By Dan Tonsmeire, Cameron Baxley, Doug Alderson, and Georgia Ackerman ***Updated 10/24/2025*** The USACE Mobile District is considering thereinstatement 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 meeting […]
By Doug Alderson The annual International Coastal Cleanup brings Franklin Countians and friends together like few other events, and this year was no different. From Bald Point to St. George to Apalachicola to St. Vincent National Wildlife Refuge, 215 volunteers spread out to make our scenic shorelines even more beautiful, and to reduce hazards to
Another Successful Coastal Cleanup! And the most unusual item was… Read More »
By Doug Alderson Sept 15, 2025–It’s always good to gather with friends and Apalachicola Riverkeeper supporters throughout the Basin. On Friday, September 12, Cameron Baxley, our Riverkeeper, Georgia Ackerman and I met with long-time ARK supporters in Calhoun County. Of course, we gathered by the river, and what better spot than Neal Landing with its
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August 19, 2025 – The Environmental Defense Alliance and Waterkeepers Florida have filed a lawsuit against Lee M. Zeldin, Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), for failing to adopt water quality protections concerning toxic and cancer-causing chemicals in Florida’s waters. 1 Water quality criteria for dozens of toxic chemicals that affect human health are
By Erin Nixon Hi! My name is Erin Nixon, and I’m a senior at Florida State University studying Marketing with a minor in Environment and Society. This summer I had the privilege of serving as a Sustainability Fellow through a partnership between FSU Sustainable Campus and Apalachicola Riverkeeper. The Fellow’s program connects students with local
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By Cameron Baxley, Apalachicola Riverkeeper This week I had the lucky assignment of visiting one of our watershed’s many unique spots: Little St. George Island, also known as Cape St. George. Managed by the Apalachicola National Estuarine Research Reserve (ANERR), this barrier island is basically prime real estate for sea turtles, shorebirds, bald eagles, and
The Luckiest Assignment Ever: Surveying Sea Turtle Nests on Cape St. George Read More »
By Cameron Baxley August 21, 2025 What do you do the day before leaving for college? Pack? Say emotional goodbyes? Nope. If you’re Mya Huckeba and Isabella Nations, you climb aboard a boat with two Apalachiocla Riverkeeper folks who can’t stop talking about fish and floodplains. On their very last day before college, our 2025
Celebrating Our 2025 Riverkeeper Scholars on the River Read More »
By Caitlin McCauley August,12, 2025–Apalachicola Riverkeeper’s monthly volunteer cleanup at Mill Pond was on August 9th. Mill Pond gets its name from back in the day when it was a sawmill where timber was processed after coming down river. If you visit today, you will see numerous shrimp boats docked. Locals and tourists alike enjoy
Apalachicola Riverkeeper has fought a series of oil and gas drilling permits in recent years. Updates are listed here chronically, with the newest information at the top. Scroll through the full page for more background and history on oil drilling in the Apalachicola River Basin. UPDATE****July 16, 2025 Clearwater Land and Minerals has filed a
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by Doug Alderson August 3, 2025–Not only is Chattahoochee’s River Landing Park beautiful, it is historic, going back thousands of years. And for the last several years, it’s the place where our annual RiverTrek begins, so it has sentimental value for those of us who have paddled the river in its entirety. That’s one reason
