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    Center For Aquatic And Invasive Plants

    Center For Aquatic And Invasive Plants

    About The Podcast

    Working In The Weeds is a podcast by the UF/IFAS Center for Aquatic and Invasive Plants. This podcast was started to clarify issues surrounding invasive plants, highlight programs related to invasive plants, and share the research conducted at the Center.

    We're always looking for new ways to make this podcast helpful, if you have any ideas for future episodes please email us at caip@ifas.ufl.edu!

    Listen to Working In The Weeds 

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    • Season One

      What's The Deal With Invasives?

      Florida's Lakes and Landscapes

      The Green Menace
      Part 1: How Water Hyacinth Invaded Florida

      The Green Menace
      Part 2: Is Water Hyacinth Here To Stay?

      Hippos & Hyacinth
      The American Hippo Bill

    • Season Two

      Inspired by Steve Irwin with a Passion for the Environment
      with Dr. Candice Prince

      The Wide World of Extension
      with Dr. Stephen Enloe

      Managing Invasive Plants with Helicopters in Hawaii
      with Dr. James Leary

      Trading in a Tractor for an Airboat
      with Dr. Ben Sperry

      Who Are the Voices Behind the Microphone?
      with CAIP Communications

    • Season Three

      Why Are Invasive Plants Sold in Stores?

      What's On The Horizon?
      Predicting Future Invasive Species

      All About The Invasion Curve!

      Low and Slow: A Recipe For Managing Invasive Plants

      How Are Invasive Plants Managed?
      Pros and Cons of Management Techniques

      Game On! - Working In The Weeds Trivia #1

      FIELD FAILS: Stories and Mishaps from the Field

    • Season Four

      Water Hyacinth Deep Dive
      Plant Physiology, Growth Habits, Reproduction, and More

      Hydrilla Deep Dive
      Part One: Plant Structure, Photosynthesis, Pros v. Cons, and More

      Hydrilla Deep Dive
      Part Two: Plant Physiology, Growth Habits, Reproduction, and More

      Water Lettuce Deep Dive 
      Native or Invasive? Does It Matter?

      Alligatorweed Deep Dive
      Alligatorweed Flea Beetle - A Florida Success Story

      Cattail Deep Dive
      Native but Nuisance

      GAME ON! - Working In The Weeds Trivia #2
      Graduate Student Edition

    • Season Five

      Book Club: Silent Spring
      A Book That Brought Change

      Pesticide Safety in the Field
      Where are we now? Where are we going?

      Transparency through Technology
      FWC looks to the future

      Can endangered species and invasive species co-exist?
      Water Hyacinth and Snail Kites

      Spuds and Science
      How the Air Potato Patrol Program Empowered Citizens

      Lake Personalities
      Lake Tohopekaliga

      Florida LAKEWATCH
      Successful Citizen Science

      GAME ON! Working In The Weeds Trivia #3
      APMS Edition

    • Season Six

      Can we breed out invasiveness?
      A look at Lantana research

      Does More Grass Equal More Bass?
      A Conversation with Gene Gilliland

      UGA Bugwood
      Invasives on Apps

      Where did all of the hydrilla go?
      Lake Istokpoga

      Talking with Travis
      A Conservation Influencer

      That's a good question...
      (Part 1)

      What the muck??
      with Dr. Mike Allen

       

    • Season Seven

      Biological Hide and Seek
      Giant salvinia as an aquatic hitchhiker

      Phone-A-Friend
      What should I do about my invasive plant problem?

      Lake Personalities
      Orange Lake

      Herbicides 101
      What's The Deal With Aquatic Herbicides?

      Herbicides 101
      How Do Aquatic Herbicides Work?

      Herbicides 101
      Frequently Asked Questions

      Research Review
      Do Herbicides Harm Bass?

      Giant Salvinia in Jacksonville
      EDRR in Action

    • Season Eight

      What's a PULA?
      Changes Coming to Herbicide Use

      Old World Climbing Fern
      Plant Deep Dive

      Navigating Nuisance Natives
      Eelgrass in Tennessee

      Lake Personalities
      Lake Kissimmee

      New Zealand, New Solutions
      Invasive Plants Abroad

      Crested Floating Heart
      Plant Deep Dive

      St. Johns River Restoration
      A Tale on Turtles and Eelgrass

    • Season Nine

      Herbicides 101: Let's Review and What's New...
      Setting the stage for future conversations

      Herbicides 101: 2,4-D
      One of the oldest herbicides used today

      Seasons of Change
      A look back and what's next...

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