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Emerald Coasting – Scuba Diving at Destin’s East Jetty

I couldn’t wait. After spending hours completing an online course and two days in the pool, I was ready to scuba dive in open water. Scuba Tech instructors were leading the dive, and taking us out to East Jetty in Destin. After weeks of enjoying the above-water environment along the Emerald Coast, I felt so…

Duke Nicholas School – Is Ecotourism the Natural World’s Silver Bullet?

In 1991, the New York Times ran an article entitled: “Ecotourism: Can it Protect the Planet?” You’ll notice that, fifteen years later, I am asking myself the same question. Eric Weiner – author of the piece – went on to write that “[a] new word has entered the lexicon of travel: ecotourism. Born of the…

Florida State Parks – Stephen Foster

Donald Forgione, Director of the Florida Park Service, and I stood on the bank of the Suwannee River at Stephen Foster Folk Culture Center State Park. The water flowed dark and cool at our feet, stretching over 200 miles from Georgia and eventually into the Gulf of Mexico. Read the rest on Firsthand Florida Fun!