We go on a quest to find the rarely seen Sandhills Cellophane Bee.
LOCAL ROUTES producer, Rob Diaz de Villegas joined program host Suzanne Smith for a chat about his work on LOCAL ROUTES. She asked him about how he became interested in ecology, his favorite stories, and about finding bands to...
In our last visit to Torreya State Park, we saw a park whose unique tree canopy had been seriously damaged by Hurricane Michael. Today, we see how, in another section of the park, they’ve planted over 1.6 million longleaf pine...
Local Routes takes a look inside the installation of murals of Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Rosa Parks at the Florida People's Advocacy Center in Frenchtown, Tallahassee. This story explores the intersection of a local artist, an advocacy organization, and...
Our Ecology intern, Chloe Thompson, helped the Apalachee Audubon Society organize a cleanup of Lake Elberta. Thirty-seven volunteers picked up forty bags of trash on a wildlife-filled day.
SciGirls code up a storm in a special week-long camp dedicated to encouraging girls to learn more about STEM. The coding camp was added in 2017 as part of the overall SciGirls program in Tallahassee. These young women...
Discover what it's like to foster a pet, plus we learn more about antiques and meet Chef Fe and learn how to cook Okra and Tomato stew.
The 2016 Worm Gruntin' Festival was held April 9th in Sopchoppy, Florida. For those who don't know, worm gruntin' is a technique to chase earth worms out of the ground using vibration and sound. It's a curious thing to...
It's made up of 55,000 acres of private land, but in 300 years there is a plan is for it to be an old (almost) growth forest of longleaf pines. We explore the work that has already been done...
Local musician Brian Bowen joins us in the WFSU studio to perform his original song about men and women of Apalachicola Bay.
