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3. Natural Resources and Environmental Quality

Join us for an unforgettable journey on one of Florida&#8217;s most pristine and beautiful rivers, Rainbow River. This is your chance to immerse yourself in nature while learning about our precious water resources and how to protect them. Event Highlights We&#8217;ll start at KP Hole Park with a brief discussion on Florida&#8217;s water ecosystems and [&#8230;]

Join us for an unforgettable journey on one of Florida&#8217;s most pristine and beautiful rivers, Rainbow River. This is your chance to immerse yourself in nature while learning about our precious water resources and how to protect them.
<h4>Event Highlights</h4>
<ul>
<li>We&#8217;ll start at KP Hole Park with a brief discussion on Florida&#8217;s water ecosystems and conservation efforts.</li>
<li>Gentle Paddle to the Rainbow Springs headspring: Enjoy a leisurely kayak trip totaling around 3 miles round-trip. Perfect for both beginners and experienced paddlers.</li>
<li>Your registration ($25) includes the park entry fee, kayak rental (single or double kayaks, depending on availability), and lunch.</li>
</ul>
<h4>Important Details</h4>
<ul>
<li>To ensure a quality experience, space is limited to 20 participants. Register early to secure your spot!</li>
<li>You&#8217;re welcome to bring your equipment along with the required safety gear, including a whistle and life vest.</li>
<li>Lunch is provided. If you have any dietary restrictions or special requests, please let us know when you register.</li>
</ul>
<h4>Why Attend?</h4>
<ul>
<li>Connect with Nature: Experience the tranquility of paddling through crystal-clear waters surrounded by Florida&#8217;s lush landscapes.</li>
<li>Learn and Contribute: Gain valuable insights into water conservation and discover how you can make a positive impact on our environment.</li>
<li>Meet Like-Minded Individuals: Share this enriching experience with fellow outdoor enthusiasts and conservation supporters.</li>
</ul>
<h4>How to Register</h4>
To register: <a href="https://tinyurl.com/KayakLunchLearn" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://tinyurl.com/KayakLunchLearn</a>
Don&#8217;t miss out on this unique opportunity! Register by October 14 to join the adventure. For questions or to discuss any special accommodations, please contact Amanda Marek at 352-671-8412 or <a href="mailto:mandab@ufl.edu" target="_blank" rel="noopener">mandab@ufl.edu</a>. If your community is interested in hosting this educational event, please reach out to Yilin Zhuang at <a href="mailto:yilinz@ufl.edu">yilinz@ufl.edu</a>.
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Join us for an unforgettable journey on one of Florida’s most pristine and beautiful rivers, Rainbow River. This is your chance to immerse yourself in nature while learning about our precious water resources and how to protect them.
Event Highlights
We’ll start at KP Hole Park with a brief discussion on Florida’s water ecosystems and conservation efforts.
Gentle Paddle to the Rainbow Springs headspring: Enjoy a leisurely kayak trip totaling around 3 miles round-trip. Perfect for both beginners and experienced paddlers.
Your registration ($25) includes the park entry fee, kayak rental (single or double kayaks, depending on availability), and lunch.
Important Details
To ensure a quality experience, space is limited to 20 participants. Register early to secure your spot!
You’re welcome to bring your equipment along with the required safety gear, including a whistle and life vest.
Lunch is provided. If you have any dietary restrictions or special requests, please let us know when you register.
Why Attend?
Connect with Nature: Experience the tranquility of paddling through crystal-clear waters surrounded by Florida’s lush landscapes.
Learn and Contribute: Gain valuable insights into water conservation and discover how you can make a positive impact on our environment.
Meet Like-Minded Individuals: Share this enriching experience with fellow outdoor enthusiasts and conservation supporters.
How to Register
To register: https://tinyurl.com/KayakLunchLearn
Don’t miss out on this unique opportunity! Register by October 14 to join the adventure. For questions or to discuss any special accommodations, please contact Amanda Marek at 352-671-8412 or mandab@ufl.edu. If your community is interested in hosting this educational event, please reach out to Yilin Zhuang at yilinz@ufl.edu.

