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The family that sciences together... Welcome to on The family that sciences together... Welcome to one our newest citizen scientist crews--the Noggle Family! This team is taking on our Boggy Bayou and Tom's Bayou water quality monitoring. We 💙💚 when folks take an active role in taking care of our waterways. Swimmable, fishable waterways need a community of stewards like the Noggles. Find out how you can help at basinalliance.org. #citizenscience #waterways #Niceville #boggybayou #Valparaiso #volunteer #community #waterquality
Can't stop, won't stop! When it comes to plants, w Can't stop, won't stop! When it comes to plants, we never rest. Today, we got help potting 400 black needlerush plants from @ufifas_solutions 4H Marine Camp kids at @4hcamptimpoochee. These building blocks of a better bay will provide habitat, slow erosion and filter pollution. Find out how you can help us take care of native plants at basinalliance.org. #nativeplants #4H #camp #volunteers #buildingabetterbay #choctawhatcheebay #needlerush #saltmarsh
Come work with us! Details in photo. #environmen Come work with us! Details in photo. #environment #americorps #community #gapyear #serve
Looking for a few good volunteers! CBA needs month Looking for a few good volunteers! CBA needs monthly water quality monitors on key bay and dune lake sites. If you have a passion for our waterways and want to train to be a citizen scientist, email Jenna at testaj@nwfsc.edu. #waterquality #citizenscience #volunteer #waterways
#flashbackfriday Today, we are remembering this f #flashbackfriday Today, we are remembering this fun Hammock Point site visit that we took to assess the area for potential #livingshoreline projects. Doing site visits is one of the best parts of the job, because we get to explore our watershed! Where will you explore this weekend? #getoutdoors #explore #watershed #cbaforthebay #choctawhatcheebay
Come work with us! We still have positions left fo Come work with us! We still have positions left for our 22-23 AmeriCorps NWF Environmental Stewards Team. These coveted, year-long @americorps positions give you a hands-on role in habitat restoration and environmental education here in beautiful, biodiverse Northwest Florida, and the experience of a lifetime working with CBA and our partners! You'll receive a monthly living stipend and an education award upon completion of service. Affordable housing options available! Email cba@nwfsc.edu for more info. 📸 @murphyphoto #gapyear #service #experience #environmentaleducation
Exciting news from our terrapin research team! One Exciting news from our terrapin research team! One of our awesome citizen scientist volunteers found this adult male diamondback terrapin earlier this week. Terrapins are the only brackish water turtle in North America. With that said, we believe they are a great ambassador for our estuary! 🐢🐢🐢 Our lead US Geological Surveys project partners met up with our volunteer, CBA Program Manager Jenna and several of our AmeriCorps members, where they conducted a full health assessment on the individual. There is very little known about diamondback terrapins here in the Florida panhandle, so our team and partners are working diligently to learn more about local populations. Terrapin populations across the state are threatened by things like habitat loss, crab traps, and harvest for the pet trade. We here at CBA are committed to protecting our waterways and all the life it supports! Learn more about terrapins and what we can do to protect them at https://myfwc.com/wildlifehabitats/profiles/reptiles/freshwater-turtles/diamondback-terrapin/.
Whew! It's hot out there and only getting hotter. Whew! It's hot out there and only getting hotter. 🔥🔥☀️ Cool off in one of our watershed's many beautiful creeks. Most of our local creeks maintain a brisk 73-76 degrees Fahrenheit year-round. That sounds so good right now! This is Ten-mile Creek, which flows into Juniper Creek, which joins Turkey Creek, which spills into Boggy Bayou, which opens into Choctawhatchee Bay! We are all connected by our waterways. Go to the link in the bio to find out how you can help take care of them. #creeklife #heatwave #Florida #creek #waterways #nonprofit #niceville
What's going on over here? Do you recognize thes What's going on over here? Do you recognize these tracks of an iconic Choctawhatchee watershed resident? We spied these along Hammock Point. Let us know in the comments! #wildlife #nature #estuary
Dune planting with friends! 🌾 CBA, AmeriCorps N Dune planting with friends! 🌾 CBA, AmeriCorps NWF Environmental Stewards, and volunteers from @thenorthface at @silversandspo planted over 200 dune plants this morning! These plants will provide @hendersonbeachstatepark with improved habitat, and increased protection from storms. Thanks so much to our awesome project partners for taking action to care for our waterways! #dunes #Beach #volunteer #thenorthface #Destin
