We explore ice age Florida through artifacts and fossils excavated on the Wacissa River, and learn about the archeological methods that tell us their story.
Wacissa River
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Aucilla/ Wacissa WatershedEcoAdventuresKayak and Canoe AdventuresRivers and Streams
Wacissa Springs Adventure | Kayaking a Wild Florida River
We kayak to several Wacissa River springs an unseasonably warm January Day. Reptiles were out in full force, and it wasn’t a bad day for a swim.
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ArcheologyAucilla/ Wacissa WatershedNative CultureRivers and Streams
Underwater Archeology | Excavating the Wacissa River
Archeologists scuba dive the Wacissa River to uncover artifacts that could be 12,000 years old or older. Also, we ponder the “First Floridians.”
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ArcheologyAucilla/ Wacissa WatershedNative CultureRivers and Streams
Archeology on the Wacissa: Solving Underwater Mysteries
Volunteering on Wacissa River excavations led to a Tallahassee man entering a Ph.D. program at Texas A&M. We visit his 12,000 year old site, being dug now.
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EcoAdventuresKayak and Canoe AdventuresRivers and Streams
Video: Kayaking and Canoeing the Wacissa with the Green Guides
In this video of our latest EcoAdventure down the Wacissa, someone made a comment that, a month after we taped it, has biologists, DEP officials, and Green Guides aiding us on a quest to understand where all the limpkins at Wakulla Springs went.
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EcoAdventuresEcology in Art & LiteratureWildlife in North Florida- Critters Big and Small
Paint Every Feather
Part two of our Green Guide EcoAdventure takes us down the Wacissa River. One of our Guides was George Weymouth, a painter, sculptor, and arrowhead maker with an intense eye for detail. Watch this web exclusive video to see how he plucks a scene from his memory and layers on feathers, scales, and ripples.