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Makin' a move! This Great Blue Heron is in a read

Makin' a move!
This Great Blue Heron is in a ready-stance, poised to take care of business--just like CBA! We are working hard to sustain swimmable, fishable, livable waterways now and into the future. Find out how you can get involved in exciting new volunteer opportunities at the link in the bio. Take action for our waterways! Join CBA, sign up, for the newsletter, keep up with volunteer opportunities.
#heron #choctawhatcheebay #marlerpark #okaloosaisland #nature #work
@okaloosacountyfl

Bayou life! Check out this pine tree at our living

Bayou life!
Check out this pine tree at our living shoreline at Cessna Park on Hogtown Bayou. When we started our project there, this tree's roots were exposed and it was in danger of toppling. We rebuilt the shoreline through our oyster reef breakwaters and saltmarsh plants planted by Grasses in Classes students. Now the tree is a thriving part of life on the bayou! Learn more about living shorelines at the link in the bio.
#livingshorelines #oyster #bayoulife #bayou #cbaforthebay #choctawhatcheebay #waltoncountyfl #sowal #fishing #paddleboard #paddle #sowal #hey30a
@usfws
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Taking care of local waterways is fun! Right now,

Taking care of local waterways is fun!
Right now, you can join CBA and @nwf_environmental_stewards as we build oyster habitat at Cessna Park. New sites coming soon! To learn more and reserve your spot email us at cba@nwfsc.edu.
#volunteer #everydayheroes #notallheroeswearcapes #someheroeswearwaders #girlpower #nature #servefl #oyster #livungshorelines
@sowal.life @sowalbeaches @hey30a @southwalton

❤ these pics of thriving oysters 🦪 at our Ces

❤ these pics of thriving oysters 🦪 at our Cessna Park living shorelines project. One adult oyster can filter up to 50 gallons of water a day! Oyster reefs provide habitat for other critters and the reef structure acts as a breakwater, preventing erosion. Learn more about our #livingshorelines program and help support our work at the link in the bio.
#oyster #work #oyster #cbaforthebay #choctawhatcheebay #nature
@nwfwmd @noaadigitalcoast @usfws @nwf_environmental_stewards
@sowalbeaches @sowal.life @hey30a

It's Mardis Gras y'all! CBA Restoration Coordinat

It's Mardis Gras y'all!
CBA Restoration Coordinator Rachel is sporting Mardis Gras colors in tribute😁.
We are checking out shorelines on the north side of #choctawhatcheebay to develop ideas for living shoreline projects. Living shorelines are an alternative to seawalls made of natural materials including oyster reef breakwaters, native plants, and sandfill. Learn more about living shorelines at the link in the bio.
#mardisgrascolors #purplegreengold #outdoors #cbaforthebay #nonprofitlife #livingshorelines #driftwood

Sunday morning meditation at Switch Cane Creek. Th

Sunday morning meditation at Switch Cane Creek. Thi screen us part if the Alaqua Creek mini watershed that flows into Alaqua Bayou, which empties into #choctawhatcheebay. We are all connected by our waterways. Join CBA at the link in the bio to help us take care of them.
#creek #creeklife #water #peaceful #peacefulmoments #nature #naturetherapy

Thanks to our friends at @choctawhatchee_estuaryp

Thanks to our friends at @choctawhatchee_estuaryprogram for posting this tribute to women is science working in our watershed!
Thanks @murphyphoto
for providing photos of us!
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Happy International Women and Girls in Science Day!

We wanted to recognize the women watershed warriors that work hard every day to protect and restore Choctawhatchee Bay and its watershed. These scientists work hard conducting water quality monitoring, living shoreline restoration, fish and wildlife conservation, and outreach and education. Thank you for everything you do! #womeninscience #choctawhatcheebay #stem

Featured: Jenna Kilpatrick conducting water quality monitoring @choctawhatcheebasinalliance 📸:Sean Murphy
Laura Tiu teaching water quality analysis to fish farmers @UF/IFAS
Harley Peters collecting insects for FDACS for ACP Biological Control Program
Alison McDowell restoring salt marsh habitat @choctawhatcheebasinalliance 📸: Sean Murphy
Rachel Gwin onsite at a living shoreline restoration site @choctawhatcheebasinalliance 📸:Sean Murphy
Chelsea Conley conducting fisheries monitoring with @fwcresearch
Ali Jean @choctawhatcheebasinalliance working on a native plant demonstration garden 📸:Sean Murphy
Harley Peters holding CiCi the Blue Macaw @ecsciencecenter
Amanda Briant @choctawhatcheebasinalliance tending sea oats for restoration 📸:Sean Murphy

