Enjoy the Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area
440 acres adjacent to the Florida Medical Entomology Laboratory, University of Florida/IFAS
A visit to the Sebastian Stormwater Park on 8/8/2020 was opportunity to see an unfortunate array of invasive plants, mega-weeds. Seeing the proverbial silver lining, Karen Schuster (Class of 2007) remarked that property could have "grown homes". This 163 acre…
Old world climbing fern (Lygodium microphyllum) makes air potato (Dioscorea bulbifera) look docile. Beware if you see a fern climbing in your yard, shown above along with air potato and cattley guava (Psidium littorale), yet another invasive pest plant. Like all…
Ken Gonyo (Class of 2012 ) "captured" these air potato beetles (Lilioceris cheni) reproducing at the Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area (ORCA) yesterday. Thanks to Dan Farley (Class of 2015), Vernon Chestine (Class of 2016), and Ken for continuing the weekly Wednesday…
Pelican Island Audubon Society President surveys the area to the west of the Audubon House driveway where he, Desha Baker, Judith Fillipich, Steve Goff, Arthur 'Stinky' Requate, and Jean 'JJ' Romano have just finished installing the plants salvaged from the…
Enjoy the Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area 