Northwest FloridaEnvironmentalConservancy

The purpose of the NWFLEC organization is to raise public awareness of the incredible natural history of this region.

The E.O. Wilson Biophilia Center

Apalachicola River Basin

"Saving Wakulla Springs Starts With You"Tallahassee Democrat Newspaper Special Edition - June 2006

Northwest Florida Online Interactive Trail Maps & Info. Visist Florida

New Ichtucknee Working Group Web Page - www.Ichetucknee.info - Check it Out !

New Florida Habitat and Wildlife Web Site - Planning, Design Features and BMPs for Their Conservation - Check it Out !

A Guide to Florida-Friendly Landscaping: New Handbook from the Florida Yards and Neighborhoods Program

Workshop Results & Follow- up: Seeking Funds for Parks, Greenways, Trails and Recreational Facilities Development. The "Leg Up" workshop

Informational Workshop IMPLEMENTATION GUIDEBOOK FOR PROTECTING FLORIDA'S SPRINGS Tuesday July 12, 2005 Click Here

Great Florida Birding Trail Update

Northwest Florida Greenway Planning

NWF Greenway Recent Progress:

• International Paper Lands 04/06
• Pensacola News Journal article and short video - "Preserving the land, protecting missions" - by Carl Wernicke

Protecting Eglin AFB - Major Economic and Environmental Asset for Northwest Florida - Eglin Description pdf file

Transportation Planning

• January 15, 2008 Re: Scope of Gulf Coast Parkway Environmental Impact Statement (EIS)
• Placement, Design, Construction of Transportation Infrastructure Through or Near Greenway Areas
• Greenway--highway interfaces have been identified where wildlife-highway conflicts are most likely to occur.
• Guiding Principles for Planning Transportation Infrastructure Through or Near Sensitive Areas

Woodville Karst Plain & Wakulla Springshed Planning

• Wakullasprings.org - New springshed web site - Check it out
• TAPP - Think About Personal Pollution: The TAPP campaign seeks to heighten awareness of individual habits that contribute to the protection of water quality.
• Florida Geological Survey - Special Publication # 58 - "4th Annual Hydrogeology Consortium Workshop - Solving Water Pollution Problems in the Wakulla Springshed of North Florida"
• Woodville Karst Plain Research Update- Wakulla Springs
• Protecting Florida's Springs - Land Use Strategies and Best Management Practices -- Manual
• Springs Model Code - The DCA and the FDEP have collaborated on developing a model land development code as a follow-up to the above-mentioned springs manual. The draft code is undergoing peer review. Read the draft versions of Chapters 4 (Objectives and Policies) and 5 (User Guide), revised 6/24/05.
• Groundwater Guardian - Providing a framework for local actions to protect groundwater systems
• Florida Geological Survey - Springs Info
• Florida Geological Survey - Hydrogeology Section

Books & Publications

• Community Stewardship I: A Citizen's Guide to Participating in Florida's Growth Management Process Posted March 2005
• Community Stewardship II: A Citizen's Guide to the Nuts and Bolts of Florida's Growth Management Process Posted March 2005
• Balanced Residential Communities: Including Affordable Housing in Smart Growth and New Urbanist Development
  
• The Value of Agricultural Lands and Open Space in the Red Hills Region of Southwest Georgia and North Florida
  
• Saving Special Places: A Citizen's Guide to Protecting Natural Resources in Florida's Panhandle

"Priceless Florida"

"For anyone with any interest in the natural history of Florida, or for that matter natural history in general, Priceless Florida is hard to put down. It combines the depth of an encyclopedia with the freshness and accessibility of a field manual."--E. O. Wilson, Harvard University "

Between Two Rivers

The rivers are the Aucilla to the east and the Apalachicola to the west, which define the Red Hills and Gulf coast regions. A series of diverse and remarkable essays. Editors include Susan Cerulean; well-known Southern author Janisse Ray; and Tallahassee poet Laura Newton, editor of the Apalachee Review.

Pinhook Finding Wholeness in a Fragmented Land

Janisse Ray, award-winning author of Ecology of a Cracker Childhood and Wild Card Quilt, writes an evocative paean to wildness and wilderness restoration with an extraordinary journey into southern Georgia's Pinhook Swamp.

Panhandle Newspapers

• Tallahassee Democrat
• Wakulla.com! The Natural Place to Be!
• PensacolaNewsJournal.com
• Panama City - The News Hearld
• Apalachee Tortoise
• The County Record (Calhoun County)
• Daily News (Northwest Florida)
• The Walton Sun (Santa Rosa Beach)