Yard design and maintenance can have a big effect on adjacent water bodies. Participants in this workshop will learn about resources to help them transform their yard into a luscious bay conscious landscape. The class will also feature innovative Green Infrastructure techniques such as rain gardens, green roofs, and bio-swales. Come find out how to be good to the bay and reduce your water bills. The class is free but please register in advance on our Eventbrite page found here.…

Jon Brucker will talk about the diverse and fragile ecosystems that surround seagrasses in the Central Panhandle Aquatic Preserves.

The Apalachicola River has been called “the Lifeblood of the Bay.” Freshwater from the river mixes with salty gulf creating Apalachicola Bay, one of the most pristine and productive estuaries in the country. The river has always played an important role in Apalachicola’s history and it is vital to our lives today. It is also a significant resource for the state of Florida, and its freshwater flow is critical to the health and productivity of the Gulf of Mexico. Participants…

Do you know what an estuary is and why it is so vital our economy and way of life? Join the Apalachicola National Estuarine Research Reserve this Spring as we explore the estuary we depend on. Participants will learn about the habitats and creatures that make up our estuary and how the river and bay are intricately connected. We will see these habitats up close aboard the Reserve’s research vessel the Henry Lee. The class cost is free to attend…

(Presented at Eastpoint Beer Company - 374 US 98 Eastpoint, FL) Oysters are a keystone species, meaning they support large swaths of an ecological food web. In addition to filtering and feeding the bay they also provide shelter for many other creatures that depend on the clumps of shells for protection. In this talk we will discuss all these things in more detail as well as talk about some of the challenges that currently face our beloved bivalves. Registration is…

Yard design and maintenance can have a big effect on adjacent water bodies. Participants in this workshop will learn about resources to help them transform their yard into a luscious bay conscious landscape. The class will also feature innovative Green Infrastructure techniques such as rain gardens, green roofs, and bio-swales. Come find out how to be good to the bay and reduce your water bills. The class is free but please register in advance on our Eventbrite page found here.…

The Apalachicola River has been called “the Lifeblood of the Bay.” Freshwater from the river mixes with salty gulf creating Apalachicola Bay, one of the most pristine and productive estuaries in the country. The river has always played an important role in Apalachicola’s history and it is vital to our lives today. It is also a significant resource for the state of Florida, and its freshwater flow is critical to the health and productivity of the Gulf of Mexico. Participants…

Megan Lamb from the Apalachicola National Estuarine Research Reserve is ‘eggsamining’ the temperatures in sea turtle nests. Sea turtles eggs are very sensitive to thermal changes – temperatures during incubation have an impact on the ratio of female and male hatchlings that develop in a nest. Come to the Reserve's Nature Center to hear about a research project that looks into finding out what's going on under the sand.