No, it’s not a separate blog, but a place for students to find their ecological voice. The WFSU Ecology Blog has always featured younger contributors. Graduate students and undergrads, biology students, English majors, media production majors, artists, and even one high school student. The goal of this blog is to connect north Floridans to their wild lands and waterways. This has also been a place for writers and media-makers to learn to tell those stories.
Some students come to us with knowledge of plants or animals, or our local ecosystems. Others are more like me. They didn’t grow up in north Florida, and they didn’t spend their childhoods camping and exploring the woods behind their house. Something drew them to this, drew us to want to tell these stories. With that desire, we go outside. We observe. We interview researchers. Field guides pile up on our desks, and research papers occupy multiple tabs on our browsers.
Here is where young communicators can distill outdoor experiences and newly gained knowledge, and turn it into something others will want to read or watch. Each is a fresh perspective on our natural north Florida.
Our latest student contributions:
- A visit to Shoal River Headwaters State Park
- Student Artists Join WFSU Ecology Blog
- No-Mow March: Getting Wild in Innovation Park
- Bluffs of St. Teresa – Ochlockonee Vista Joins Landscapes
- St. Marks Refuge trails: biking and running away from Lighthouse Road
Browse additional WFSU Student Ecology Blog posts. As you go further and further back, you’ll read stories by students who have long since graduated. Some are now researchers or conservation professionals. One is even teaching environmental writing to college students whose work you may see on the blog.