Welcome to Day 2 of National Invasive Species Awareness Week! For today, something you can do to combat invasives is to download the IveGot1 app. This is an app used to identify & report invasive species. The data collected goes to scientists who assess, map, and help eradicate invasives. You can use this website to get…

Happy NISAW Day 1! In case you didn’t see my Instagram post (@studentsagainstinvasivespecies), each day of National Invasive Species Awareness Week, I will be posting an ‘action’ and ‘resource’ you can use to combat invasives. For the first day, talk to your family about invasive species (or check if they are in your yard!). You…

This festival (held at the Winding Waters Natural Area in Palm Beach) was a great experience for me and a very fun festival overall! There were many booths run by organizations such as the Florida Trail Association, Palm Beach Environmental Resources Management, FWC, and Jonathon Dickinson State Park. The event also had stations for face…

Welcome to the first Invasive Species of the Month in 2024! Below are the January species: Week of Sunday, January 7: The tegu lizard is controlled through: Week of Sunday, January 14: The nile crocodile is managed through: Week of Sunday, January 21: Giant Hogweed is managed using: Week of Sunday, January 28: The Varroa…

Continuing the series I started in October, where I highlight an invasive species weekly! Here are the weekly species for November: Week of Sunday, November 5: The Giant African Land Snail This snail can be managed using: Week of Sunday, November 12: Kudzu This invasive plant can be managed by: Week of Sunday, November 19:…

I started the “Invasive Species of the Week” series over on my Instagram, where every Sunday I would post a story highlighting an invasive species and some facts about it. Since I didn’t want to leave the blog out of it, I decided I would make a compilation of all the “Invasive Species of the…

Firefest is a fantastic event held at Jonathon Dickinson State Park, and I had a great time talking to attendees this year! This event raises fire safety awareness, discusses prescribed burns, and overall educates on how Florida is impacted by fire (in positive ways and negative ways). While it is an education based event, there…

If you’re looking for basic information about invasives and details about why they matter– look no further! As a background, on my Instagram account, I created a series titled “Invasive Species 101”. In this series, I outlined some of the fundamental information about invasive organisms– what they are, how they are threats, how they affect…