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Here in southwest Florida, we know that major hurricanes can upend our daily lives and routines leading to weeks, months, and many times, even years of recovery.  Often, we can’t exactly duplicate pre-hurricane conditions.  That’s the same for the natural world.  Ecologists regard hurricanes as “dis
Plan Your Visit Visitor Information Calusa Heritage Trail School Tours Book + Gift

A great thing about producing newsletters is that one can share bits of information with a lot of people. And if you ever wonder if any of your busy colleagues take time to look past page one, well, make an error, and you might find out, as I did. An “alert reader,” namely Florida Museum’s Roger Po
Plan Your Visit Visitor Information Calusa Heritage Trail School Tours Book + Gift

Nature photography can be as simple as snapping a sunset on your phone or as daring as diving underwater to photograph a gator. Whether with a phone or a fancy camera, nature photography gives you a chance to share the beauty of the world in a way that may inspire others to care about it. A single p
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Visitors to the Calusa Heritage Trail at the Randell Research Center often ask how Calusa people used plants, and every year there is more interest in landscaping with plants native to South Florida. The native-plant garden that Martha (Marty) Kendall first planted along the path leading fr
Plan Your Visit Visitor Information Calusa Heritage Trail School Tours Book + Gift

The University of Florida Herbarium (FLAS) have combined holdings of approximately a half-million specimens. The collections and estimated holdings include: vascular plants (320,000), bryophytes (70,000), lichens (16,000), fungi (55,000), and wood (16,000). It is the largest scientific plant specim
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The University of Florida Herbarium in the Florida Museum of Natural History has opportunities for student internship and volunteer projects. Our program is managed as part of the Florida Museum’s Volunteer program. Volunteers should complete the volunteer application form available on the Adult Vo
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The destruction of herbarium specimens by insect pests is a serious problem. Major pests of concern include book lice and cigarette beetles. The Florida Museum and UF Herbarium have designed proactive pest control protocols in order to prevent collection damage. All incoming dry plant materia
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We’ve had a lot of visitors this year, with regularly scheduled Wednesday tours well attended through the season. But beginning in March, kid’s tours really bring the Calusa Heritage Trail to life. More than a dozen large school groups visited the site this spring, with an average group siz
Plan Your Visit Visitor Information Calusa Heritage Trail School Tours Book + Gift

On March 25, 2017, more than 800 people visited the Randell Research Center to enjoy a day of speakers, exhibits, and guided tours. The RRC classroom hosted displays on finds from the Blueberry site in Highlands County (Nate Lawres), recent Pineland and Mound Key excavations (Karen Walker and Jeann
Plan Your Visit Visitor Information Calusa Heritage Trail School Tours Book + Gift

The Pineland Site Complex Project Directors: Karen Walker and William Marquardt Situated on Pine Island’s northwestern shoreline within the Charlotte Harbor-Pine Island Sound region of subtropical, coastal southwest Florida is the Pineland Site Complex, the archaeological remains of one
Onsite facilities include a Visitor’s Center with classroom, gift shop, and restrooms