Chipola River

We kayak down the Chipola River in north Florida, stopping to explore a cave called the Ovens, and have lunch alongside a spring.

Beneath scenic Merritt’s Mill Pond in Jackson County, Florida, researchers from Florida A&M University discover a new species of cave crustacean.

Bruce Means takes us onto seepage slopes in the Chipola River floodplain to look for a newly named species- the Hillis’s dwarf salamander.

We canoe down the Upper Chipola River, a slice of “Old Florida.” That includes ghosts from the 1800s and a little unpredictability while on the water.

We kayak the spring fed waters of Merritt’s Mill Pond, a scenic corner of the Apalachicola watershed in Jackson County.

Nestled between the Apalachicola River and the mysterious Dead Lakes, Wewahitchka is a river town built for water play, and the tupelo honey capitol.