Photo used with permission from the Choctawhatchee Basin Alliance. Thigh-deep in the warm, brackish water of the Choctawhatchee Bay, volunteers stood in straight lines. Their arm-lengths connected a barge loaded down with bagged oyster shells to a partially completed oyster reef in Marina Cove, Niceville. Moving as one, volunteers from the barge handed off mesh…
Florida State Parks – Wakulla Springs State Park
The river boat slipped down the Wakulla, gliding a few feet above swaying eel grass, swimming mullet, impressive gar and cool spring water. The park’s boat tour, led by a local ranger, took my husband and I along the banks for over a mile before turning back to the dock near the swimming area. Read…
Nat Geo Voices – Everglades Restoration
As part of an ongoing project, Erika Zambello is visiting all National Estuarine Research Reserves in the continental United States. Established by NOAA, the sites work together toward long-term research, education and coastal stewardship. Changing Waters At first glance, the waterways within Rookery Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve (RB NERR) seem pristine. While I kayaked…
