Naturally Florida
A New Nature Podcast Answers Your Questions After our long year in shutdown, most folks are itching to get away – even if it’s close to home. What better way to shed some stress than to get out into nature? You don’t have to go far to find gems like Brooker Creek Preserve in North Pinellas, and Weedon Island and Boyd Hill even closer for residents of South Pinellas. But before you head out, you might want to brush up on what’s out there. Natural Florida may have a few surprises for you, especially if you’re one of the state’s many new residents. Now, there’s a podcast to answer those pesky questions, like, “Is there an alligator in that lake?” (The answer is always “yes.”) “Naturally Florida” is all about the Sunshine State’s natural wonders, with two enthusiastic hosts eager to tell us about it: Lara Milligan and Shannon Carnevale, natural resources agents for UF/IFAS Extension in
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Polk and Pinellas counties, respectively. “Our goal is to keep it fun, understandable, and get people excited about getting out in nature,” said Milligan, from her Brooker Creek Preserve
office in North Pinellas County. Milligan and Carnavale are both avid educators and they’ve had this podcast in the works for a couple of years. They recently launched it, and now have three informative offerings
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