Join us for an unforgettable journey on one of Florida’s most pristine and beautiful rivers, Rainbow River. This is your chance to immerse yourself in nature while learning about our precious water resources and how to protect them. Event Highlights We’ll start at KP Hole Park with a brief discussion on Florida’s water ecosystems and […]

Kayak Lunch & Learn at Rainbow River

Better landscaping practices are good for Florida! Even though Florida has a lot of water resources, there are also a lot of people and industries sucking from the tap&#8230;and more keep coming. Long story short, Floridians need to conserve clean water so we always have enough affordable water now and into the future. How we [&#8230;]

<figure id="attachment_14681" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-14681" style="width: 209px" class="wp-caption alignright"><a href="https://blogs.ifas.ufl.edu/orangeco/files/2024/06/IMG_5833.jpg"><img decoding="async" fetchpriority="high" class=" wp-image-14681" src="https://blogs.ifas.ufl.edu/orangeco/files/2024/06/IMG_5833-225x300.jpg" alt="" width="209" height="279" /></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-14681" class="wp-caption-text">This booklet has concepts side-by-side in English and Spanish  for effective team communication.</figcaption></figure>
Better landscaping practices are good for Florida! Even though Florida has a lot of water resources, there are also a lot of people and industries sucking from the tap&#8230;and more keep coming. Long story short, Floridians need to conserve clean water so we always have enough affordable water now and into the future.
How we landscape makes a difference, and decades of scientific research demonstrates ways to do it better! If we don&#8217;t, drinking water could get a lot more expensive and natural areas could decline. Our tourism based economy circulates around water, and agriculture, the foundation of our economy, needs water to grow the domestic specialty crops that feed America each winter. Let&#8217;s not forget about drinking, cooking, and cleaning, the human stuff we do each day!
Guess what? Good landscaping starts with the basics. No one should expect poorly installed plants to thrive. No amount of pesticides or fertilizers will fix the wrong plant in the wrong place.
<figure id="attachment_14663" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-14663" style="width: 186px" class="wp-caption alignleft"><a href="https://blogs.ifas.ufl.edu/orangeco/files/2024/06/thumbnail_image10.jpg"><img decoding="async" class="wp-image-14663 " src="https://blogs.ifas.ufl.edu/orangeco/files/2024/06/thumbnail_image10-225x300.jpg" alt="" width="186" height="248" /></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-14663" class="wp-caption-text">The palm on the left is severely over-pruned.</figcaption></figure>
So what are the basics of landscaping in Florida and why does it matter?
Did you know that we can use less water and grow nicer lawns just by mowing the grass at the correct height?
Did you know that some trees get planted with a death sentence simply because they were installed too deep?
Did you know it is better not to hack crape myrtles each winter?
Sometimes it is not just about bigger blooms&#8230; our landscapes can mitigate our intensive human activities if we allow them to help! Landscapes are typically more affordable than manmade interventions; they are pretty, and they provide exponential benefits starting with a real calming effect on people in proximity to green space. Ah-mazing!
<h3>Get this pocket-sized, waterproof booklet to learn the basics of landscaping in Florida: <a href="https://ifasbooks.ifas.ufl.edu/p-1791-basics-of-landscaping-in-floridaconceptos-bsicos-de-paisajismo-en-florida.aspx">Basics of Landscaping in Florida/Conceptos Básicos de Paisajismo en Florida</a></h3>
<a href="https://blogs.ifas.ufl.edu/orangeco/files/2024/06/Cover-Basics-of-Landscaping.png"><img decoding="async" class=" wp-image-14675 aligncenter" src="https://blogs.ifas.ufl.edu/orangeco/files/2024/06/Cover-Basics-of-Landscaping-300x199.png" alt="" width="353" height="234" /></a>Trust me or ask more questions! While there are not laws that cover landscape basics, there are reasons certain practices are the &#8220;best practices.&#8221;
