Directory of Science and Environment Resources

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For sites concerned with the natural environment of this state as a whole as well as those for scientific institutions and companies with multiple locations throughout the state, and for links to similar categories at other geographic levels.

Subcategories

• Agriculture
• Animal Life
• Archaeology
• Florida Keys
• Fort Myers-Naples
• Gainesville Metro
• Jacksonville Metro
• Land Trusts
• Marine
• Miami-Fort Lauderdale
• Orlando Metro
• Paleontology
• Panama City Metro
• Parks
• Pensacola Metro
• Plant Life
• Tallahassee Metro
• Tampa Bay Area
• Waste and Recycling
• Water Resources
• Weather
• West Palm Beach-Fort Pierce
• Zoos and Aquariums

Resources in This Category

• Citizens for a Scenic Florida

  http://www.scenicflorida.org/
  Group dedicated to preserving and enhancing Florida's visual environment. Includes a library of legal documents, news, opinion, and other material pertaining to defending scenic beauty.

• Environmental Archaeology

  http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/envarch/
  Florida Museum of Natural History defines zooarchaeology, archaeobotany, and archaeopedology, with illustrated articles by University of Florida professors on sites such as Lake Monroe and Mayan ruins.

• Extension Digital Information Service

  http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/
  University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences handbooks and factsheets on production agriculture, natural resources, the environment, forestry, veterinary medicine, rural development, pest control, food safety, lawns, home gardening, and related topics.

• Florida Academy of Sciences

  http://www.floridaacademyofsciences.org/
  Non-profit organization founded in 1936. Publishes a quarterly journal called Florida Scientist, sponsors a Junior Academy of Science. Links to other state scientific organizations, annual meeting plans.

• Florida Department of Environmental Protection

  http://www.dep.state.fl.us/
  Organized in sections for consumers, business, educators, and governments, with links to subjects such as air, water, waste, beaches, and land.

• Florida Environmental Health Association

  http://www.feha.org/
  Nonprofit group of environmental health professionals. Details of the annual education meeting, training and job opportunities, awards, scholarship fund, membership, and links.

• Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission

  http://myfwc.com/
  Information and regulations on hunting, freshwater and saltwater fishing, wildlife viewing, hiking trails, boating safety, the Florida panther and other endangered and threatened species.

• Florida Nature

  http://www.floridanature.org/
  Photographs and information about the state's flowers, trees, reptiles, mammals, spiders, fungi, and other organisms.

• Florida Solar Energy Center

  http://www.fsec.ucf.edu/en/
  Research, education, training, and certification in solar and other renewable energy sources at the Cocoa campus of the University of Central Florida.

• Linking Florida's Natural Heritage

  http://palmm.fcla.edu/lfnh/
  Site for ambitious program integrating statewide environmental databases to be searchable by keyword or specimen name, and tagged by geographic names and coordinates. Established in 1997, suspended in 2005 awaiting re-design.

• The Battle of The Little Big Cypress Continues

  http://www.angelfire.com/clone/rsauleda/
  Ruben P. Sauleda, an environmental advocate with a Ph.D. in biology from the University of South Florida, offers a history of damage to the Everglades, especially the Big Cypress National Preserve, as a result of government policies and actions. Photo documentation.

• The Nature Conservancy - Florida Chapter

  http://www.nature.org/ourinitiatives/regions/northamerica/unitedstates/florida/index.htm
  Lists scheduled events and links to nature preserves in the state, together with maps, directions, hours, fees and activities.

• University of Florida TREEO Center

  http://www.treeo.ufl.edu/
  The Center for Training, Research and Education for Environmental Occupations covers solid waste, air and water quality, Geographic Information Systems (GIS), and dealing with hazardous materials including lead and asbestos.

• Your Florida Backyard

  http://www.nsis.org/
  How to make your surroundings more wildlife-friendly. Includes info on native Florida plant life and wild life, gardening with Florida's native plants, butterfly gardening, bird gardening, wildlife gardening plus books and photos.

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