The hot summer sun bounces off the water’s surface on Western Lake in Walton County. Challen Hyman, joint environmental research scientist with the Choctawhatchee Basin Alliance (CBA) and Mattie M. Kelly Environmental Institute at Northwest Florida State College (MKEI), readies a seine net, as Brandy Foley, CBA monitoring coordinator, checks their location. Richie Gray, MKEI…
Author: Erika Zambello
Erika Zambello is a writer, birder, and photographer living and working along the Emerald Coast of Florida. She has a master’s degree in environmental management, where she specialized in ecosystem science and conservation. Her love of the outdoors was inspired by a childhood in Maine, where she returned for her National Geographic Young Explorer grant. In addition to Maine, she has lived in New York, France, Washington, DC, and North Carolina. Erika believes in the power of communicating conservation and exploration, which was the inspiration for One World, Two Feet.
Press – Competitive Reef Building
I always love speaking with people about reefs and living shorelines! Though I usually try to do so not in front of the camera on a hot and humid Florida day. “The Choctawhatchee Basin Alliance’s latest project presented a big challenge to the nonprofit organization. The 1,400-foot breakwater reef at Eglin Air Force Base’s Post’l Point recreation…
10000 Birds – The Sandhill Cranes vs. Canada Geese
The stage is set for two rival gangs to fight over coveted territory: a grassy lawn bordered by a dirt road and a smattering of trees, surrounded by grassland and marsh. Read the entire blog on 10000 Birds!