(Brazilian) pepper ‘wrangler’

Jean ‘JJ’ Romano (Class of 2013) shown above in a photo taken by Diane LaRue vanquishes a 15-foot tall Brazilian pepper (Schinus terebinthifolius) at the Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area. When some members of the 2015 class expressed skepticism that a…

Ken Gonyo gets Proclamation!

Ken Gonyo (Class of 2012) poses with the Indian River County Board of Commissioners after receiving a proclamation - on behalf of the volunteers trained by the Florida Medical Entomology Laboratory and the Pelican Island Audubon Society - in support…

Sabal & sea level rise

When the Florida Medical Entomology Laboratory - Pelican Island Audubon Society volunteer class began in the Fall of 1998, the stand of cabbage palms (Sabal palmetto) pictured above was alive. Thank you to Karen Schuster (Class of 2009) for this…