Nearly 50 teams competed in the 14th Annual Old Nick’s Redfish Roundup, Saturday, hoping to win $10,000 in prizes. Hosted by Nick’s Seafood Restaurant and Treylermade Tournaments, the roundup donated $1250 to the Choctawhatchee Basin Alliance (CBA) to support swimmable and fishable waterways in Okaloosa and Walton Counties. “Anglers are such an important part of…
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CBA – Shoreline Grasses Growing at Post’l Point
In the summer of 2018, CBA worked with Eglin Air Force Base, Corvias, and over 100 volunteers to create a reef breakwater and living shoreline to reduce erosion along Post’l Point. Nearly a year later, native marsh grasses and other vegetation are beginning to stabilize the land behind the breakwaters. See the full blog post…
CBA – Destin Forward Works with CBA to Build Living Shoreline and Refurbish Research Vessels
The 2018-2019 Destin Forward class has teamed up with the Choctawhatchee Basin Alliance (CBA) to build a living shoreline in Ross Marler Park and restore CBA’s research vessels for future monitoring and living shoreline initiatives. The Destin Forward leadership class, a program of the Destin Chamber of Commerce, discovers the inner workings of Destin through…
E. Zambello Writing and Art 