Water in the bay is finally high enough to build a Water in the bay is finally high enough to build at Live Oak Point!! #greeninfrastructure #oysterreef #habitat #bargelife
Checking out another watershed while teambuilding! Checking out another watershed while teambuilding! Never stop exploring! #waterways #nature #nonprofit #paddle #florida
We got out and about early this morning to do site We got out and about early this morning to do site visits on Santa Rosa Island, and it was totally worth it! Santa Rosa Island (known locally as Okaloosa Island) is a barrier island that stretches over 40 miles from Fort Pickens to Destin, FL. Much of it is undisturbed, which is great, because it provides unique habitat for wildife, as well as protection from storms for the mainland.This sandhill milkweed is just one of the special plants adapted to survive in the harsh barrier island conditions. We 💙 💚 our watershed. You can respect our barrier island by staying out of protected areas and staying off the dunes! #Dune #Beach #milkweed #Destin #destinfwb #okaloosaisland #santarosaislandfl #realflorida
This little cownose ray cruised alongside CBA Moni This little cownose ray cruised alongside CBA Monitoring Manager Jenna as she was tracking wildlife in Santa Rosa Sound. Our watershed is wondrous and diverse! Let's keep it that way by taking care of our waterways and wetlands. Join CBA at the link in the bio. #cownoseray #biodiversity #nature #waterways #cbaforthebay #sharksandrays
This is how excited we are to work for our waterwa This is how excited we are to work for our waterways this week! We've got oyster shell recycling, planning meetings with Eglin partners, wrapping up Liza Jackson Park living shoreline, building oyster habitat at Live Oak Point, welcoming a new Ecology Technician, sending out our newsletter, refreshing website content, monitoring seagrass and water quality, speaking to @nicevillevalparaisorotary, hosting Seacoast High School interns, and so much more! 📸 @murphyphoto @nwf_environmental_stewards @nwfwmd @argonne @nwfstatecollege @seasideschoolofficial #waterways #work #nonprofit #nature #community
Want to look this happy as you serve your communit Want to look this happy as you serve your community? 😃😃 Apply for one our 2022-2023 AmeriCorps NWF Environmental Stewards positions now at bit.ly/joinNWFES. Do you have a heart for restoration, education, and stewardship? Join our organization of passionate environmental stewards and educators for the 2022-2023 service year. Stationed at @nwfstatecollege, AmeriCorps NWF Environmental Stewards provides a monthly living stipend, health insurance, affordable housing option, and so much more to our participants. Apply now at bit.ly/joinNWFES! Please feel free to message if you have any questions! #Gettingthingsdone #americorps #volunteerflorida #servefl #volunteer #volunteering
Barge Life is back! Heading out to Live Oak Point Barge Life is back! Heading out to Live Oak Point for the first time in a long time and it feels awesome! CBA and @nwf_environmental_stewards are building living shorelines along Live Oak Point in Choctawhatchee Bay. Working with our partners at @nwfwmd, we will create around one mile of critical salt marsh and oyster habitat! #bargelife #oyster #saltmarsh #sowalbeaches #sowal #CBAforthebay
#memorialday Today, we remember and honor men and #memorialday Today, we remember and honor men and women who paid the ultimate price for freedom.
Lake Powell, our largest coastal dune lake, is ope Lake Powell, our largest coastal dune lake, is open to the Gulf this Memorial Day weekend! Get out to @camphelenstatepark and see for yourself! Coastal dune lakes are rare worldwide, but we are lucky enough to have 15 of them here in Walton County. Dune lakes are freshwater in origin, but because they open periodically and exchange water with the Gulf of Mexico, they have a wide range of salinity. The result is a dynamic, brackish habitat that provides shelter for all sorts of plants and animals, as well as passive and active recreation opportunities for humans. Learn more about dune lakes and the work that CBA and partners like Walton County and @mattiekellyenvironmental are doing to learn about and care for these treasures at the link in the bio. To learn more about volunteer opportunities on the lakes, email cba@nwfsc.edu. #dunleakes #real Florida #pureflorida #dontpanicitstannic #lake #beach #nature #southwalton #hey30a
Spotlight on @boathouseoysterbar! The Boathouse O Spotlight on @boathouseoysterbar! The Boathouse Oyster Bar is legendary in this part of the world, so we are over the moon to have them aboard as one of our oyster shell recycling partners! We stop here three times a week to pick up shucked oyster shell that we use to build oyster habitat in Choctawhatchee Bay. So, dine at The Boathouse Oyster Bar, eat oysters and help the bay! #community #oystershellrecycling #diningforacause #Destin #destinharbor #oyster
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