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Audubon Florida seeking shorebird stewards for area State Parks

It is beach bird nesting season with birds and chicks out on the beaches with lots of beach goers. Bird stewards are needed to help with their survival. By helping to educate the public and heading off disturbances by volunteering with Audubon Florida. “If you can spare a few hours a week, month or season, your help would be greatly appreciated. We need help every weekend thru summer, but especially on holiday weekends. Memorial Day weekend is just around the...

Enjoy sunrise and morning yoga at Kellogg Bayside Park every Wednesday in May

Sunrise time: 6:30 – 7:45 a.m. – May 14, 21, 28 Morning time: 10:30 a.m. – 12 Noon Hosted by Choctawhatchee Basin Alliance, Discover Roads Less Traveled eco-tours will introduce you to some very special places in South Walton. Take time to relax and start your day off right with exercise. Join in for a sunrise yoga class and meditation in a shaded park with magnificent oak trees along the serene Choctawhatchee Bay. No experience is needed and all ages...

Walton naturalist nurtures bluebird breeding progam at Hammock Bay

At Hammock Bay in Freeport, there is much aflutter this spring as beautiful bluebirds can be spotted everywhere. As part of a bluebird breeding program maintained by naturalist Joe Wyatt, Hammock Bay has 65 bluebird boxes scattered across their neighborhoods. This spring, the boxes have a 98 percent occupancy rate. This is the eighth year Wyatt has been running the bluebird breeding program.  The success has been quite good with close to 300 fledglings each year. Cool Facts about bluebirds: • It...

A beautiful day to be outdoors

It’s a beautiful day. Head outdoors. Rain is gone, things are drying up. Here is a list of latest road closures in north and south Walton. All of Scenic Hwy. 30A is open except where construction is on west end. NORTH WALTON County Line Rd off of Varnum Rd – 100’ x25’ washed out Passable Wallace Rd off Sandy Ramp Rd Closed Aplin Rd off Sandy Ramp Rd Passable Double Bridge Rd off State Highway 85 – road half washed...