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Coastal Calendar
Coastal Roundup July 13th – July 20th, 2012

by Rebecca July 13, 2012

by Rebecca July 13, 2012

Fishing the Forgotten Coast, volunteer opportunities, and robotic trash collectors of the ocean and more on this week’s Coastal Roundup.
EcoAdventures
Florida Trail: Shepherd Spring, Cathedral of Palms, Sopchoppy River

by Rob Diaz de Villegas November 30, 2011

by Rob Diaz de Villegas November 30, 2011

We explore the Florida National Scenic Trail in Wakulla County, from Shephard Spring in the St. Marks Refuge to the Sopchoppy River in the Apalachicola national Forest.

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.

M	T	W	T	F	S	S
1	2	3	4	5	6	7
8	9	10	11	12	13	14
15	16	17	18	19	20	21
22	23	24	25	26	27	28
29	30	31

Sopchoppy River

Coastal Roundup July 13th – July 20th, 2012

Florida Trail: Shepherd Spring, Cathedral of Palms, Sopchoppy River