red Lionfish
National Invasive Species Awareness Week ARE YOU AWARE OF THE RED LIONFISH? Yes… I would say most of you are. When the red lionfish (Pterois volitans) first began to appear along the shores of the Florida panhandle there was a great effort to make locals aware of the...