Feeling grateful this morning! Have y'all seen ou

Feeling grateful this morning!
Have y'all seen our new truck, van and trailer yet? CBA desperately needed new vehicles for years, so that we could continue to provide services to our community and grow our programs. The women of @impactnwf saw our need and awarded CBA a grant to purchase new vehicles at the end of 2019. The new truck and trailer, along with new, wheeled recycling bins have allowed us to transform our oyster shell recycling program. We have already exceeded our 2020 goal of collecting 75 tons of oyster shell by over 30 tons!!!
Stay tuned for more posts on news from our oyster recycling program, along with info on how the van is helping us with education and seagrass restoration. If you want to be like the women of @impactnwf and help CBA sustain swimmable, fishable, livable waterways, join now at the link in the bio.
Shell recycling partners:
@shunkgulley30a @brotulas @boathouseoysterbar @backporchdestin @oquigleyseafood @surfhutfl @acmeoyster
@nwfwmd @nwf_environmental_stewards @nwfstatecollege @cityoffwb @usfws

#thankyou #thankful #gratitude #worktruck #fordtruck #fordf350 #transitvan #oystershellrecycling #oyster #everydayheroes #notallheroeswearcapes #impact #community

Great Blue Heron! 💙 We spotted this iconic Gul

Great Blue Heron! 💙
We spotted this iconic Gulf Coast bird on Okaloosa Island. CBA is committed to sustaining swimmable, fishable, livable waterways for humans and wildlife alike. Find out more about our mission at the link in the bio.
#greatblueheron #dunes #barrierisland #okaloosaisland #santarosaisland #sand #beach #seaoats
@destinfwb @okaloosacountyfl

How it started vs. How its going...we like both!

How it started vs. How its going...we like both!
We are seeing a range of weather today on Okaloosa Island. Okaloosa Island is the local name for Santa Rosa Island, the forty mile-long barrier island that stretches from Pensacola to Destin. Barrier Islands are important coastal habitat. CBA's Dunes in Schools program teaches kids about barrier islands and dune lakes and gives them a direct role in restoration of dunes by planting native dune vegetation. Help support these programs by donating at the link in the bio.
@okaloosacountyfl
#barrierisland #coast #gulfcoast #gulfofmexico #waves #clouds #howitstartedvshowitsgoing #beach

Draper Lake! One of our rare coastal dune lakes. L

Draper Lake!
One of our rare coastal dune lakes. Learn more at the link at the bio.
#lakelife #dunelakes #coastaldunelakes #envirinment #sowal #hey30a

Gonna get to work! CBA and @nwf_environmental_stew

Gonna get to work!
CBA and @nwf_environmental_stewards have a lot of work to do today, so we are starting off with a quickness. We'll be training in macroinvertebrate collection and identification with @usfws, prepping for water quality and red tide monitoring, developing seagrass lessons for high school students, entering tons of seagrass and water quality data, calibrating equipment, writing grants, planning future initiatives, and assembling teams of volunteers. That's just one day of the work we do for our watershed. Join us at the link in the bio and find out how you can help us keep our waterways swimmable and fishable now and into the future.
#water #waterquality #paddling #paddle #nonprofitlife #nonprofit #engageNWFSC #environmentaleducation #environment #choctawhatcheebay #cbaforthebay #science #sciencing

We'd like to head into the work week like this tur

We'd like to head into the work week like this turtle: steady pace, in the water, and with an adoring fan club!
This little feller is cruising under Turkey Creek boardwalk in #niceville, right toward another of our 134 monthly water quality monitoring stations. Find out more about how we coordinate citizen scientists to monitor these sites monthly at the link in the bio and stay tuned for our new Choctawhatchee Bay water quality summary, which will include tributary sites like the ones at Turkey Creek.
#water #waterquality #citizenscience #cbaforthebay #choctawhatcheebay #turkeycreek #everydayheroes #turtle #creek #creeklife #waterphoto #engageNWFSC
@okaloosacountyfl @nicevillevalpchamber @bargedesignsolutions

Hey, Joe's Bayou! We are looking out at our Joe's

Hey, Joe's Bayou!
We are looking out at our Joe's Bayou water quality monitoring station from the shoreline of the City of Destin's Joe's Bayou boat ramp. CBA coordinates citizen scientists to monitor water quality at 134 sites monthly on Choctawhatchee Bay and River and their tributaries, as well as Walton County's coastal dune lakes.
You can find our annual dune lakes report in the "Where We Work" section of our website. Stay tuned for our new, improved annual summary of the bay and river water quality, coming early this year! To learn more or support these efforts, visit the link in the bio.
#water #bayou #waterqualitymonitoring #waterquality #citizenscience #destinflorida #Destin #joesbayou #floridapanhandle #science
@okaloosacountyfl @bargedesignsolutions @destinfwb @destinfloridafishing

