The native Florida fish species swirled around me, oblivious to my wide eyes inside Ellie Schiller Homosassa Springs Wildlife State Park’s Underwater Observatory. Built down into the spring itself, the circular, subsurface room flowed blue, light streaming in from the giant windows. Read the rest on Firsthand Florida Fun!
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.
Florida State Parks – Fanning Springs
I saw a manatee! Floating up from the bottom of Fanning Springs, the gentle giant mammal lifted her gray snout above the water, her back just barely breaking the surface before sinking back down once more. It doesn’t matter how many times I see Florida’s manatees, I remain captivated by this unique sighting. Read the…
Voices for Biodiversity – Guana Tolomato Matanzas National Estuarine Research Reserve
I disembarked at Guana Tolomato Matanzas National Estuarine Research Reserve (mercifully abbreviated to GTM NERR) with a group of practitioners, researchers and ecologists from around the world. The group had descended on Jacksonville, Florida, for a conference on ecosystem services, and GTM NERR provided the perfect living laboratory for their field trip. Read the rest on…
E. Zambello Writing and Art 