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#throwbackthursday That time we showed up wearing

#throwbackthursday
That time we showed up wearing the same outfit!
At CBA, we are a team of staff, volunteers and supporters who take action to ensure swimmable, fishable waterways through monitoring, education, restoration and research. Find out how you can help and join our team at the link in the bio.

#teamwork #uniforms #nonprofit #work #nature #waterways

Well who do we have here? Many species frequent oy

Well who do we have here? Many species frequent oyster reefs, besides the usual suspects of crabs, fish, shrimp, and other invertebrates. Can you tell who has visited this newly constructed reef by the tracks they left during low tide?
#wildlife #animaltracks #habitat #oysterreef

We need you! We have immediate citizen scientist v

We need you!
We have immediate citizen scientist volunteer opening for the positions listed below.
Email Testaj@nwfsc.edu to learn how you can help monitor water quality in our bay or coastal dune lakes.

CBA Vessel Available:
Allen Lake
Eastern Lake North
Big Red Fish Lake

Paddle Craft Required:
Grayton Lake
Western Lake

Boat Required:
Okaloosa Island
Destin Harbor
Boggy & Toms Bayou

#volunteer #waterquality

Even babies know living shorelines are an excellen

Even babies know living shorelines are an excellent coastal management option!
Living shorelines, made of rock, oyster shell, sand, plants and other natural materials, help slow erosion, provide habitat and filter water. CBA builds living shorelines all around Choctawhatchee Bay to improve and repair our coast. Find out how you can help at the link in the bio.

#livingshoreline #naturebasedinfrastructure #kids #waterways #nature

Happy Mother's Day from CBA! #mothersday2022

Happy Mother's Day from CBA!

#mothersday2022

It's blue lupine time! Explore our wondrous water

It's blue lupine time!

Explore our wondrous watershed and see sights like this blue lupine blooming along the outfall of one of our rare coastal dune lakes. Our Gulf Coast lupine is considered a threatened species since its ideal habitat continues to disappear. You can spot this example at the public beach access in Grayton Beach. Check it out, then enjoy some time romping in the shallow waters of the Western Lake outfall.
To learn more about coastal dune lakes and how CBA and partners take care of them, go to our website at the link in the bio.

#lupine #graytonbeach #sowal #hey30a #therealflorida #dunelakes

👏🙌👏🙌👏🙌 Congratulations to our Mo

👏🙌👏🙌👏🙌
Congratulations to our Monitoring Program Manager Jenna Kilpatrick for bringing home the Leadership Award from this week's Destin Forward graduation. We are not surprised as Jenna leads by example everyday!

Destin Forward is a community education and leadership program created by the Destin Chamber of Commerce to help find and educate future city and business leaders.
Find out more about this leadership training and register for next year's class at destinchamber.com.

#chamberofcommerce #leadership #nonprofitpower

This looks like a fun way to support local organiz

This looks like a fun way to support local organizations!
Adopt a Duck and win a prize this weekend at @nicevillevalparaisorotary 's Duck Race! Part of proceeds will support CBA's Grasses in Classes. See flyer and QR code for details.
#grateful #Rotary #duckrace

Thank you, thank you, thank you! 👏 🙌 👏

Thank you, thank you, thank you!
👏 🙌 👏 🙌 👏 🙌
Monofilament recycling is part of CBA's new "All In" pollution prevention initiative. To celebrate the launch of All In, CBA will deploy 3 new monofilament recycling bins at local beach accesses.

We send a huge "thank you" to local artists, @maxineorange, @skye_dive_, and @sammieeunice for painting the bins with colorful images that make recycling fishing line fun!

We are so fortunate to know generous people who give of their time and talent to help keep our waterways swimmable and fishable, now and into the future.

Stay tuned for more info about All In and how you can help take care of local waterways.
📷 @murphyphoto
#artist #community #waterways #recycling

We love our work! Here's a typical scene from our

We love our work!
Here's a typical scene from our headquarters at the South Walton Center of @nwfstatecollege. There's always something going on: trucks, trailers, boats and vans heading out or coming back, loading, unloading, cleaning, planting, meeting with partners and so much more!
We are so grateful for partners like @impactnwf and @jwcfoundation who help us with the equipment we need to take care of our waterways!
#gratitude #nature #nonprofitlife #work #thanks

CBA and AmeriCorps NWF Environmental Stewards are

CBA and AmeriCorps NWF Environmental Stewards are wrapping up a month long extravaganza of Grasses in Classes field trips! That means it's time for our hero roll call. Thanks to these sponsors for contributing to another awesome year of Grasses in Classes, a hands-on environmental education initiative that gives kids a direct role in restoring habitat in Choctawhatchee Bay, while making science fun and creating lifelong water stewards:
@nwf_environmental_stewards, @nwfwmd, Okaloosa County Public Schools Foundation, @stjoecommunityfoundation, Mid-Bay Bridge Rotary Club @usfws, @islanderscoastaloutfitter, @pedego30a, @myfwc, @jwcfoundation, Walton County Schools and the Dugas Family Foundation.
#community #stewardship #environmentaleducation #kidsoutdoors #saltmarsh

Photos: @murphyphoto

At CBA, we are dedicated to sparking wonder in you

At CBA, we are dedicated to sparking wonder in young hearts and minds. We think that's the best way to foster young water stewards who will care for our waterways. We live by these words:
"In the end we will conserve only what we love; we will love only what we understand; and we will understand only what we are taught." (Baba Dioum, 1968.)
To that end, CBA's Education Team and our AmeriCorps @nwf_environmental_stewards members are out there everyday giving our kids hands-on environmental education experiences. 👏👏👏
Find out more at the link in the bio.

