Apalachicola River and Bay

Habitat restoration in the Apalachicola Bluffs and ravines sends ripples throughout the whole river system, and preserves globally rare ecology and geology.

In October, WFSU is airing a PBS mini-series called Age of Nature. In the coming weeks, we ‘ll explore the show’s themes along the Apalachicola River basin.

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

We join The Nature Conservancy as they search for eastern indigo snakes released at the Apalachicola Bluffs and Ravines Preserve.

FSU Oceanographer Jeff Chanton shows how Hurricane Michael advanced sea level rise on Saint Vincent Island and along Highway 98.

Torreya State Park and The Nature Conservancy plant over 1.6 million longleaf pine in an effort to restore park land to fire dependent sandhill habitat.

We visit Torreya State Park one year after Hurricane Michael. How does the loss of trees affect the unique ecosystems for which the park is known?

FWC suspects that fish kills on the Apalachicola River are connected to a sewage spill in Wewahitchka. Fish kills are also common following hurricanes.

We venture into floodplain swamps with the new Apalachicola Riverkeeper, mucking around to find the connection between tupelo trees and Apalachicola Bay.

In a steephead ravine by the Apalachicola River, we look for the Apalachicola dusky salamander with Bruce Means. Here, we find a pocket of ice age Florida.