The Resource: 

The Apalachicola River flows from the confluence of the Flint and Chattahoochee rivers at the Georgia/Florida border over 107 miles through the high bluffs of Grand Ridge and Cody Scarp to the Gulf Coastal Lowlands (an area often referred to as the “Garden of Eden) before it reaches Apalachicola Bay. This relatively undeveloped basin plays a major role in supporting a billion dollar offshore seafood industry in the Gulf of Mexico. It produces over 90% of the oyster harvest in Florida and over 13% of the nation’s oyster production.  

The Apalachicola River has the largest volume of Florida’s rivers and the highest documented biodiversity of any river system in North America. Apalachicola Bay has been recognized as an exceptionally valuable estuarine system, one of the most outstanding left in the Northern Hemisphere.  Taken as a whole, this River and Bay System is truly an American treasure.