Talked to the St. Baranabas School third grade class about soils. Gave a program on Native plants to the Ormond Beach Garden Club. Gave a program on home management and maintenance to First Time Home Buyers Class. Judged two science fairs. Reviewed and commented on 29 site plans covering 1,047 acres.
Outside support is likely to help defray the costs of the materials.
Interested agents should sign up for IST 20105. Martha Monroe, School of Forest Resources and Conservation Recent field observations and laboratory experiments demonstrated that midge larvae severely injured or killed hydrilla's growing tips, and its potential as a biological control agent of this invasive species was confirmed. The midge was identified as Cricotopus lebetis Sublette which had not been recognized as a distinct species in Florida prior to this study. James P. Cuda, Department of Entomology and Nematology, and Randall.