May 7, 2019 Below the Dam Band belted out harmonious tunes under the majestic oak trees at Goodwood’s Jubilee Cottage, while Tallahassee members and supporters of Apalachicola Riverkeeper piled toppings on their scooped ice cream.   This year, there were many young families in attendance and the kids created the best personal sundaes! Special thanks to […]

April 27, 2019 By Georgia Ackerman We had a memorable morning exploring the Dead Lakes today. Swallow-tail kites, Mississippi kites, Barbours map turtles and more were spotted when we explored the tannic waters of Dead Lakes, the destination on our April’s Eco-educational Outing. Thank you Matthew Godwin of Off The Map Expeditions for sponsoring and leading this

April 23, 2019 By Georgia Ackerman Today, I joined Shannon Hartsfield during his morning rounds to oysters bars in Apalachicola Bay.  We met under the bridge at St. George Island where he launches his oyster boat. Shannon conducts water quality monitoring tests at three oyster bars, Dry Bar, Hotel Bar and Bulkhead Bar, as part

  March 23, 2019 St. George Island–Our Annual Meeting and Dinner at the St. George Island firehouse, featuring Dr. Felicia Coleman as the guest speaker,  quickly become standing room only as members joined the Board of Directors for the yearly event which included fabulous bluegrass music by The Flathead Strings Band.  In fact, the Low-County

By Georgia Ackerman April 12, 2019–Today, Roy Ogles, Mark Ringlever and I conducted a visual survey from Bloody Bluff to Gaskins Landing in Wewahitchka.  I was especially interested in checking on several sloughs, including Spider Cut and Douglas Slough. There are over 400 miles of sloughs, streams and lakes in the floodplain of the Apalachicola

By Georgia Ackerman April 11, 2019.  Today we motored over from Pine Log, also called Abercrombie Landing, across the river to Acorn Lake. This is a terrific area to visit via kayak or canoe. In fact, it is part of FWC’s paddling trail system. We spotted several swallow-tail kites high above the trees. Joe Crozier

April 7, 2019 Chattahoochee, FL– Athena Salon & Spa kicked off April Earth Month with a power-packed park and boat ramp clean up at Hopkins Landing on Sunday morning. The team of stylists and family members, including salon owner Mary Rolling, swiftly filled numerous trash bags with debris from the river banks and adjacent park.

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