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Category Archives: News
Local Area Tubing Rescue Ends Successfully
Inadequate planning is believed to be the cause behind a recent float trip that became a search and rescue mission on the Blackwater River in the Florida panhandle this past week. In a joint effort by Florida Fish and Wildlife … Continue reading
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Tagged blackwater river, float plan, float trip, kayaking safety, search and rescue, tubing
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Turkey Creek Alert – Niceville, FL
Update: Turkey Creek has been reopened to paddlers. Confirmed with Jackson Guard on 5/27/15. The Jackson Guard/Eglin Natural Resources Division announced earlier today that, as a result of the recent rain event that effected northwest Florida,the culverts along the upper … Continue reading
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Tagged eglin, florida, Jackson Guard, kayaking, niceville, Turkey Creek
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Coming Soon: A Virtual Hike of the Emerald Coast
If you happened to be on the beaches of the Emerald Coast this past week you may have noticed an odd sight wandering along the shoreline. No, it wasn’t an alien, but in fact was a team working in … Continue reading
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Tagged Aliens, destin, emerald coast, florida, Florida panhandle, fort walton beach, Google Mapping 360, Google Maps Camera, Google Trekker, Gulf Breeze, news, panama city, pensacola, Virtual hiking
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Saving Florida’s Natural Resources
For Immediate Release: August 7, 2012 Contact: Eric Draper (850) 251-1301 or Manley Fuller (850) 567-7129 Florida’s Water & Land Legacy Campaign Launches Constitutional Amendment Drive to Guarantee Funding for Environmental Protection in Florida TALLAHASSEE––Aiming to provide a stable, … Continue reading
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Tagged constitutional amendment, environment, Everglades, florida, florida aquifer, florida springs, florida state parks, natural resources, nature, protecting florida's natural resources
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Seventy Percent of Drownees are Adults
World Swim and SCUBA Diving Instructors’ Conference Identifies Answers to Drowning SARASOTA, Fla., Oct. 24, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — People who can’t swim panic without the knowledge of how their bodies and the water work together. 21st Century Swimming Lessons, Inc. … Continue reading
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Tagged drowning, drowning statistics, swim conference, swimming, water saftety
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