Decades of scientific research have demonstrated that mowing the grass at the correct height corresponds with rooting depth, and deeper roots means more access to water and nutrients, which means your turf can struggle through the dry season without irrigating more than what the utility allows. As long as your irrigation system is calibrated, your dense turf will return with the rainy season.
While crapes can certainly handle a brutal hacking, there are many reasons not to. First, power tools are more dangerous and expensive to operate.
<figure id="attachment_14673" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-14673" style="width: 327px" class="wp-caption alignright"><a href="https://blogs.ifas.ufl.edu/orangeco/files/2024/06/CRAPE-MURDER.jpg"><img decoding="async" loading="lazy" class=" wp-image-14673" src="https://blogs.ifas.ufl.edu/orangeco/files/2024/06/CRAPE-MURDER-300x225.jpg" alt="" width="327" height="245" /></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-14673" class="wp-caption-text">The crape myrtles on the right are providing more benefits by mitigating the heat island effect providing shade and CO2 uptake in the city. The hacked crapes on the left are not provided that same opportunity to help cool the city 🙁</figcaption></figure>
Next, we have a heat issue that is solved with shade solutions. Crape myrtles can provide more shade sooner when they are minimally pruned. Shade reduces temperatures locally, which is good for people and cooler roadways. More shade means more leaves, and more leaves means more photosynthesis, which means more air purification, which means more carbon dioxide uptake. Finally, removing larger limbs to be driven to the dump to decompose into eventual carbon dioxide contributes to more labor, road degradation, and ultimately, climate change. Maybe more than anything, increasing worker safety and reducing maintenance costs of cutting and driving heavy wood to the dump is compelling enough to reduce the crape murder. Society pays the price elsewhere with road repairs due to heavier trucks, heat being the deadliest natural disaster, and the cost of electricity increasing, so that even with AC, we are paying for the oppressive heat.
We have a lot of pavement to deal with. Green spaces mitigate flooding and trees provide cooling shade. As we grow our populations and communities, we must also grow plants.<a href="https://blogs.ifas.ufl.edu/orangeco/files/2024/06/BLOG-24.06-Spring-water-and-green-land-scaled.jpg"><img decoding="async" loading="lazy" class=" wp-image-14659 alignright" src="https://blogs.ifas.ufl.edu/orangeco/files/2024/06/BLOG-24.06-Spring-water-and-green-land-300x200.jpg" alt="" width="326" height="217" /></a>
Florida friends, let&#8217;s protect this paradise so we all can keep thriving! As we get 1000 new Floridians per day, let&#8217;s also make sure our new neighbors know how to protect paradise, too. Focus on the basic best practices before we get stuck with the bill for pricier manmade solutions that are not as pretty as plants.
This booklet will benefit almost anyone in Florida working with landscapes in any capacity including landscape professionals, residents, parks departments, community planners, land developers, big box stores selling plants, nursery growers, and environmental departments working to maintain water quality standards. This booklet can also help community leaders and elected officials learn basic ways that plants can help mitigate community problems&#8230; if we let them!
Thank you to the team of UF/IFAS Extension authors and contributors from UF/IFAS, UGA and NC State! Thank you to the USDA NIFA IPM Extension Grant that funded the project. Thanks to the scientists doing research decades before us, and our Deans and Directors that support us. Thank you to the UF/IFAS Bookstore and Communications team. Thank you Orange, Seminole, and Alachua County Governments for supporting Extension education.
Thank you, the Floridians, for getting educated about keeping our green and blue spaces dazzling!
&#8220;Education is the key to unlock the golden door of freedom.&#8221; ~George Washington Carver
<a href="https://blogs.ifas.ufl.edu/orangeco/files/2024/06/Authors.png"> 
<img decoding="async" loading="lazy" class=" wp-image-14699 aligncenter" src="https://blogs.ifas.ufl.edu/orangeco/files/2024/06/Authors-300x200.png" alt="" width="416" height="277" /></a>

