Enjoy the Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area
440 acres adjacent to the Florida Medical Entomology Laboratory, University of Florida/IFAS
September and October are peak hurricane season in Florida. After Hurricane Helene made landfall near Perry, Florida, on September 27, 2024, and walloped North Carolina, we are soon to experience a historic hurricane that swiftly ratcheted up from a tropical…
Leo Tolstoy: All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way Hurricanes are part of life in Florida. Each hurricane is unhappy in its own way. In September 2004, Hurricane Ivan hit the Panhandle and…
Hurricane Irma, a strong storm of epic size, battered Indian River County on September 9 and September 10. The good news: The large live oaks (Quercus virginiana) at the Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area (ORCA) stood strong, unlike in 2004 when…
Enjoy the Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area 