By Carolina Espejo February 2, 2026: The Apalachicola River is a place where the trees, water, and wildlife are deeply intertwined, making it a magical and vital ecosystem. Apalachicola Riverkeeper and Conservation Pathways recently joined forces to contribute to Riverkeeper’s Slough Restoration Project. We had the privilege of planting 30 young cypress trees along Spider’s […]

By Doug Alderson January 7, 2026: A key measure of any viable non-profit organization is volunteer engagement, and the summary of Apalachicola Riverkeeper’s 2025 volunteer hours tells a story of a healthy organization. Twenty-three different individuals logged in 1328 volunteer hours. At a dollar value of $25.43 an hour, this volunteer effort equals $33,125! Volunteer

December 23, 2025: When Apalachicola Riverkeeper Cameron Baxley says this about long-time Administrative Director Susan Macken, you know Susan will be missed: “Susan has been my work security blanket and my personal force field—comforting when things get tough and fierce when they need to be. Truly the best coworker I could ask for.  I’m endlessly

By Olivia Sherman Posted on 12/22/25: On Monday, November 17th, I was part of a group of four interns from Conservation Pathways who joined forces with Dan Tonsmeire and Lynn Wamp to continue restoration efforts of East River Slough. Conservation Pathways is a non-profit organization founded by Rebecca Means (a three time RiverTrekker!) in her

December 19, 2025: Nature granted us rare and pristine gifts in the Apalachicola River, Bay, and basin. Their worth is written in the living abundance and diversity they cradle—not in the profit others would extract from their ruination. The work of Apalachicola Riverkeeper is to keep a steadfast watch over these gifts and to answer

By Dan Tonsmeire, Cameron Baxley, Doug Alderson, and Georgia Ackerman ***Updated  10/24/2025*** The USACE Mobile District is considering the reinstatement of navigational dredging of the Apalachicola River, below Woodruff Dam, south to the “Pinhook” of the Apalachicola River. Background information on the project can be viewed HERE.  A recording of the August 12 Virtual Public

By Michael Ganey and Doug Alderson, December 18, 2025 Dear Friends, Neighbors, and Stewards of the Earth: I am the Apalachicola River, a 107-mile lifeline flowing through the heart of Florida’s Panhandle, from the Georgia-Florida border at Chattahoochee to the vibrant Apalachicola Bay, where I meet the Gulf of Mexico. For centuries, I have been

By Scott Walls November 25, 2025–The National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) funded an aerial LiDAR* survey project, flown of the non-tidal regions of the Apalachicola River floodplain. LiDAR sensors use infrared lasers from a high-precision scanner to measure the ground surface and create high resolution surface models, even beneath trees. Previous LiDAR datasets of

By Becca Sapienza November 26, 2025–Two thousand miles. That’s how far many monarch butterflies will travel to reach their overwintering grounds. This alone seems like no simple feat. But imagine carrying a solar backpack and being tracked too? If you attended the Flight of the Monarch Event at the Apalachicola National Estuarine Research Reserve (ANERR)