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Film Festival adds two new venues
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 We are so excited to add St. James Bay Country Club in Carrabelle & Gazebo Coffee Shop & Deli in Marianna to this year's Wild & Scenic Environmental Film Festival. Joining the Dixie Theater in Apalachicola, the two new venues will present this year's fabulous films. Admission continues to be free at all venues.
Thank you to all our sponsors: Theriaque & Spain, Apalachicola Outfitters, Franklin County School, Grady Market, House of Tartts, The Robert B. Ragland Foundation, CCT & Associates, C. Chadwick Taylor & Frances Harris Taylor, Apalachicola Ace Hardware, Artimus Gallery, Daly's Dock & Dive, Island Outfitters, and 3G Realty Group LLC. And many thanks to Carrabelle Cares for their support and assistance. |
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Film Festival Information
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Carrabelle: August 26 & 27, 7 - 9 p.m. St. James Bay Country Club
Apalachicola: September 2 & 3, 7 - 9 p.m. Dixie Theater
Marianna: September 10, 7 - 9 p.m. Gazebo Coffee Shop & Deli
Admission is free |
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Save Our Gulf meets in New Orleans
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Dispersants: Out of Sight - Out of Mind
"Stop the use of dispersants" say the 7 Waterkeepers who met in New Orleans last week as part of the Save Our Gulf group. The Waterkeepers represent seven entities impacted by the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.
The Apalachicola Riverkeeper is just one of the Waterkeepers involved in preventing any further oil spill damage to the Gulf Coast.
According to Save Our Gulf, the Coast Guard and EPA have approved the use of the dispersants that sink the surface oil to the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico. "Oil capture equipment needs the oil on the surface of the water to be effective," said Dan Tonsmeire, Apalachicola Riverkeeper. "Surface capture actually removes the oil while dispersants just sink it to the bottom - out of sight, out of mind - leaving the oil in place to do more damage."
Save Our Gulf created an action plan to improve response to the BP-Deepwater Horizon oil spill disaster. Surface capture of the oil is more environmentally sound than the use of dispersants, according to the Waterkeepers from the Gulf Coast states. It removes the the captured oil completely from the water. Please support our efforts to restore the Gulf of Mexico to pre-oil spill conditions.
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