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Choose Your Nature Program Topic 
Youth, Adult and Family Audiences 

● Professional Speakers    
●​ Diverse Nature-related Topics
● Content Adjusted to Audience
● In-person Programs often have Props and Biofacts

● Enhance Your Program by Adding a Related Field Trip or Ecotour

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Sensing Nature Programs

Below is a list of our programs that are most often requested for youth, family and adult audiences. If you have a different topic in mind, please ask. 

All programs are adapted to the audience's age. However, any topics that are better suited to certain age ranges are specified. 

We do not bring live animals to programs. Our educational props include biofacts permitted through the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service and Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, replica models, fossils and other interesting learning items.

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Amphibians and Reptiles of Florida
  • America's Magnificent Alligator and Crocodile
  • Appreciating Our Unappreciated Florida Non-venomous Snakes
  • Digging into the Life of a Gopher Tortoise
  • Florida's Turtles
  • Frog Eavesdropping
  • Uncoiling Our Fears - Florida Venomous Snakes
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​Birds of Florida
  • Bird-ology 101
  • Creating Backyard Habitat for Birds
  • Florida's Owls
  • Getting Wild with Turkey
  • Learning Florida Freshwater & Coastal Birds
  • Learning Florida Upland & Backyard Birds
  • Migrating Birds: Their Journey Home (spring migration)
  • Skies of Weedon: From Avian Identification to Conservation (The)
  • Snow Birds! (fall migration)
  • Wonderful Woodpeckers

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Conservation / Sustainability
  • Artificial Reefs - Planes, Tanks, Rubble & Rebar
  • Conservation in the 21st Century
  • Florida's Water Story
  • Putting the Pieces Together - Restoring Florida's Natural Habitats
  • Sustainable Seafood: What's on Your Table?


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Discovering Florida
  • ​Explore the Dry Tortugas
  • Exploring the Everglades Backcountry
  • Falling for the Everglades
  • Florida Staycations!
  • Off the Beaten Path
  • Stay-cations! Explore Florida with Sensing Nature

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Endemic Florida Species
  • Endemic Florida Plants
  • Endemic Florida Wildlife


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Fishes of Florida
  • Figuring Out Fins
  • Fishes of Tampa Bay
  • Freshwater Fishes of Florida!
  • Tarpon - The Silver King
  • Understanding Florida Sharks


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Florida Ecology
  • Bogs, Bugs and the Plants that Eat Them (N. FL)
  • Diving into Florida's Springs
  • Exploring Florida's Ecosystems
  • Flatwoods in the Fall!
  • Florida’s Coastal Plants
  • Florida's Deserts: Our Fragile Upland Communities
  • Florida's Lakes, Rivers, and Streams
  • It's All About the Estuaries; Investigating Florida's Estuaries
  • Land of the Lost Rivers 
  • Reading the Coastal Wrackline's Story
  • Underground Castles: Florida’s Caves and Caverns
  • What's in a Swamp

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​History - Travel Through Time
  • Fossiling in Florida
  • History of the Florida Keys
  • History of Tampa Bay
  • Prehistoric Florida: Megafauna and Fossils

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Invasive Species
  • Invasive Plants of Florida! (and why we should care)
  • Invasive Wildlife in Florida!

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​Invertebrates of Florida
  • Saltwater Invertebrates 1: Our Spineless Superheroes
  • ​​Saltwater Invertebrates 2: Our Spineless Superheroes, The Sequel

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Mammals of Florida
  • Co-existing with Florida Coyotes
  • Florida Manatee (The)
  • Florida's Aquatic Mammals
  • Mammals of the Florida Uplands
  • Night Skies are Alive with Florida Bats!
  • Our Florida Black Bear
  • Our Florida Manatee
  • Semi-Aquatic Mammals of Florida


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Training for Educators and Environmental Interpreters
  • ​Dealing with Difficulties: Turning Stumbles into Teachable Moments
  • Naturalists' Tricks of the Trade: A Personal Perspective
  • Sharing Nature with Children
  • Wildlife and Waves: Interpreting Nature on the  Water

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​Wildlife Habitats, Safety, and Signs
  • ​Creating Backyard Habitat for Wildlife
  • Life Underground
  • Living Safely with Florida Wildlife
  • Sensing Wildlife
  • Tracks, Scats & Signs
  • Wildlife After Dark: A Nocturnal Symphony

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Instructors of UF/IFAS Florida ​Master Naturalist Program since 2001
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​Ethical Ecotourism
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