February 5, 2010

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Public forum on proposal to allow oil drilling well attended

More than 150 people attended the public forum on proposed legislation to allow drilling off Florida coast Feb. 4 at South Walton High School Feb. 4. There were three presenters on the panel, Eric Draper, deputy director of Audubon Florida was at the forum speaking against the proposed drilling on behalf of protectfloridasbeaches.org. David McLain, senior policy director for Apalachicola Riverkeeper, also spoke against proposed drilling. As a former oil spill clean up expert, McLain spoke about the impact of...

Habitat for Humanity of Walton County Florida announces its first Women Build program

Enjoy the spirit of giving and volunteer for Habitat For Humanity’s Women Build In late February, Habitat for Humanity of Walton County volunteers who have been working on House # 19 in Mossy Head, will be passing the hard hat over to a team comprised exclusively of women for the inaugural Women Build project. The Women Build teams will install trim work, hang cabinets, paint, landscape, and complete the punch list to prepare the home for the new occupant. Women...

Deer season is not over yet in Florida Panhandle

Outta the woods: Northwest Florida deer in rut Thus far, this deer season has been pretty good to me as far as quantity goes.  I shot two does during doe week, and I got my season limit on fall gobblers, but I have yet to even see horns, much less harvest a buck.  But I still have plenty of room left in my freezer, and I’m not throwing in the towel just yet.  After all, there are still lots of...

Northwest Florida Water Management District monitors area springs

Spring sampling helps protect resources Since 2001 the Northwest Florida Water Management District has helped protect the region’s springs by collecting data, conducting spring inventories and monitoring water quality and distribution.  This is part of the statewide Florida Springs Initiative, funded by the Florida Legislature, administered by the Florida Department of Environmental Protection. Some of the measurements taken by the District are nitrate concentrations, and they tell an important story. “The nitrate load discharged from Jackson Blue Spring represents an...