March 27, 2019 Phoenix–  Georgia Ackerman, Riverkeeper and Executive Director of Apalachicola Riverkeeper joined a panel presentation at the 10X Water Summit this week.  The summit addressed the realities of water including increased demand, diminishing resources, more frequent inundation, and even questions of retreat pressed by such circumstances. In addition to case studies from across the […]

“Many hands make light work.” March 31, 2019 Most people consider moving a bit of hassle to a major inconvenience for obvious reasons, such as the sorting, packing and hauling.  However, when energetic, caring volunteers are added to the mixture, somehow moving is sort of fun. Really! We moved our office last week thanks to

Every month Apalachicola Riverkeeper eco-outings volunteers lead a hiking or paddling trip in our watershed. In February, we explored the upper Apalachiola River from Chattahoochee to Ocheesee Landing with a pit stop at Aspalaga for lunch. Our small group gathered around a fallen tree to eat lunch and ponder whether the rain would get us. (A light

In late February, we spent several boating trips conducting visual surveys of the sloughs (pronounced, “slews”), associated with the lower Apalachicola, Brothers and Chipola Rivers. These included Douglas Slough and Spider Cut.  According to FWC, there are over 400 miles of sloughs, streams and lakes in the floodplain of the Apalachicola River.     Floodplains

Forests of the Apalachicola River region affected by Hurricane Michael by Diane Hines On February 12th, a Hurricane Recovery Workshop was held in Blountstown entitled: Taking the Next Steps to Salvage and Restoration of Forests and Natural Resources Impacted by Hurricane Michael.  By a show of hands, more than ten Northwest Florida counties were represented,

Jan 16, 2019– Atlanta area Westminster High School students spent two days in Apalachicola as part of their hands-on education of the Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint Rivers and Bay system. The 9th graders are learning about the connectivity and entirety of the ACF basin.They are visiting various places in the basin. For example, they also traveled north of

January 10, 2019 The Big Bend Sierra Club hosted a screening of the documentary, Stories from the Apalachicola, an Endangered River, in Tallahassee. It was standing room only with over 100 people in attendance. A panel discussion with film producers, Aleks Iricanin and Samantha Simons, executive producer, Dr. Andy Opel and riverkeeper, Georgia Ackerman followed

by Georgia Ackerman December 17, 2018–Today, Roy Ogles*, and I checked on river conditions, also called visual surveys, along 25 miles of the lower Apalachicola River.   We launched from Abercrombie Landing, more commonly known as Pine Log, around 10:30 am.  Pine Log is a popular launch for winter duck hunters and we chatted with several

Have you noticed trees or plants around the Apalachicola watershed blooming in winter, when they typically bloom in spring? During our visual river surveys, we’ve noticed this on various stretches of the river, including the Chipola and Dead Lakes. Hurricane Michael plowed through North Florida damaging and destroying seemingly innumerable trees and plant species. Now,

December 10–The RiverTrek campaign concluded last week with paddlers completing their wilderness immersion experience, spending four days camping and kayaking together with guest speakers visiting along the way. Adaptive planning and dedicated teamwork were the hallmarks of this year’s RiverTrek team.  The original October trip was postponed due to Hurricane Michael. Then December brought us