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12th Annual Charlotte Harbor Nature Festival
November 19th, 2011
PUNTA GORDA, FL – November 19, 2011 – Aquatic Plants of Florida, Inc. will attend and exhibit today at the twelfth annual Charlotte Harbor Nature Festival sponsored by the Charlotte Harbor National Estuary Program. This one day event offers a day to explore, learn and enjoy the natural environment of southwest Florida and connect with [...]
38th Annual Natural Areas Conference
November 1st, 2011
TALLAHASSEE, FL – November 1, 2011 – Aquatic Plants of Florida, Inc. (Aquatic Plants) announced today it will exhibit at the 38th annual Natural Areas Conference held at Florida State University from November 1 – 4, 2011. The conference is hosted by the Natural Areas Association (NAA) with co-host National Association of Exotic Pest Plant [...]
Lagoon House Volunteer Day
October 21st, 2011
Join Anglers for Conservation and many other community groups for an ECOSCAPE DAY, October 22, 2011, 9-12 pm. Bring: Shovels, Rakes, Gloves, Wheel Burrows, and a Good Attitude
PENSACOLA BEACH RESTORATION
September 8th, 2011
Aquatic Plants completed a contract to restore 8.2 miles of Pensacola Beach….
Florida Chamber Environmental Permitting
July 20th, 2011
25th Annual Summer Environmental Permitting Summer School, July 20-22, Marco Island
Plants Grown at Mote Aquaculture Park to be Included in North Lido Beach Restoration on Saturday
July 9th, 2011
On Saturday, members of the Sarasota Bay Estuary Program Bay Guardian volunteers, along with Around the Bend Nature Tours will plant 2,000 native plants at North Lido Beach Park.
Some of the plants being used in this restoration were grown at Mote Aquaculture Park (MAP), a 200-acre aquaculture research and development facility located in eastern Sarasota County.
Pascagoula Beach Restoration, Jackson County, Mississippi
April 22nd, 2011
Aquatic Plants of Florida, Inc. completes Mississippi coastal restoration project for the US Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile, Alabama District, ahead of schedule in Spring 2011. The project utilized 362,500 marsh hay cordgrass (S. patens) contract grown and installed by Aquatic Plants to help stabilize the newly constructed restoration site.
Native Plant Industry Workshop
January 25th, 2011
Aquatic Plants of Florida, Inc. attended a native plant industry workshop hosted by the Association of Florida Native Nurseries (AFNN) and in cooperation with the UF/IFAS extension service. This year’s event gave a practical nursery-business-survival talk about the industry. Speaker, Dr. Alan Hodges offered the low-down on how to figure out what it costs to run nurseries, grow and sell plants, [...]
Mote to Make Fish Farming Greener Using Saltwater Plants
December 9th, 2010
Mote’s earth-friendly fish farm is about to get even greener — a large-scale project is getting under way this week that will begin using solid fish waste to grow saltwater plants for restoration projects.
The project is designed to be a model of how saltwater fish farms can cost-effectively recycle all of their waste — a goal commercial-scale aquaculture has yet to achieve. The move is a key step forward for sustainable aquaculture at Mote.