Hurricanes are expensive for both home owners and the insurance industry. In 2004 and 2005, eight hurricanes slammed Florida, inflicting $31.3 billion in insured losses. Two Florida Sea Grant research projects are helping to reduce the economic impact of hurricanes on Florida’s vulnerable residential structures valued at $1.5 trillion. Because much of the hurricane damage…
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Students at the University of Florida College of Law Conservation Clinic have developed a model ordinance for sea turtle friendly lighting, and extension agent Brooke Saari helps a beachfront community dim the lights.
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Join us for a free two-day intensive workshop on intensive oyster culture. The workshop will take place in St. Teresa, Fla. and Cedar Key, Fla.
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Being in the company of people who share your passion is invigorating: particularly when they include knowledgeable and solution-oriented individuals. Being in the company of hundreds of such like-minded souls can be downright transformative! This describes the atmosphere when people gather during a National Working Waterfronts & Waterways Symposium. Florida Sea Grant helped plan the…
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Marty Main, associate dean for University of Florida Extension and associate director of Florida Sea Grant, is being recognized for his educational outreach by the Ecological Society of America!
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Two Florida university students have been awarded $1,000 each as the 2013 recipients of the Florida Outdoor Writers Association Scholarship for Outdoor Communicators.
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A record eight graduate students at universities in Florida received Guy Harvey Scholarship Awards, recognizing their outstanding achievement in marine science research.
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This report summarizes efforts conducted through the University of Florida Oyster Recovery Team, in collaboration with various stakeholders, to describe conditions in Apalachicola Bay prior to and after a historic collapse of the oyster fishery. The report characterizes conditions in the bay, reviews possible causes for the fishery collapse, and outlines a plan for future…
DetailsAdaptive Planning for Coastal Change: Legal Issues for Local Government. April 19, 2013, Long Key Natural Area & Nature Center, Davie, Fla. On April 19, Florida Sea Grant, with support from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, worked with the Palm Beach County Planning Congress, the Florida Coastal Management Program, the Environmental & Land Use…
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Those who have lived in the Panhandle area for many years will remember the days when our local bayous were places people water skied, kids learned to swim, and fishermen brought home plenty of speckled trout. But today we see little of this. Water quality within our bayous has declined to a point that the…
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