"Apalachicola River"

Environmental groups are asking a federal appeals court to hear arguments in a challenge to U.S. Army Corps of Engineers decisions that affect water flowing into the Northwest Florida river.

RiverTrek is a five day kayak trip down the Apalachicola River. We explore swamps, camp on sand bars, and meet some locals.

Oysters aren’t the only industry depending on water flowing from the Apalachicola River.The trees that make Florida’s famous tupelo honey also need water flowing through the river to survive.

Our family hikes the Garden of Eden Trail through steephead ravines, a recently burned longleaf forest, and up to Florida’s highest river bluff.

The upper Apalachicola River has geology like no other in Florida. Geologist Harley Means reads rocks and finds fossils in Means Creek and on Alum Bluff.

Kayak Tate’s Hell and ride with the Riverkeeper through the Apalachicola River delta. These wetlands & waterways are important to the local seafood economy.

A WFSU producer takes his 4-year-old son kayaking and camping for two days of Apalachicola RiverTrek. A companion cycle trip tours forests along the river.

We head into the swampland surrounding the Apalachicola River for a glimpse at a culture rooted in generations of hunting and fishing.

A WFSU producer takes his son to the Apalachicola River on a small stretch of RiverTrek 2014. Camping and kayaking with a three-year-old has its challenges.