Our goal is 100 new CBA members in 2021! We have 150 days left of our member challenge campaign and still have room for you! Our education program is run year-round, from our traditional school programs, such as Grasses in Classes, to summer camps and Shelves to Shores library lessons. We supply students with the materials for each hands-on experience with CBA. We aim to keep our future stewards exploring. To do this, we need you as a CBA member!

You can join at any amount and pay annually or monthly - Even a membership at the $25 "Oyster" level will fund a lesson for one of our 93 Grasses in Classes classrooms.

As a participant in our oyster shell recycling program, CBA has a supportive connection with Shunk Gulley Oyster Bar on 30A. We extend our gratitude to Shunk Gulley for donating live oysters to our SHOALS program at Freeport High School. Students will be learning about oyster anatomy and their importance as filter feeders in our waterways. Our SHOALS program aims to provide students with hands-on learning experiences centered around our watershed.

This past month, we called for "All Hands on Deck" as we began improving the Cessna Reefs in front of the marsh grass shoreline. We want to extend our thanks to the volunteers who heeded the call and assisted in our winter reef restoration at Cessna Park. Additionally, volunteers of all ages aided CBA in splitting our spartina plants for living shorelines around the bay. The Coastal Partnership Initiative, Walton County, and St. Joe Community Foundation provide funding for our "All Hands on Deck" mission to promote coastal resource stewardship through education and volunteer programs and enhancing habitat through dune and shoreline restoration.