This booklet has concepts side-by-side in English and Spanish  for effective team communication.
Better landscaping practices are good for Florida! Even though Florida has a lot of water resources, there are also a lot of people and industries sucking from the tap…and more keep coming. Long story short, Floridians need to conserve clean water so we always have enough affordable water now and into the future.
How we landscape makes a difference, and decades of scientific research demonstrates ways to do it better! If we don’t, drinking water could get a lot more expensive and natural areas could decline. Our tourism based economy circulates around water, and agriculture, the foundation of our economy, needs water to grow the domestic specialty crops that feed America each winter. Let’s not forget about drinking, cooking, and cleaning, the human stuff we do each day!
Guess what? Good landscaping starts with the basics. No one should expect poorly installed plants to thrive. No amount of pesticides or fertilizers will fix the wrong plant in the wrong place.
The palm on the left is severely over-pruned.
So what are the basics of landscaping in Florida and why does it matter?
Did you know that we can use less water and grow nicer lawns just by mowing the grass at the correct height?
Did you know that some trees get planted with a death sentence simply because they were installed too deep?
Did you know it is better not to hack crape myrtles each winter?
Sometimes it is not just about bigger blooms… our landscapes can mitigate our intensive human activities if we allow them to help! Landscapes are typically more affordable than manmade interventions; they are pretty, and they provide exponential benefits starting with a real calming effect on people in proximity to green space. Ah-mazing!
Get this pocket-sized, waterproof booklet to learn the basics of landscaping in Florida: Basics of Landscaping in Florida/Conceptos Básicos de Paisajismo en Florida
Trust me or ask more questions! While there are not laws that cover landscape basics, there are reasons certain practices are the “best practices.”
Decades of scientific research have demonstrated that mowing the grass at the correct height corresponds with rooting depth, and deeper roots means more access to water and nutrients, which means your turf can struggle through the dry season without irrigating more than what the utility allows. As long as your irrigation system is calibrated, your dense turf will return with the rainy season.
While crapes can certainly handle a brutal hacking, there are many reasons not to. First, power tools are more dangerous and expensive to operate.
The crape myrtles on the right are providing more benefits by mitigating the heat island effect providing shade and CO2 uptake in the city. The hacked crapes on the left are not provided that same opportunity to help cool the city 🙁
Next, we have a heat issue that is solved with shade solutions. Crape myrtles can provide more shade sooner when they are minimally pruned. Shade reduces temperatures locally, which is good for people and cooler roadways. More shade means more leaves, and more leaves means more photosynthesis, which means more air purification, which means more carbon dioxide uptake. Finally, removing larger limbs to be driven to the dump to decompose into eventual carbon dioxide contributes to more labor, road degradation, and ultimately, climate change. Maybe more than anything, increasing worker safety and reducing maintenance costs of cutting and driving heavy wood to the dump is compelling enough to reduce the crape murder. Society pays the price elsewhere with road repairs due to heavier trucks, heat being the deadliest natural disaster, and the cost of electricity increasing, so that even with AC, we are paying for the oppressive heat.
We have a lot of pavement to deal with. Green spaces mitigate flooding and trees provide cooling shade. As we grow our populations and communities, we must also grow plants.
Florida friends, let’s protect this paradise so we all can keep thriving! As we get 1000 new Floridians per day, let’s also make sure our new neighbors know how to protect paradise, too. Focus on the basic best practices before we get stuck with the bill for pricier manmade solutions that are not as pretty as plants.
This booklet will benefit almost anyone in Florida working with landscapes in any capacity including landscape professionals, residents, parks departments, community planners, land developers, big box stores selling plants, nursery growers, and environmental departments working to maintain water quality standards. This booklet can also help community leaders and elected officials learn basic ways that plants can help mitigate community problems… if we let them!
Thank you to the team of UF/IFAS Extension authors and contributors from UF/IFAS, UGA and NC State! Thank you to the USDA NIFA IPM Extension Grant that funded the project. Thanks to the scientists doing research decades before us, and our Deans and Directors that support us. Thank you to the UF/IFAS Bookstore and Communications team. Thank you Orange, Seminole, and Alachua County Governments for supporting Extension education.
Thank you, the Floridians, for getting educated about keeping our green and blue spaces dazzling!
“Education is the key to unlock the golden door of freedom.” ~George Washington Carver

Better landscaping practices are good for Florida! Even though Florida has a lot of water resources, there are also a lot of people and industries sucking from the tap…and more keep coming. Long story short, Floridians need to conserve clean water so we always have enough affordable water now and into the future. How we […]

