Meet the Author: Carrie Stevenson
Carrie Stevenson is the Coastal Sustainability Agent for the UF/IFAS Escambia County Extension Office, and has been with the organization almost 17 years. Her educational outreach programs focus on living sustainably within a vulnerable coastal ecosystem. She helps...
When is a Muscadine a Scuppernong?
When we moved to the Florida Panhandle in 1989 and bought a house in Wakulla County, my wife and I inherited a grape arbor that was planted by the original builder of the home many years previous. It consisted of three 4x4 posts with cross pieces at the top and a run...
It’s not Too Late to Prep Your Landscape for Storm Season
We’re now in the prime of hurricane season. Living in Florida, preparing for possible destructive storms is just part of life. So, it’s important to plan and take steps to protect ourselves, our homes and our landscapes. This time of year, we need to have a...
A Second Look at Dandelions
A Second Look at Dandelions Many of us have memories of spotting a dandelion as a child and immediately gravitating toward it, eager to hold it up by the stem and blow with all our might. If all the puffs of white disappeared, we were sure the dandelion would...
Barrier Island Mammals
You are probably not going to see them… but they are there. Mammals are fur covered warm blooded creatures. Beaches are hot, dry, sandy places. Just as in the deserts, it would make sense for island mammals to be nocturnal. We know of their existence by their...
Hey Man – It’s Scallop Season!
For some of us this is an annual gathering no different that Thanksgiving or Christmas. The family all knows the gig - “Kids get your things together - we’re heading to St. Joe!” For others, it is something we do when we can – the stars all align with work and we...
Marine Mammals
Mammals are historically land-based, or terrestrial, animals. They are quadrupeds (four legs) and run with a cursorial form of locomotion (backbone moving up and down) – some are the fastest land animals the planet has ever seen. But as fate would have it, some...
Bay & Gulf County Scallop Webinar
Tuesday, August 11th from 6-7 PM ET Join us to learn more about recreational scalloping! Hear from UF/IFAS, Florida Sea Grant, FWC, and FWRI presenters and stay for Q&A. The pandemic has been challenging, to say the least. We must all must be contentious to all...
CARES Act Funding in the Pipeline for Hard-Hit Fishing Industry
We won’t see it tomorrow… but desperately needed funds for a hard-hit fishing industry are on the way. Congress has allocated $300 million in relief funds for losses suffered by various fishery-related businesses as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. It comes as part...
Climate Change and Future Hurricanes
We have reached that time of year when the Atlantic starts cranking out storms, and they will continue to roll out as the dog days of summer progress. Over the last decade, many experts have speculated on how climate change and sea level rise might impact hurricanes...