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How Does CBA Monitor the Bay?
  Light Attenuation in Water Column
   Our team uses a piece of equipment called Li-Cor to measure how much light penetrates through the water's surface. It is comprised of a pyranometer that measures total sunlight emitted and two underwater quantum sensors, one flat and one spherical, to measure sunlight penetrating through the water at different depths. We attach both underwater probes to what we lovingly call the Science Trident or 'Scident', which holds the probes in place. This enables us to measure down to a depth of 2.5 meters below the Bay's surface. The information on light penetration can tell us whether there is enough sunlight to support seagrass growth.

  CBA needs Citizen Scientists!
  Do you have an inner scientist waiting to shine through? Join CBA in monitoring our watershed and help our scientists by gathering data in the Choctawhatchee Bay and coastal dune lakes. With over 130 sampling stations, there is plenty of "sciencing" to go around.

Click on the link to the left to find out more about our program!
Upcoming Events
December 5, 2016
World Soil Day
World Wide

December 11, 2016
International Mountain Day
World Wide

December 25, 2016
Christmas Day
Donate to Choctawhatchee Basin Alliance to keep our initiatives going!

Florida may not have mountains, but Walton County is home to the highest point in the state, Britton Hill in Lakewood Park, Paxton, FL.
  Grasses In Classes
     Classrooms of students are learning to take care of their Spartina alterniflora nurseries. Both third and fifth graders have been taught about watersheds and may even know a few things about two endangered species, Gulf Sturgeon and Okaloosa Darters, that call our Bay their home.

   The 2016 year will end with a splash for our students as third graders will dissect Spartina alterniflora and fifth graders will learn about salt concentration levels in marine waters.
     Teaching a child to be curious about the world is the most important thing we can pass on to our future generations.
Critter of the Month
  • Ospreys call Choctawhatchee Bay their home year round.

  • Ospreys soar high over shallow waters in search of fish; we can often see these birds of prey circling the flats of our Bay.

  • Osprey numbers have rebounded since the 1972 ban on the pesticide, Dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane, better known as DDT.

  • Ospreys have a reversible outer toe giving them the ability to better hold the fish by using two toes in front and two toes in back.

    Photo Credit to Walt Spence
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