October 2024 First Friday with Florida First Detector

Morgan PinkertonOctober 7th, 2024Recap of October 2024 First Friday with Florida First Detector In October’s First Friday, we looked more into the agencies involved in invasive species work and talked a lot about sample submission. Identification of the pest prior to treatment is critical for all pest management. Starting next month, we will be talking about identification of […]

Florida Master Naturalist Program: Invasive Plants of Florida

David HébertSeptember 11th, 2024Florida Master Naturalist Program: Invasive Plants of Florida The University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences Extension Nassau County is proud to offer the Florida Master Naturalist Program: Invasive Plants of Florida four-part course. What is FMNP Invasive Plants? Florida Master Naturalist Program (FMNP) Invasive Plants comes from the family of Florida Master […]

New Episode from Naturally Florida: “Pentastomes in Paradise: Invasive Parasite Plaguing Florida’s Snakes”

Lara MilliganSeptember 10th, 2024Snakes play a critical role in our ecosystems, keeping rodent populations in check and supplying birds of prey with an excellent food source. But our snakes are facing a new threat, an invasive parasite, Raillietiella orientalis from Asia and Africa. This worm-like crustacean, believed to have come over with the invasive Burmese Python, is infecting […]

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