To engage area youth in oyster restoration, the St. Joe Community Foundation is granting the Choctawhatchee Basin Alliance (CBA) $18,300 to bring their Spat On! program to 250 high school students in Walton County. In addition to providing monthly instruction and in-class lessons to foster understanding of oyster ecology and estuarine habitat, CBA will work […]
Over 3,000 runners competed in the 7th Annual 30a 10k. $20,000 of the proceeds benefited the Choctawhatchee Basin Alliance, with an additional $70,000 going to the Cultural Arts Alliance of Walton County, the Bay Education Foundation, the Seaside Rep Theatre, and Sandcastle Kids, for a total of $90,000. Each organization donated volunteer hours to help […]
In November, the Back Porch in Destin donated 30 oysters to be used in both high school and home school classrooms as part of CBA's Spat On! education program. With these oysters, students will directly examine oyster anatomy, learning more about how oysters fit into both the environment and the food chain. Spat On! encompasses […]
The Eglin Natural Resources Branch, known as Jackson Guard, won CBA’s first ever reef building competition at Eglin AFB’s Post’l Point by building 175 linear feet of reef in four hours. The reef breakwater stretches 1,400 linear feet in all, made of over 140 tons of limestone rock pieces. Jackson Guard wins the grand prize: […]
The Niceville Walmart has granted CBA $1000 to further our mission to improve swimmable, fishable waterways in our community. Without local stakeholders, individuals, and businesses, we would not be able to reach over 2,500 students each month, build living shorelines across the bay, monitor over 130 water quality sites, and so much more. By receiving […]
Okaloosa Gas has granted CBA $3000 to support the Lewis School’s Grasses in Classes curriculum during the 2018-2019 school year. Grasses in Classes raises awareness and individual knowledge of local ecosystems through first-hand field experiences and in-class instruction. With funding through Okaloosa Gas, Grasses in Classes students will tend salt marsh nurseries throughout the school […]
The Northwest Florida Environmental Stewards have been selected and awarded best program of the year out of 38 Florida AmeriCorps teams. This is the second time the program has been recognized. A program under the Northwest Florida State College Foundation, the AmeriCorps team works with the Choctawhatchee Basin Alliance to build living shorelines and educate […]
Only July 26th, 2018, CBA staff and AmeriCorps Northwest Florida Environmental Stewards completed a 750 linear foot reef within Eglin AFB’s Alaqua Bayou. Reef breakwaters reduce shoreline erosion, provide habitat for wildlife, and create critical structure for native oysters. The reef is one of three major living shoreline initiatives built on Eglin in 2017 and […]
Cox Communications has granted CBA $3000 to fund an elementary school Grasses in Classes curriculum through the 2018-2019 school year. Grasses in Classes raises awareness and individual knowledge of local ecosystems through hands-on restoration projects and in-class instruction. With funding through Cox, Grasses in Classes students will tend salt marsh nurseries throughout the school year, […]
