Disease-carrying mosquito, new to Florida, is spreading in Broward County sun-sentinel.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from sun-sentinel.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
How can you make your garden work for Floridaâs environment?
The Florida-Friendly Landscaping program aims to help people design better gardens.
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A group of ibis feed in a front yard designed with native plants in Tarpon Springs. [ DOUGLAS R. CLIFFORD | Times ]
Updated Mar. 17
The Florida-Friendly Landscaping Program tries to encourage residents, local governments and landscapers to use plants that need less water and offer better habitats for wildlife. Itâs a partnership between the University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences Extension and the Department of Environmental Protection.
The program puts out a free app for people to start designing a garden or yard that helps the environment.
Federal government sends vaccine to Southwest Florida to target underserved populations msn.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from msn.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
The federal government is sending vaccine to two nonprofit health centers in Southwest Florida to target their undeserved and vulnerable patients that have lagged in getting immunized.
The organizations are Collier County-based Healthcare Network and Family Health Centers of Southwest Florida, which operates in Lee, Charlotte and Hendry counties, according to the federal Health Resources and Services Administration.
The two organizations are among a growing list of federally qualified centers nationwide that can receive vaccine to get the shots into the arms of their vulnerable patients.
The centers specialize in caring for particularly hard-to-reach and disproportionately affected populations that include the homeless, residents of public housing, seasonal farmworkers and people with limited proficiency in the English language. In exchange, the clinics receive federal support.