Become a CBA Supporter
Across the Choctawhatchee Bay, CBA works to improve swimmable, fishable waterways through education, research, monitoring, and restoration. We could not fulfill our mission without dedicated supporters like you, becoming CBA sponsors through monetary gifts of $25 or more.

Add CBA to your giving plan today! Click here to donate.
South Walton Fishing Adventures Will Feature CBA Spot!
Thank you South Walton Fishing Adventures for featuring a short promo on the Choctawhatchee Basin Alliance!

The show highlights local anglers, businesses, artists, and more, as well as our gorgeous natural ecosystems.

Click here to learn more about the show and its air times on the the Sportsman Channel.

March and April are Full of Touch Tanks!
The education team and AmeriCorps members are bringing native species to the classroom for two months of touch tank lessons. Students learn the basics of identification, as well as become familiar with some of the beautiful creatures that call our watershed home.

Interested in learning more about our touch tank experiences? Check out page 20 of Hook and Trigger Magazine!
Destin Forward Class Restoring CBA
Boats and Living Shoreline
The Destin Forward leadership class, run by the Chamber of Commerce, hosted their annual Pins and Pancakes fundraiser at Uncle Buck's to raise funds to makeover CBA research vessels and build a living shoreline.

With their class project, CBA will continue to monitor the bay and conduct critical research on local estuarine resources.
Thank you Brandy Foley!
Our amazing Monitoring Coordinator, Brandy Foley, is moving to Colorado this month after eight years at the Choctawhatchee Basin Alliance. During her time here, she worked for AmeriCorps, then took over the monitoring program. Under her tenure, the monitoring program expanded its water quality monitoring sites, added testing for algae, and so much more. She also was an instrumental research team member, working with the Mattie Kelly Environmental Institute to gather data on fish populations, plant communities, and bivalve abundances.

Thank you Brandy, for all you have done for CBA. We wish you the best!
Watershed Spotlight: Holmes Creek
Holmes Creek is showing some springtime colors!

A tributary of the Choctawhatchee River, Holmes Creek is a diverse, beautiful waterway.

According to the  Northwest Florida Water Management District, "Holmes Creek provides among the most diverse habitats and richest variety of fish and mollusks in the Choctawhatchee River basin. Its lower reach swells with azure springs, increasing average flow and providing distinctive stream havens for fish, reptiles, and mollusks. A major summer congregation area for the federally-protected Gulf Sturgeon is just below the Holmes Creek confluence with the Choctawhatchee River."
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