Choctawhatchee Basin Alliance

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A Night with Pulitzer-Prize Winning Author Jack E. Davis

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CBA, Okaloosa County, and

Dewey Destin's Bring Lionfish

to FWB High School

“Who’s ready to eat some lionfish?”

A slew of hands shoot up, the culmination of an interactive lesson about invasive species as part of CBA’s Spat On! program in Fort Walton Beach High School.

Alex Fogg, Marine Resources Coordinator at Okaloosa County, presented about the spread of lionfish along our coastlines, and Chef Shirah was on hand to demonstrate how to fillet the fish, as well as cook up some delicious bites for seniors who had never before tried lionfish.

Read more from the NWF Daily News here.

CBA Team Working on 600 foot reef in Walton County

The team has been out on the Choctawhatchee Bay this month working on a new breakwater and living shoreline system for "The Woods" neighborhood in Walton County. The line of breakwaters - which will eventually extend 600 linear feet - will create area along the shoreline where marsh grasses can grow and stabilize the sediment. As an alternative to seawalls and rip rap, these living shorelines reduce erosion while creating important wildlife habitat. The stones in this breakwater are made of limestone, which will act as a new home for juvenile oyster spat as well.

Thank You to the St. Joe Community Foundation!

To engage area youth in oyster restoration, the St. Joe Community Foundation is granting the Choctawhatchee Basin Alliance (CBA) $18,300 to bring their Spat On! program to 250 high school students in Walton County.

In addition to providing monthly instruction and in-class lessons to foster understanding of oyster ecology and estuarine habitat, CBA will work with area high schools to build two new oyster reef breakwaters in the Choctawhatchee Bay.