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Explore The Outdoors Festival a huge success

It was a perfect day outdoors for all explorers at the Sixth Annual Explore The Outdoors Festival. Hundreds of children and adults enjoyed a variety of activities along Black Creek at Live Oak Landing. Hands on activities included fishing, rod/reel giveaways, kayaking, wildlife encounters, interactive educational exhibits, nature-based crafts and much more. Walton Outdoors would like to extend a hearty thanks to the wonderful exhibitors that participated in making the day a huge success: • Live Oak Landing an RVC...

Guided tour of Grayton Beach wet prairies Oct. 7

Date/Time: Oct. 7, 2015 – 9 – 10:30 a.m. The Choctawhatchee Basin Alliance (CBA), in partnership with Northwest Florida State College, are offering the fall season of their popular eco-tourism initiative, Eco Adventures of Walton County. Join the Park Ranger for an informative tour of some of the park’s Wet Prairie Restoration areas. Learn the importance of these areas, which endangered plants call them home, and how swamp titi trees impact the hydrology and flora of these areas. The ranger...

Autumn brings colorful wildflowers and butterflies to South Walton

Autumn is an extraordinary time to explore the outdoors in South Walton. The forest trails are awash in a colorful abundance of seasonal wildflowers and migrating butterflies. We are fortunate to have several State Parks along with the Point Washington State Forest in our own backyard. The pine flatwoods, coastal dunes, and salt marsh, our area of the Florida Panhandle is a magnet for migrating butterflies heading south for the winter. A few of the native wildflowers in bloom this time...

Learn to cast a net at Grayton Beach State Park July 29

Date/time: Wednesday, July 29th at 2:00 p.m. Join Ranger Rooster for a cast net fishing demonstration. Experience how to properly throw a cast net and learn what fish can be caught using the cast net. Participants will meet at the boat ramp parking area. Sunscreen, drinking water, appropriate clothing, and hat are suggested. This program will take approximately 1 hour. Directions: Grayton Beach State Park is located South of U.S. 98 approximately halfway between Panama City Beach and Destin. Take...

SWARA to launch artificial reef off of Grayton Beach

Update July 8: On Friday, July 10, the South Walton Artificial Reed Association will be deploying an artificial reef off of Grayton Beach State Park. There is an event planned with this deployment that will be at Grayton Beach State Park beginning at 10 a.m. What started as a great idea is now coming to fruition for divers, snorkelers, and anglers seeking to explore the waters off the coastline of South Walton. Local resident Andy McAlexander came up with the...

Learn about black bears at Topsail Hill Preserve State Park July 10

Date/time: Friday July 10th, 1- 2:30 p.m. Topsail Hill Preserve State Park invites you to an informational program on the Florida Black Bear. This program will cover the basics of the bear’s life in Florida, such as life span, denning habits, eating habits, and much more. This will be an all ages program and will take place in the clubhouse. Enter the park through the main gate and park staff will direct you to the clubhouse. Admission into the park...