Basics of Landscaping in Florida–Bilingual Booklet in the UF/IFAS Bookstore

Written by 2023 Undergraduate Intern Mikayla Lindenfeld, hosted by the Suwannee River Water Management District The District     Whether you’ve floated down a crystal-clear spring run or watched a manatee and its calf swim by your kayak in a river, you’ve probably been in awe of the beauty of Florida’s ecosystems. The health and diversity [&#8230;]

Written by 2023 Undergraduate Intern Mikayla Lindenfeld, hosted by the Suwannee River Water Management District
The District     <img decoding="async" loading="lazy" class="size-medium wp-image-3671 alignleft lazyload" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==" alt="" width="275" height="300" data-src="https://blogs.ifas.ufl.edu/ncbs/files/2023/08/Peacock-Springs--275x300.jpg">
Whether you’ve floated down a crystal-clear spring run or watched a manatee and its calf swim by your kayak in a river, you’ve probably been in awe of the beauty of Florida’s ecosystems. The health and diversity of precious water resources like the ones you’ve visited are sensitive. The purpose of the Suwannee River Water Management District (the District) is to protect the rivers, wetlands, springs, and underground aquifer in fifteen counties in central-north Florida and beyond. Employees of the District use many fields of science to simultaneously protect water bodies and meet the public need for safe water use. The District permits the use of the land and bodies of water while encouraging residents to remain environmentally conscious. Employees manage hundreds of data collection sites, studying aquifer levels, rainfall, water flow measurements, water quality, and much more. Technology is used to its full potential to improve understanding of the natural resources within the District.
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<img decoding="async" loading="lazy" class=" wp-image-3667 alignright" src="https://blogs.ifas.ufl.edu/ncbs/files/2023/08/IMG_4474-300x225.jpg" alt="" width="400" height="300" /><img decoding="async" loading="lazy" class="size-medium wp-image-3665 alignright lazyload" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==" alt="" width="225" height="300" data-src="https://blogs.ifas.ufl.edu/ncbs/files/2023/08/IMG_4334-225x300.jpg">
The Water Quality Division
During my internship with the District, I had the privilege of working under Stephanie Armstrong, Katie McBride, and Susie Hetrick in the Water Resources division, among others. Florida is home to the largest concentration of freshwater springs on the planet. While at the District, I was honored to visit many of them. I learned about the upkeep of continuous monitoring sites at springs such as Ichetucknee Head Spring and Gilchrist Blue Spring. I learned how to analyze the data collected to determine the health of the spring. I explored in-house computer programs and mapping software, such as GIS. I identified rare plant species and common types of algae. I learned how a water quality lab is used, including the calibration of probes. I shadowed wetland health assessments, looking for any detrimental impacts on the ecosystem. I was exposed to long-term research projects occurring on the Suwannee River. I was introduced to the other environmental protection groups within the state of Florida. These experiences, and countless more, will be extraordinarily beneficial to my future education and career as a scientist.
 
<img decoding="async" loading="lazy" class="size-medium wp-image-3663 alignleft lazyload" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==" alt="" width="300" height="225" data-src="https://blogs.ifas.ufl.edu/ncbs/files/2023/08/IMG_4318-300x225.jpg">My Nitrogen Probe Comparison Project
While shadowing various divisions, I began working on a project to identify the more beneficial nitrate probe for the District to use at their continuous monitoring stations. Deployed at the District’s station in Ichetucknee Springs are a SUNA V2 and a YSI NitraLED probe. Using data collected from that station, I compared each probe’s accuracy, expenses, relationship with spring run turbidity, and staff labor. Using the District’s databases to interpret water quality results, I found that the SUNA V2 was most accurate and was unaffected by increased turbidity. The NitraLED was found to be less expensive over a ten-year period and easier to manage, using fewer employee hours. I concluded that reporting the most accurate results possible is the most important parameter in selecting a device, so the SUNA V2 is the most reasonable nitrate probe for the District at this time.
I had the most amazing summer with the Suwannee River Water Management District. Thank you to everyone who helped me learn and grow.
Learn more about the SRWMD <a href="https://www.mysuwanneeriver.com/">here</a>.
<img decoding="async" loading="lazy" class=" wp-image-3661 aligncenter" src="https://blogs.ifas.ufl.edu/ncbs/files/2023/08/Gilchrist-Blue-2-300x225.jpg" alt="" width="404" height="303" />
| Follow the link to <a href="https://ncbs.ifas.ufl.edu/internship-program/">learn more about the UF/IFAS NCBS Undergraduate Summer Internship</a> program. Read more intern blogs <a href="https://blogs.ifas.ufl.edu/ncbs/tag/ncbs-interns/">here</a>. |

