UF/IFAS Extension
Monroe County
The Monroe County Extension Office is dedicated toward serving Monroe County by providing objective information to individuals, businesses, and agencies for better decision making and by creating programs and services that provide learning opportunities that empower people to improve their lives.
Contact
monroe@ifas.ufl.edu
(305) 292-4501
1100 Simonton St.
Ste. 2-260
Key West, FL 33040
Hours
Monday - Friday
8am - 5pm
Seahorses!
Seahorses are in the Animal Kingdom and in the phylum Chordata, which means they have backbones. They are teleosts – which means they are in fact fish! Seahorses and all of their related cousins are in the family Syngnathidae, named because they have fused jaws and no teeth
07/07/2021
Thunder Moon
The Native Americans had a tradition of naming all of the full moons according to the time of year and the seasons. My birthday is in July, and that is the time of the Thunder Moon
06/21/2021
What's Going on in Florida
It’s Census Time, Do it Online!
Census 2020 – Complete the Count!
It’s finally here and UF/IFAS Extension has an important role to support a complete count in this year’s census. Census funds are important to Monroe County to support infrastructure (roads, bridges, schools), SNAP, Head Start, grants for mental health services, and so much more!
Did you know that Extension is funded by the USDA and we help communities in every state and almost every county
04/15/2020
Learn more about Florida Red Tide on Nature Knowledge
It's that time of year when "red tide" often becomes a concern for coastal ecosystems in Florida. In August 2020, the Nature Knowledge program hosted Dr
07/13/2021
The Ways Insects Benefit Our Yards
When we think about insects in our yards and gardens, our first thought is probably not about all the many good things they do. But make no mistake, there are far more good bugs than bad bugs which benefit our yards in numerous ways; just that simple understanding can make our lives easier as gardeners
06/04/2021
A Changing Landscape in Subterranean Termite Control
This is a summary of a recent presentation by Dr. Thomas Chouvenc on the importance of termite colony biology on control methods
Termites evolved from cockroaches 150 million years ago
03/04/2021
Eulophia graminea in the Keys
Eulophia graminea, a terrestrial orchid commonly known as Chinese ground orchid, was first discovered in south Miami in 2007. By 2010, it had spread to seven more counties, including one known occurrence from No Name Key (Pemberton, 2013)
02/23/2021
Florida’s Coral Reef — Stony Coral Tissue Loss Disease
Two years ago this month, a student at College of the Florida Keys was the first to report and photograph the spread of stony coral tissue loss disease off Key West, Florida at the Eastern Dry Rocks. He was able to identify the disease because he was trained by Florida Sea Grant agents Shelly Krueger and Ana Zangroniz and completed the UF/IFAS Extension Stony Coral Tissue Loss Disease Underwater Observer Training course
01/29/2021