#environmentaleducation #water #wonder #nonprofitlife #fish #oysters

Here's a sight we love to see! This horseshoe crab

Here's a sight we love to see!
This horseshoe crab molt was left behind when the animal shed its exoskeleton. Horseshoe crabs are “living fossils” meaning they have existed nearly unchanged for at least 445 million years, which makes them older than dinosaurs!

Why do we care? Many fish species as well as birds feed on horseshoe crab eggs in Florida. Adult horseshoes serve as prey for sea turtles, alligators, horse conchs, and sharks.

Horseshoe crabs are just one type of wildlife that benefits from swimmable, fishable waterways. Help CBA take care of Choctawhatchee Bay by joining or volunteering at the link in the bio.

#horsehoecrab #livingfossil #nature #waterways #saltmarsh

We are looking for a volunteer to tend our shoreli

We are looking for a volunteer to tend our shoreline grass nurseries at the NWFSC Niceville campus for one hour a week!

One hour a week of your time will allow our organization the flexibility needed to fulfill our mission of fostering waterway stewards in our future generations!

Interested individuals contact Amanda, CBA Education Program Manager, at brianta@nwfsc.edu.

@murphyphoto

For National Book Day, CBA recommends this enlight

For National Book Day, CBA recommends this enlightening, Pulitzer Prize-winning historical nonfiction book, The Gulf: The Making of an American Sea by Jack E. Davis. Davis brings light to America's political and economic relationship with the environment through the ages. Davis visited NWFSC in 2019 as a guest speaker to discuss his life in Florida and work as a professor of environmental history at the University of Florida.

#WorldBookDay #worldbookday #environmentalhistory #gulfofmexico #pulitzerprizewinner #basinalliance #florida #education #learning #waterway #liverightpublishing

CBA is "All In" for our waterways on Earth Day and

CBA is "All In" for our waterways on Earth Day and every day!
Earth Day is the perfect time to introduce All In, CBA's new pollution prevention initiative. Volunteers who go All In will do their part to keep trash out of local waterways through education and action.
Stay tuned to find out how you can go All In!

#trashfree #earthday #allin #nature #waterways

Blount Creek looks so peaceful! Blount Creek meet

Blount Creek looks so peaceful!

Blount Creek meets Alaqua Creek just north of Freeport, FL. Alaqua Creek flows into Alaqua Bayou, which opens into Choctawhatchee Bay, which receives water from the Choctawhatchee River and the Gulf of Mexico. Another example of how we are all connected by our waterways!
Help us take care of our waters by donating or volunteering at basinalliance.org.

#creek #waterways #naturesounds #connections #connected

Earth Day Cleanup 2022 Location: Norriego Point;

Earth Day Cleanup 2022

Location: Norriego Point; 1 Gulf Shore Drive Destin, Florida
Date & Time: Saturday, April 23, 2022, 8-10 am

Come join CBA, the City of Destin, and Wet Inc. at Norriego Point for a beach and paddle cleanup in celebration of Earth Day 2022!
Please pre-register at link in bio!!
Participants will receive a free t-shirt and breakfast (first come, first serve) for their efforts.
We encourage everyone to bring-your-own gloves, bag/bucket, and reusable water bottle and download the CleanSwell App to help us record what marine debris items are found.

Did you know April is National Native Plant Month?

Did you know April is National Native Plant Month? Did you also know NWFSC South Walton Center has a native plant demonstration garden and trail? Native plants are crucial to our ecosystems and wildlife! Native plants save you $$ on landscape maintenance since they adapted to thrive in the local environment. They also provide resources for many wildlife! For instance, the gopher apple is food for the gopher tortoise, the purple passionflower is the host for the Gulf Fritillary butterfly, and red-cockaded woodpeckers rely on the longleaf pine stands. Florida is the most biodiverse state in the U.S.; let's celebrate by adding native plants to our yards!

#nationalnativeplantmonth #nativeplants #florida #choctawhatcheebay #southwalton #campuslife #plantnative #forthebees #pollinators #pollinatorgarden #zone8b #publicgardens #publicgarden

CBA's volunteer citizen scientists are a key part

CBA's volunteer citizen scientists are a key part of our mission to promote swimmable, fishable, and livable waterways in our area. Our organization relies heavily on our volunteers to help monitor the water chemistry of our community's precious water bodies. Join CBA today! #CBAfortheBay #CitizenScience #Waterquality

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