A different view! Here's Western Lake from the nor

A different view!
Here's Western Lake from the north side of 30A, as seen from the Lake Loop trail at @graytonbeachstatepark The lake is mostly fresh at this end, as evidenced by the sawgrass along the shoreline rather than the needle rush you find closer to the Gulf side.
Dune lakes like Western Lake are rare and often in trasition due to their dynamic salinity. Learn more about our work on the dune lakes at the link in the bio.
#dunelakes #coastal #coastaldunelakes #salinity #sawgrass #water #lakes
@fl.stateparks

This weather is giving us life! 🌞 Sunny, cool a

This weather is giving us life! 🌞
Sunny, cool and calm at Cessna Park today as CBA Ecology Technician Chad, @nwf_environmental_stewards and some hearty volunteers enhance and improve oyster habitat in Hogtown Bayou.
We are using oyster shell from our shell recycling program that is supported by our friends at @nwfwmd, @impactnwf and our local restaurant partners. This site is also included in our All Hands on Deck habitat restoration Coastal Partnership Initiative with Walton County @noaa and @fl.dep.
To learn more about our living shoreline projects go to the link in the bio.
Restaurant partner 🙌: @brotulas @boathouseoysterbar @oquigleyseafood @backporchdestin @surfhutfl @acmeoyster @shunkgulley30a

#oyster #oysters #livingshoreline #everydayheroes #cbaforthebay #nature #needlerush #johnboat #work #workhard #workinwaders #estuary
@noaadigitalcoast @raestuaries @usfws

🙌 for hands- on science education! Although it'

🙌 for hands- on science education!
Although it's been challenging, CBA Education Coordinator Amanda and our @nwf_environmental_stewards are still delivering engaging science lessons to our Grasses in Classes students. Through a combination of video and zoom lessons, teacher collaboration, and monthly "lesson in a box" drops to all the schools, we are innovating and adapting the way we foster the next generation of water stewards by sparking wonder in young minds.
In February, students will construct a model of an oyster's anatomy and learn about all of the ecosystem services oysters provide to Choctawhatchee Bay.
#oyster #oyster #environment #environmentaleducation #everydayheroes #zoom #sciencing #science #engageNWFSC
#servefl
@volunteerflorida @nwfstatecollege @okaloosagas @stjoecommunityfoundation @impactnwf @nwfdailynews @woodardcurran @pedego30a

#boglife Here's an upclose look at pitcher plant

#boglife
Here's an upclose look at pitcher plant feeding adaptations. Pitcher plants like these Burke's southern pitcher plants, have distinctive adaptations for living in nutrient-poor soil. These carnivorous plants produce a pitcher-shaped structure that collects rainwater and dew. The plants' nectar attracts insects, who slide into the funnel-shaped pitcher and drown in the pool of water collected there. The plant then dissolves the insect and uses it for food.
Pitcher plants and the ecosystems that support them are an important part of our watershed. Let's take care of our backyard! Join CBA at the link in the bio.
#plants #pitcherplant #sarracenia #environment #nativeplants #nature
#graytonbeachstatepark #graytonbeach
@fl.stateparks @fl_native_plants

Colors of our watershed. 💙💚 The Morris Lake

Colors of our watershed. 💙💚
The Morris Lake outfall is open and flowing across sugar-white sand, spilling beautiful tea-colored dune lake waters into the emerald waters of the Gulf. The pewter blue sky, heavy with clouds, seems to blend into the deeper waters along the horizon. Learn more about our rare coastal dune lakes and the work we do to conserve them at the link in the bio.
#dunelakes #dontpanicitstannic #flstateparks #nature #water #beach #sowal #hey30a #realflorida
@topsailhillpreservestatepark @fl.stateparks @sowal.life @sowalbeaches @hey30a

Love this bunch! Sign up now and support the bay!

Love this bunch!
Sign up now and support the bay!

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3rd Annual SWC Red Drum Classic ⁣is going down 2/27/21 in beautiful Destin, FL ⁣at @localmarketdestin 👌🏽 All proceeds benefit @choctawhatcheebasinalliance Registration is now open! Link in bio👆🏽
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