This land is home to several ecosystem types, from swamps, pine forests, grasslands, and sinkholes. This makes it an ideal place to try out the iNaturalist app.
Using the app, Peter identifies frogs, spiders, wildflowers, lizards, carnivorous plants, and...
Watch as black swallowtails grow from tiny caterpillars to full grown adults. Compared to other butterfly species, these little guys change in appearance as they graduate from one instar phase to the next. These butterflies are easy to raise,...
Two releases of striped newts into ephemeral wetlands in the Apalachicola National Forest show how this is an amphibian forged by fire. These ephemeral wetlands drain and fill with the underlying aquifer. The amphibians that live within...
Scott Davis oversees the Monarch Milkweed Initiative at the Refuge. He shows us where Florida's native milkweed species grow. In the Refuge greenhouse, we watch as volunteers plant seeds from a dry, uplands, fire dependent milkweed- Asclepias...
We learn about a new program by the City of Panama City to help in clean up following Hurricane Michael. Based on the Adopt-a-Highway model, individuals or groups can pick a section of the city to clean up. The...
In part 2 of Picking Up The Pieces we hear the accounts of Blountstown residents and friends and strangers from outside the area as they pulled together to help each other in the aftermath of Hurricane Michael. See...
Small, rural towns like Altha, Bristol, Chipley, and Blountstown dot our Florida panhandle. While Hurricane Michael devastated better known locales like Panama City and Mexico Beach, those lesser known inland outposts also took a knockout punch. WFSU’s Mike Plummer...
The Journey to St. Joe
Mist blanketed the sleepy towns and tiny farms on our drive to the border of Mexico Beach & Port St. Joe, Florida. The station’s SUV had a full tank of gas and the cup holders...
The rising costs of higher education are driving students into debt, and an expensive college degree still doesn't guarantee a lucrative job. WFSU's Mike Plummer explores one young man's decision to forego a college education, to earn advanced...
Shorebird banding has uncovered valuable information about species affected by habitat loss.
We watch two snowy plover chicks get banded at Deer Lake State Park.
