When Kathryn Belle Long wrote the lyrics to the Local Routes Theme, she set out to do in song what the show did through video: celebrate the best of north Florida and south Georgia. In our video for...
Heading out on an Ecoadventure
“Whoa, Mr. Rob!” shouts Olivia, “there are some of those carnivorous plants!” Upon closer inspection, the reddish splotches by our feet are sticky little pink sundews. It’s the kind of moist area plant you might...
Chloe Thompson is a ninth-grader at SAIL High School in Tallahassee. Chloe is WFSU's Ecology intern for the spring of 2021, and she is tasked with helping Apalachee Audubon in their many projects at Lake Elberta. One of her...
We search the Apalachicola Bluffs and Ravines Preserve for north America's largest native snake. The Eastern indigo snake was once common in north Florida, but has all but disappeared from the panhandle. The Nature Conservancy's Apalachicola Bluffs...
The Birdsong Nature Center, located between Tallahassee and Thomasville, offers a peaceful and relaxing environment for anyone interested in learning about wildlife. Originally a plantation in the early 1800's, Birdsong now offers visitors the opportunity to learn about and...
Greenwood’s only grocery store—The Greenwood Supermarket caught fire after Hurricane Michael. Now, the small town is a food desert and neighbors can’t afford fresh food due to recovery costs from the storm.
The Adventures of Annabelle Lyn are: Holly Riley on fiddle, Elizabeth Fravel on bass, and Kathryn Belle Long on guitar. Each member is a songwriter, and a teacher as well. "Loralinda" was written by Elizabeth. The song pre-dates the...
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...
We explore the Upper Chipola River, starting at Bellamy Bridge. The bridge attracts folks day and night. They hop ego catch glimpse of Elizabeth Bellamy's ghost. Local historian Dale Cox shares her tragic story of...
We head to Byrd Hammock in the St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge to solve a mystery. Around 650 AD, people left their villages across northwest Florida, only to move a few feet away in some cases. Why?...
