Cox accepting applications for Cox Conserves Heroes
Donations go to nonprofit environmentalists who positively impact planet.
Outdoors
Cox accepting applications for Cox Conserves Heroes
Donations go to nonprofit environmentalists who positively impact planet.
Update: State Park Great Outdoors Initiative meetings postponed
Proposals range from lodges to golf courses.
UF studies challenges of managing urban trees in storms
Trees provide pros and cons in storm season.
UF/IFAS: LAKEWATCH volunteers celebrate 34 years of water sampling
Program provides water quality data to officials.
Summer seed saving: UF Master Gardener shares tips on wildflower propagation
Summer proves best time to collect seeds for next year.
Rain barrels: Harvesting the power of Florida’s rainy seasons
Rain barrels can bring cost savings, environmental benefits.
Alachua County asks residents to embrace weeds for bees
New iNaturalist app helps distinguish what plants allow pollinators to thrive.
UF experts warn of potential peril caused by ocean acidification
Increased carbon dioxide in ocean can harm oysters, clams, sea urchins and corals.
Alachua County to close Four Creeks Preserve temporarily
Annual upkeep will shut down access for an estimated five days.
UF sees growing interest in living shorelines
Regulations still hamper implementation.
UF/IFAS: Florida-Friendly Landscaping launches new award
Award to honor homeowners who install, maintain lawns that protect Florida’s water and natural resources.
UF/IFAS: Heat-related illness toolkit created to help agricultural workers
Agricultural safety center and UF/IFAS partner to educate on heat-related illness.
FWC: Operation Dry Water to run July 4-6
Law enforcement agencies aim to reduce boating under the influence incidents and fatalities.
Alachua County announces landscape fertilizer ban in effect
Fertilizers with nitrogen and phosphorus are prohibited from July through February.
UF, Florida Sea Grant offers free scallop sorting tool
Scallop season started Saturday.
UF: Soaring birds use their lungs to modify flight mechanics
Study published in Nature journal.
From feared predator to eco-hero: UF/IFAS explains alligator’s role
Alligators crucial to Everglades restoration.
UF researchers to begin full study on Gainesville’s tree inventory
Study funded by city of Gainesville.
UF nursery to host native plant sale Saturday
Sale features more than 100 species.
Alachua Audubon Society’s June Challenge arrives for 21st edition
Challenge includes four different outings.
Land acquisition to add 290 acres to Goethe State Forest
Land spans Alachua, Levy counties.
UF/IFAS finds backyards have more plant species than imagined
Study shows more plant species in urban landscapes than meet the eye.
UF launches water use survey for landscaping
Survey open until June 1.
Caterpillar cascade: UF/IFAS answers questions about the crawly creatures
Florida is full of caterpillars this month. But what are they and what can you do about them? Are they dangerous? Fast facts from University of […]