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
end-of-year-giving plan today! Click
here to donate.
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Post'l Point Reef Completed!
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Thanks to Eglin AFB, hundreds of volunteers, and an $8,000 gift from Corvias, CBA has finished a 1400 linear foot shoreline and breakwater along Post'l Point.
Teams from across Eglin competed in the first CBA reef building competition, including:
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Corvias, the Rapid Engineer Heavy Operational Repair Squadron Engineers, the Hurlburt Honor Guard, Jackson Guard, the Bioenvironmental Engineering Flight, 73
rd
Special Operations Squadron, the 11
th
Special Operations Intelligence Squadron, and the 1
st
Special Operations Aircraft Maintenance Squadron.
Jackson Guard came in first place
, building seven reef sections in four hours. They have won a brewery tour at
Grayton Beer Company!
Additionally, volunteers won
a bottle of Bru
t
Rosé
fr
om
30A Coastal Dune Wines,
a bottle of Chardonnay from
30A Coastal Dune Wine
s, a growler from
3rd Planet Brewery
in Niceville, a gift certificate to
Pizza by the Sea
, and two CBA prize packs.
Thank you to all our volunteers who made this amazing project possible. With your help, the new reef breakwater and living shoreline will provide habitat, oyster structure, and erosion control for Eglin's important natural and cultural resources.
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Thank You Niceville Walmart!
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Niceville Walmart has granted CBA $1000 to support our monofilament recycling program in Okaloosa and Walton Counties.
By receiving this grant, we are part of a long history of Walmart’s commitment to giving back to the communities where they operate. In fact, Mrs. Helen Walton used to say “It’s not what you gather, but what you scatter that tells what kind of life you have lived.”
Thank you!
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In the month of October, CBA staff visited six different reefs throughout the Choctawhatchee Bay. At each location, we collected data on water quality, oyster quantity, oyster size range, and habitat utilization.
"The data is essential because we can compare and contrast habitat impacts of different reef types. Using this information, CBA can not only continue to refine our best practices, but share lessons learned with other organizations building living shorelines throughout the Southeast," says Brandy Foley, Monitoring Coordinator.
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30A 10K
Have you signed up for the 2018 30A 10K? Registration supports CBA and our efforts to improve swimmable, fishable waterways through education, monitoring, research, and restoration.
Click
here
to learn more. Want to volunteer with CBA at the event? Email our Communications Coordinator at
zambelle@nwfsc.edu
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Volunteer Opportunities
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