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 […]
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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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
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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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
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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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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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
By Jim McClellan There’s a stand of willows at the south end of Iamonia Lake, an oxbow off the Apalachicola River. The willows are right in the middle of the channel and if you’re driving a boat on that stretch, you have to choose right or left. One way takes you to the river; the
By: Robyn Parrish-Hill It beckons to me whispering, “Come and see. Come and see.” I am drawn to this life force, intoxicated by the beauty that Mother Nature has so lovingly created. My words are silenced by the sweet song of the gentle waves that caress the shore. Echoes of the past slowly creep around
