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      • Kayak and Canoe Adventures
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    • Observations From the Field
      • White Pelicans Visit Dr. Charles L. Evans Pond in Tallahassee
      • An April Walk at Ochlockonee River WMA
      • Nesting Raptors at Honeymoon Island State Park
    • WFSU Public Media Home
  • Documentaries
    • In Their Words: Black Legacy Communities in North Florida
    • EcoCitizen Show | Seasons in South Tallahassee
    • Red Wolf Family Celebrates First Year at the Tallahassee Museum
    • Roaming the Red Hills
    • Oyster Doctors
    • Testing the Ecology of Fear
    • EcoShakespeare
    • Stories from the Apalachicola
    • Classic WFSU Ecology Documentaries
  • Habitats
    • Estuaries
      • Oyster Reef
        • The Effects of Predators and Fear on Oyster Reefs
        • Apalachicola Oyster Research
        • Animal Species in a North Florida Intertidal Oyster Reef
        • Oyster Reef Ecology | On the Reef
      • Salt Marsh
        • In the Grass- Salt Marsh Biodiversity Study
        • Plants and Animals of a North Florida Salt Marsh
        • Salt Marsh Ecology | In the Grass
      • Seagrass Bed
        • Predatory Snails, and Prey, of the Bay Mouth Bar Seagrass Beds
      • In the Grass, On the Reef Glossary
    • Waterways Big and Small
      • Aucilla/ Wacissa Watershed
      • Apalachicola Basin
        • Apalachicola Bluffs and Ravines | Virtual Field Trip
        • The Age of Nature Screening & Discussion | The Future of the Apalachicola
        • Apalachicola River and Bay
        • Apalachicola RiverTrek | Kayaking, Camping, & Hiking the River Basin
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      • Devil’s Walkingstick: Your New Favorite Thorny Pollinator Plant?
      • Florida Native Milkweed | Tips for Growing Your Monarch Friendly Garden
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  • Apalachicola River and BayLongleaf Pine & Fire EcologyWildlife in North Florida- Critters Big and Small

    2023 Update On The Reintroduction Of Eastern Indigo Snakes To The Apalachicola Bluffs And Ravines Preserve

    by Liesel Hamilton April 26, 2023
    by Liesel Hamilton April 26, 2023

    The Nature Conservancy releases indigo snakes for the seventh consecutive year, reintroducing an apex predator into a biodiversity hotspot.

  • Apalachicola River and BayLongleaf Pine & Fire EcologyWildlife in North Florida- Critters Big and Small

    Latest Indigo Snake Release the Largest at Apalachicola Bluffs and Ravines Preserve

    by Rob Diaz de Villegas April 27, 2022
    by Rob Diaz de Villegas April 27, 2022

    The Nature Conservancy in Florida and its partners released 26 eastern indigo snakes at the Apalachicola Bluffs and Ravines Preserve.

  • Apalachicola River and BayLongleaf Pine & Fire EcologyPlants- From Wildflowers to Longleaf Pine

    Carnivorous Plants—Both Rare and Well Done—Along the Apalachicola

    by Rob Diaz de Villegas April 4, 2022
    by Rob Diaz de Villegas April 4, 2022

    We roam the Apalachicola National Forest around Sumatra, where we find rare carnivorous plants and a recently burned pitcher plant bog.

  • Apalachicola River and BayKayak and Canoe AdventuresRivers and StreamsSwamps and other Wetlands

    RiverTrek 2021: Five Days on the Apalachicola River

    by Rob Diaz de Villegas December 16, 2021
    by Rob Diaz de Villegas December 16, 2021

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

  • Apalachicola River and BayFlorida's CoastsPlants- From Wildflowers to Longleaf Pine

    22 Years of Counting Plants: the St. George Island Census

    by Dani Davis November 22, 2021
    by Dani Davis November 22, 2021

    FSU researchers use over twenty years of data to measure how St. George Island beach dune ecosystems respond to hurricanes.

  • Apalachicola River and BayLongleaf Pine & Fire EcologyPlants- From Wildflowers to Longleaf Pine

    Apalachicola Lowlands Preserve: A Family’s Labor of Love

    by Rob Diaz de Villegas September 27, 2021
    by Rob Diaz de Villegas September 27, 2021

    We trek through the Apalachicola Lowlands Preserve five weeks after a prescribed burn, in search of the rare plants that define the region.

  • Apalachicola River and Bay

    Apalachicola Slough Restoration: Getting More Water to Swamps, Bay

    by Rob Diaz de Villegas May 18, 2021
    by Rob Diaz de Villegas May 18, 2021

    Apalachicola Riverkeeper looks to open blocked connections- sloughs- between the river and the rich nutrients in its floodplain.

  • Apalachicola River and BaySwamps and other Wetlands

    With the Water War Trial Over, Can Florida, Georgia, and Alabama Share Water?

    by Rob Diaz de Villegas May 12, 2021
    by Rob Diaz de Villegas May 12, 2021

    WFSU, WABE in Atlanta, and Alabama Public Radio talk to stakeholders in their states about how to share water in the Apalachicola watershed.

  • Apalachicola River and BayOyster Reef Ecology | On the Reef

    Florida and Georgia Head to the Supreme Court — Again — In Fight Over Water

    by Rob Diaz de Villegas February 17, 2021
    by Rob Diaz de Villegas February 17, 2021

    WFSU (Tallahassee) and WABE (Atlanta) team up to cover the Florida vs Georgia Supreme Court fight for water in the Apalachicola/ Chattahoochee/ Flint basin.

  • Apalachicola River and BayFlorida's Coasts

    Building Climate Resiliency in the Apalachicola Watershed

    by Rob Diaz de Villegas November 5, 2020
    by Rob Diaz de Villegas November 5, 2020

    Climate change has left a mark on the Apalachicola watershed. We look at how habitat restoration and land purchases might make the region more resilient.

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We’ve been busy working on the north Florida part of the NOVA | PBS #ClimateAcrossAmerica initiative. Our first story for that initiative has just dropped, on protecting Florida’s coasts from storm surge. We’ve been out in the field recently for a few other stories you won’t want to miss

 

Fire and Black Carbon in the Longleaf Forest

 

Prescribed fire helps maintain biodiversity in longleaf ecosystems, but it releases carbon into the atmosphere. Despite this, burning might help these systems store carbon in the long term. This is our second story for the #ClimateAcrossAmerica initiative.

 

Black and Yellow Rails: the most secretive birds in North America

 

Fire also helps maintain biodiversity in coastal salt marshes. We head to the coast with Tall Timbers Research Station in search of two seldom seen birds that rely on fire: black and yellow rails.

 

The Brown-Headed Nuthatch, a bird with a unique family structure

 

Back at Tall Timbers, we visit the nests of one of the cutest inhabitants of the longleaf forest, the brown-headed nuthatch. It’s one of a few birds where extended family help raise young.

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