4-H SAFE Alabama State Championships

March 27, 2024
in Alabama 4-H, Outdoor Education, Programs

2024 Introduction & General Rules 2024 Championship Schedule April 13: Archery April 26–28: Shotgun June 23–28: National...
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Alabama Invader: Scaly-Breasted Munia

March 22, 2024
in Forestry & Wildlife, Invasive Species, Wildlife

While lesser known than other detrimental invasive species—such as feral hogs, kudzu, and cogongrass—there are a number of invasive or i...
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Eastern Phoebes and Whitetail Deer: An Unlikely Pair

March 22, 2024
in Forestry & Wildlife, Wildlife

Most people who spend time in the woods in Alabama are sure to experience a whole host of biting bugs. Whether it be mosquitoes, flies, chig...
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Water Quality Risks and Precautions for Recreation

March 22, 2024
in Fish & Water, Water Resources

Alabama is a great place for water-recreation enthusiasts. The state has 132,000 miles of streams and rivers, more than 500,000 acres of lak...
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Maintaining Forest Roads

March 22, 2024
in Forestry, Forestry & Wildlife

Forest roads must be maintained in order for landowners to have access throughout their property. Heavy rainfall events can wash out roads, ...
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Becoming Digitally Literate

March 22, 2024
in Business & Community, Home & Family, Older Adults, Urban Extension, Youth Development

When the COVID-19 outbreak hit, people from all walks of life scrambled to move learning and business operations online with the aid of digi...
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Food Safety for Produce Farmers

March 15, 2024
in Food Safety, Food Safety: Produce

Good Agricultural Practices (GAPs) during preharvest, harvest, and postharvest of produce. Food Safety Worker Health & Hygiene Ha...
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Where Were Cover Crops and No-till Used in Alabama in 2022?

March 15, 2024
in Crop Production, Farm Management, Farming, Healthy Soils

Voluntary carbon-market programs continue to draw attention across the United States. Two of the most common practices that farmers use in c...
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Application of Biochar in Agricultural Systems

March 15, 2024
in Crop Production, Farming

Biochar, also referred to as carbon material, is produced from the thermochemical conversion process (heating or burning) of feedstocks or w...
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Phosphorus Basics: Phosphorus Species Disruptive to Freshwater Systems

March 15, 2024
in Crop Production, Farming

Too much phosphorus (P) in water stimulates the growth of algae, cyanobacteria, and aquatic plants, which can result in harmful algal blooms...
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Forestry Best Management Practices: Skid Trails

March 15, 2024
in Forestry, Forestry & Wildlife

Forestry best management practices minimize erosion on skid trails. Skidders repeatedly skid or drag a grapple full of trees to a log...
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Invasive Plants: Exotic Beauties Can Have Devastating Results

March 15, 2024
in Forestry & Wildlife, Invasive Species

Some non-native plants introduced into our landscapes as ornamentals have escaped to become invasive weeds with negative impacts to our nati...
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