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Lessons Learned from the 2025 FNPS Conference
Recently, I attended the Florida Native Plant Society (FNPS) Conference in Gainesville. It was an excellent conference with many interesting programs, speakers, and field trips. Through my experiences attending talks and learning from plant experts at the conference, I’ve compiled a list of lessons I learned that I’d like to share with anyone who wasn’t…
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Five Ways to Make Your New Year More Sustainable
It’s 2025, and vision boards and New Year’s Resolutions are being created as we speak! While New Year’s resolutions typically involve fitness, health, career, or family goals, I’m here to suggest a couple attainable environmental goals. Goal #1: substitute plastic or ziploc bags for reusable bags Plastic sandwich or storage bags add up quickly, especially in…
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How Hurricanes Impact Invasive Species
(Repost from my environmental blog: energyforenviro.com) I am currently sitting in my house in South Florida writing this blog post, since Hurricane Milton has canceled school for the next three days. Even though I’ve lived in South Florida for over 11 years and the Floridian stereotype is to brush hurricanes off, Milton seems to be…
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FISC Conference 2024
My first conference, hosted by the Florida Invasive Species Council (FISC → @fla_invasives), was an amazing opportunity & experience for me. I was grateful to connect with many different people from all parts of Florida about invasive species & discuss the projects I’ve been doing! 🌿 One of the main parts of the conference was…
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Invasive Species of the Month: March Edition
Hi everyone and welcome back to ISOTM, this time for March! There are 5 Sundays in March, but I was not able to post on one Sunday during spring break, so here are 4 invasive species I touched on in March: Week of Sunday, March 3: Coral Ardisia is often controlled through methods such as:…
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Invasive Species of the Month: February Edition
I finally am remembering to write this post…several weeks late and near the end of March. If you were following my Instagram (@studentsagainstinvasivespecies) then you would have seen it already though. So, without further ado, here are the invasive species I highlighted in February: Week of Sunday, February 4: Purple loosestrife is mostly managed through:…
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Waterfest 2024
Waterfest is a fantastic, geared towards kids event that is put on by the City of Stuart and Citizens4h20 to raise awareness about our water resources. I was lucky enough to have a booth at this event! Over 210 people stopped by to say hello, learn more about invasive species, and try to win a…
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National Invasive Species Awareness Week Day 5
National Invasive Species Awareness Week comes to an end 🍄🌹! I had a lot of fun this week: putting up posters, thinking of ideas, and making posts to share it with you guys ✨ One last suggestion for how to learn more about invasives… come volunteer with me! It’s a fun way to get volunteer…
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NISAW Day 4
Almost done with NISAW 🍂🌾! Today, the goal is to clean your boats and boots! Many seeds and aquatic plants can be transported through your boat or they can latch on to your boots. This is an issue with forest fires —> seeds often get stuck to the boots and equipment of firefighters! A website…
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NISAW Day 3
It’s day 3 of National Invasive Species Awareness Week 💐💗! Today, make plans to go to a native plant sale with your friends or family. Achievable goals are the best kind, so to make it easy, I have added below a list of a couple nurseries that either focus entirely on native plants or that…
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