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Oyster reef building volunteers needed Aug. 5th, 12th and 26th

The Choctawhatchee Basin Alliance is looking for volunteers to help build an oyster reefs on Aug. 5th 12th and 26th. The project will last from 9 a.m. – 2 p.m. You will be bagging oyster shell at the South Walton Center of Northwest Florida State College. Everyone will travel as a group to place bagged oyster shell in the water at a reef site near Live Oak Point (Hogtown Bayou). Some transportation to reef site is available. Meet at the...

Get in free at a Florida State Park July 17

Celebrate National Recreation and Parks month at a park near you In honor of July being recognized as National Recreation and Parks Month, the Florida Department of Environmental Protection’s Florida Park Service invites visitors to explore Florida’s 160 state parks this Sunday, July 17, 2011 free of charge. All 160 Florida State Parks (except Skyway Fishing Pier) will offer free day-use entry for this day only. Weeki Wachee Springs State Park, including Buccaneer Bay, as well as Ellie Schiller Homosassa...

Wading birds forage in South Walton

Early morning brings birding opportunities Early risers may have a great opportunity to watch some beautiful birds. These wading birds were spotted two mornings in a row foraging in a wetland area off of J.D. Miller Road in South Walton County. Some of the birds spotted around 6 a.m. were white ibis, little blue herons, great egrets along with mottled colored first summer white ibis and juvenile little blue herons....