4-H Environmental Science

Florida Master Naturalist Program (Programa Experto Naturalista)

Weekly “What is it?”: Every Kid Outdoors

carriestevensonJanuary 29th, 2024The summer after my junior year of college, I took part in a nearly 40-day road trip with the geography department at my university. We headed west from Birmingham to New Mexico, then north to Banff National Park, traveling through fourteen states and two Canadian provinces before making our way back to Alabama. Between destinations, […]

Weekly “WHO is it?”: Kayak Dave

carriestevensonJanuary 3rd, 2024You know those people who just exude peace and calm? The type who never seem rattled, always go with the flow, and are positive about everything? For me, “Kayak Dave” Barker was that guy. He was a fixture at Navarre Beach, and so well known that a lot of folks never even knew his last […]

Weekly “What is it?”: Franklin tree

carriestevensonDecember 13th, 2023I have written about William Bartram here before—he and his father, the “King’s Botanist”—explored Pensacola and much of the coastal southeast in the late 1700’s. Curious observers of everything from plant growth and wildlife to Native American culture, they were also collectors. Countless American plant species were sent to Europe for further examination and later […]