Written by 2023 Undergraduate Intern Mikayla Lindenfeld, hosted by the Suwannee River Water Management District
The District     
Whether you’ve floated down a crystal-clear spring run or watched a manatee and its calf swim by your kayak in a river, you’ve probably been in awe of the beauty of Florida’s ecosystems. The health and diversity of precious water resources like the ones you’ve visited are sensitive. The purpose of the Suwannee River Water Management District (the District) is to protect the rivers, wetlands, springs, and underground aquifer in fifteen counties in central-north Florida and beyond. Employees of the District use many fields of science to simultaneously protect water bodies and meet the public need for safe water use. The District permits the use of the land and bodies of water while encouraging residents to remain environmentally conscious. Employees manage hundreds of data collection sites, studying aquifer levels, rainfall, water flow measurements, water quality, and much more. Technology is used to its full potential to improve understanding of the natural resources within the District.
 

The Water Quality Division
During my internship with the District, I had the privilege of working under Stephanie Armstrong, Katie McBride, and Susie Hetrick in the Water Resources division, among others. Florida is home to the largest concentration of freshwater springs on the planet. While at the District, I was honored to visit many of them. I learned about the upkeep of continuous monitoring sites at springs such as Ichetucknee Head Spring and Gilchrist Blue Spring. I learned how to analyze the data collected to determine the health of the spring. I explored in-house computer programs and mapping software, such as GIS. I identified rare plant species and common types of algae. I learned how a water quality lab is used, including the calibration of probes. I shadowed wetland health assessments, looking for any detrimental impacts on the ecosystem. I was exposed to long-term research projects occurring on the Suwannee River. I was introduced to the other environmental protection groups within the state of Florida. These experiences, and countless more, will be extraordinarily beneficial to my future education and career as a scientist.

My Nitrogen Probe Comparison Project
While shadowing various divisions, I began working on a project to identify the more beneficial nitrate probe for the District to use at their continuous monitoring stations. Deployed at the District’s station in Ichetucknee Springs are a SUNA V2 and a YSI NitraLED probe. Using data collected from that station, I compared each probe’s accuracy, expenses, relationship with spring run turbidity, and staff labor. Using the District’s databases to interpret water quality results, I found that the SUNA V2 was most accurate and was unaffected by increased turbidity. The NitraLED was found to be less expensive over a ten-year period and easier to manage, using fewer employee hours. I concluded that reporting the most accurate results possible is the most important parameter in selecting a device, so the SUNA V2 is the most reasonable nitrate probe for the District at this time.
I had the most amazing summer with the Suwannee River Water Management District. Thank you to everyone who helped me learn and grow.
Learn more about the SRWMD here.

| Follow the link to learn more about the UF/IFAS NCBS Undergraduate Summer Internship program. Read more intern blogs here. |

Written by 2023 Undergraduate Intern Mikayla Lindenfeld, hosted by the Suwannee River Water Management District The District     Whether you’ve floated down a crystal-clear spring run or watched a manatee and its calf swim by your kayak in a river, you’ve probably been in awe of the beauty of Florida’s ecosystems. The health and diversity […]

NCBS Intern Report: SRWMD Water Quality Monitoring and Data Collection

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Water plays a critical role in sustaining Florida&rsquo;s environment and economic vitality, which are keys to a high quality of life. Florida must enhance and protect its domestic water supply while also meeting the water requirements of agriculture, horticulture, tourism, and industry, as well as the state&rsquo;s 22.6 million inhabitants and its natural systems, all without placing undue pressure on a finite resource.

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