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Blue Crab Research in Apalachicola Bay by Dan Tonsmeire

By Riverkeeper / November 2, 2017

Dr. Andy Gannon, of Birmingham-Southern College, is conducting a research project in the Apalachicola Bay to study how changing salinity patterns in the Apalachicola Estuary are affecting Blue Crab (Callinectes sapidus) populations, including their migration patterns, recruitment, parasite load, survival and reproduction. Apalachicola Riverkeeper is providing some initial coordination and episodic boat support. This study […]

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Dan Tonsmeire, our Apalachicola Riverkeeper since 2004, to retire

By Riverkeeper / October 23, 2017

Dear Members and Friends, Earlier this year, our tireless leader and man-in-perpetual motion, Dan Tonsmeire, let us know that he would like to retire. For a while, we pretended not to hear him and simply hoped the feeling would pass. Unfortunately, it didn’t. As a result, the board of directors has been working for some

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Day One Rivertrek 2017

By Riverkeeper / October 12, 2017

Means Creek, Day One Rivertrek 2017, by Harley Means We met the Rivertrek group at the confluence of Means Creek and the Apalachicola River. The group hiked up a limestone escarpment and headed east. Along the way we observed limestone cropping out near the surface and saw several sinkholes as we neared the caves. At

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Environmental groups oppose new county and state permits for drilling in Calhoun County

By Riverkeeper / September 26, 2017

For Immediate Release September 25, 2017 Contact: Dan Tonsmeire, Apalachicola Riverkeeper 850.653.8936 Environmental groups oppose new county and state permits for drilling in Calhoun County Apalachicola, FL – Florida environmentalists are weighing in on a proposal to drill for oil in Florida’s Apalachicola Basin. The application by Spooner Petroleum of Ridgeland Mississippi, seeks approval to

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The Origins of RiverTrek by Earl Morrogh

By Riverkeeper / August 31, 2017

As Apalachicola Riverkeeper’s 2017 RiverTrek prepares for its October launch, former board member Earl Morrogh talks about the how he conceived and executed the very first such trip. Although October mornings in northwest Florida are typically cool and dry, this particular mid-October day in 2009 had dawned warm and moist. Heavy fog obscured the opposite

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Protecting the Apalachicola – A National Treasure

By Riverkeeper / May 2, 2017

We could not simply sit by as this incredible ecosystem was pushed to the brink.” The National Wildlife Federation is fighting to protect the Apalachicola River. Read the story here http://blog.nwf.org/2017/05/protecting-the-apalachicola-a-national-treasure/

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A Sweet Life Along the Apalachicola

By Georgia Ackerman / October 25, 2016

by Doug Alderson For more than 80 years, Donald Lanier has lived along the lower Apalachicola River near Wewahitchka. He learned the family beekeeping trade in the wide river floodplain, and he later worked on a snag boat for the Army Corps of Engineers. “My parents took me down the river in an apple crate

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Florida, Georgia water war decisions will impact entire nation

By Georgia Ackerman / September 19, 2016

by Dan Tonsmeire A vital piece of Florida’s economy and livelihoods are hinging on historic actions this year by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the Supreme Court of the United States. It’s a continuation of the Florida-Georgia water war — one that’s been going on for decades. The trial is set for October

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Good times at Goodwood in support of Apalachicola Riverkeeper

By Riverkeeper / June 10, 2016

By Jim McClellan A mountain of ice cream, a forest of toppings and a stream of people filled the Carriage House at Tallahassee’s Goodwood Museum and Gardens on June 5 to celebrate and help protect the river all of them hold dear. The occasion was the annual Apalachicola

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The Apalachicola—More Than a Name

By Riverkeeper / April 12, 2016

By Doug Alderson Perhaps fog is the perfect symbol for adventure. You can’t see far ahead. Obstacles come into view quickly—shoals, islands, rocks, bridges, rusted heaps of steam ships along the opposite shore. Stop for a moment and your companions are lost in the mist. Only their excited voices carry. Swallowing fog. Engulfing. That’s how

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