{"id":7707,"date":"2020-10-08T19:00:24","date_gmt":"2020-10-08T23:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wfsu.org\/local-routes-2\/?post=fire-sand-and-water-in-the-apalachicola-bluffs-and"},"modified":"2020-10-08T19:14:59","modified_gmt":"2020-10-08T23:14:59","slug":"fire-sand-and-water-in-the-apalachicola-bluffs-and","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wfsu.org\/local-routes\/2020-10-08\/fire-sand-and-water-in-the-apalachicola-bluffs-and\/","title":{"rendered":"Fire, Sand, and Water in the Apalachicola Bluffs and Ravines"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Age of Nature is a  PBS Program about the human relationship to nature, and fixing our past mistakes. Through a grant from PBS, we\u2019re exploring that relationship along the Apalachicola River basin.<\/p>\n\n\n<p>We are here, actually, at an ecotone.\u201d says Brian Pelc. \u201cAn ecotone is where two different ecosystems come together. And this is the ecotone between the uplands and our steephead ravines, or slope forests.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We\u2019re standing on the rim of a ravine, looking down at a wreck of trees. Hurricane Michael opened up the canopy down below, letting in light where once was only shade. It makes for a challenging climb down. In addition to the usual challenge of the steep walls, which take some careful stepping (or scrambling or&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/blog.wfsu.org\/blog-coastal-health\/2017\/11\/steephead-salamander-search-apalachicolas-ice-age-refugees\/\">sliding<\/a>), we\u2019ve got to limbo under a few trunks, or crash through a tangle of branches- not fun while you\u2019re carrying camera gear.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> But before we head down, let\u2019s consider this spot where the land begins to plunge. The Apalachicola Bluffs and Ravines Region is one of five biodiversity hotspots in North America, and to Brian, this is the spot to illustrate why.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button aligncenter\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.wfsu.org\/blog-coastal-health\/2020\/10\/fire-sand-and-water-in-the-apalachicola-bluffs-and-ravines\/\">Click here to read the rest of this article on the WFSU Ecology Blog<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align:center\"><em>You\u2019re also invited to participate in a special online discussion about the human relationship to nature. Learn more by clicking on the image below<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.wfsu.org\/blog-coastal-health\/the-age-of-nature-preview-and-apalachicola-river-discussion\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/wfsu.org\/local-routes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/vlcsnap-2020-10-08-14h58m03s129-1024x576.png\" alt=\"Photo of the Apalachicola River from the bluffs above it. Covered by graphic saying The Age of Nature online discussion takes place on October 20th at 7pm ET. 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