Current News
Media Coverage
Find access to articles related to CBA in the news. We are so grateful to be featured in our local media outlets, as they help to spread the word about our mission to sustain the health of our waterways.
Podcasts & Audio Interviews
- All Hands on Deck with CBA Director, Alison McDowell – Hello Frances Podcast by Frances Roy Agency (July 2021)
Television & Video Coverage
- Florida Crossroads – Coastal Dune Lakes: In-Between Paved Paradise – The Florida Channel (June 2021)
- South Walton Artist Raises Money for a Local Charity at Gallery Grand Opening – WMBB (March 2021)
- Walton County Residents Are Getting All Hands on Deck to Protect Habitats – WMBB (March 2021)
- Pedego 30A Helps the Choctawhatchee Basin Alliance – WJHG (March 2020)
- Living Shorelines Reverse Erosion – PBS NewsHour (July 2018)
- GROWTH House Gets Students Involved in Local Restoration Projects – WJHG (Nov 17, 2017)
- Oyster Gardens Aim to Help Rebuild Local Population – WJHG (Oct 31, 2017)
- Restoring Walton County’s Rare Coastal Dune Lakes – WJHG (Oct 16, 2017)
- Coastal Dune Lake Grant – WJHG (Oct 12, 2017)
- Celebrate Community: Boys and Girls Club Kids Plant Living Shoreline at Mattie Kelly Park – WJHG (September 2017)
- Oyster Shell Reefs Help Restore Choctawhatchee Shoreline – WJHG (May 30, 2017)
Newspapers (Daily & Weekly)
- Tough as Nails, Living Shorelines Abound in Okaloosa and Walton Counties – NWF Daily News (June 2021)
- St. Joe Community Foundation Funds High School Oyster Program – NWF Daily News (February 2019)
- Walton Works To Reduce Invasive Species – NWF Daily News (February 2019)
- Pulitzer-Prize Winning Author Speaks at NWFSC – NWF Daily News (February 2019)
- HS Students Get ‘Spat On!’ – NWF Daily News (January 2019)
- Water Quality, Part I – NWF Daily News (December 2018)
- Water Quality, Part II – NWF Daily News (December 2018)
- Volunteers Finish 1,400-Linear-Foot Reef at Post’l Point – NWF Daily News (November 2018)
- Wedding Ring, Mannequin Arm Found During Norriego Cleanup – NWF Daily News (September 2018)
- Competitive Reef Building – NWF Daily News (August 2018)
- How Healthy are Walton County’s Dune Lakes? – NWF Daily News (August 2018)
- CBA Sponsoring Reef-Building Competition at Eglin – NWF Daily News (August 2018)
- Choctawhatchee Basin Alliance Gets $40K Grant – NWF Daily News (August 2018)
- CBA Receives Grant to Fund Educational Program – NWF Daily News (July 2018)
- Reef Building – NWF Daily News (April 2018)
- Fly Fishing Film Tour at Shoreline Church – NWF Daily News (April 2018)
- FWBHS Students Help Lay Oyster Reefs in Boggy Bayou – NWF Daily News (March 2018)
- Choctawhatchee Basin Alliance, Pedego Team Up to Help Environment – NWF Daily News (March 2018)
- Impact 100 Announces Finalists Competing for a $10,000 Grant – NWF Daily News (October 2017)
- Oyster Biology, Ecology, and Myth Busting – Crestview News Bulletin (October 17, 2017)
- NWF State Baseball Team Helps Build Reefs – NWF Daily News (September 2017)
- Choctawhatchee Bay Coalition Loses Out on Estuary Program Grant – NWF Daily News (September 2017)
- Citizen Science Is a Growing Hobby – Crestview News Bulletin (July 17, 2017)
- Okaloosa County’s Natural Environment is Focus of New Exhibit – NWF Daily News (June 2017)
- Give Back to the Bay – NWF Daily News (May 21, 2017)
- Choctawhatchee Bay is One of the Gems of NW Florida – NWF Daily News (May 5, 2017)
- Earth Day Cleanup of Norriego Point – Destin Log (March 20, 2017)
- Aw, Shucks – NWF Daily News (February 7, 2017)
- Basin Alliance’s Simple Mission: Preserve Local Waterways – NWF Daily News (January 16, 2017)
- Jumpstarting the Choctawhatchee Bay – NWF Daily News (October 15, 2016)
- Calm Waters? Local Agencies Test the Waterways Regularly – NWF Daily News (July 9, 2016)
Magazines & Lifestyle Publications
- CBA Oyster Shell Recycling Program Thrives with Help From Local Community – SoWal Life (July 2020)
- June 2019 CBA Update – SoWal Life (June 2019)
- CBA Brings “Grasses in Classes” to Butler Elementary – SoWal Life (May 2019)
- CBA Offers Spring Break Alternative – SoWal Life (April 2019)
- CBA Offers Spring Break Alternative – Destin Life (April 2019)
- CBA Joins 1% for the Planet – SoWal Life (March 2019)
- Notes from CBA – The Destin Log (March 2019)
- CBA Works with Neighborhood to Reduce Erosion – SoWal Life (February 2019)
- Coastal Dune Lakes Update – SoWal Life (January 2019)
- Feast Day for the Bay – Destin Life (December 2018)
- AmeriCorps NWF Environmental Stewards Awarded Program of the Year – SoWal Life (November 2018)
- Students Study the Coast – Seaside Times (Nov/Dec 2018)
- CBA Expands Fishing Line Recycling Program in Walton County – SoWal Life (August 2018)
- CBA Announces Summer Programs – SoWal Life (July 2018)
- CBA and Pedego Electric Bikes: An Alliance – SoWal Life (April 2018)
- Local Restaurant Contributes to Oyster Reef – SoWal Life (April 2018)
- A Great CBA Summer – SoWal Life (December 2017)
- High School Builds Oyster Reef – SoWal Life (November 2017)
Outdoor, Fishing & Conservation Publications
- Pinfish Grand Nationals – Coastal Angler (September 2018)
- From Restaurant to Reef – Voices for Biodiversity (April 2018)
- Choctawhatchee Basin Alliance: Grasses in Classes – Coastal Angler (November 2017)
- 2017 International Coastal Cleanup – Voices for Biodiversity (September 2017)
- Seagrass Studies Continue in Choctawhatchee Bay – Coastal Angler (September 2017)
- New Fishing Line Recyclers along the Emerald Coast – Voices for Biodiversity (May 2017)
Academic, Research & National Media
- As Seas Rise, Americans Use Nature to Fight Worsening Erosion – PBS News (July 2018)
- Girls and Boys Club Clean Gulf Islands National Seashore – National Parks Traveler (April 2019)
- Restoration and Education Combine for Innovative Field Trips – Duke Nicholas School of the Environment (August 29, 2017)
Community, Events & Local Interest
- Become a Beach Steward – Salt Water Vacations (April & March 2019)
- 30A 10K – 30A (September 2018)
- Summer Program Attendance at Library Exceeds 1,100 – The Destin Log (August 2018)
- Panhandle Flyfishers Eager to Share Passion – The Destin Log (March 2018)
- Community Unites to Clean Beaches – Destin Log (September 2017)
- 18 Graduate from Chamber’s Destin Forward – Destin Log (May 2017)
- Water Murkiness Nothing to Worry About, Says CBA – Destin Log (February 2017)
- CBA, Whole Foods Partner on Oyster Event – Destin Log (January 25, 2017)
- Congrats, Destin Forward, Class of 2016 – Destin Log (May 6, 2016)