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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


Transportation Planning

Woodville Karst Plain & Wakulla Springshed Planning


Books & Publications

"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

 

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Additional funding has been provided by the Jane's Trust, the Jelks Family Foundation, the Elizabeth Ordway Dunn Foundation, the Surdna Foundation, Inc., Martin Foundation and by the individual contributions of many others.

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