Senator Graham visits the Apalachicola Riverkeeper

UP-COMING EVENTS

Wild & Scenic

Coastal Clean-up

RiverTrek

Volunteer at the Riverkeeper
Today

Oystermen (Photo by Doug Wakeman)

Don't think for one minute that volunteering at the Riverkeeper is boring:

You get to do fun things like take cool photographs for us or

Take visitors boating and fishing

up the river or

Lead a kayak trip

up a creek or

Get behind the scenes at the Wild & Scenic

Film Festival.

We can offer all kinds of interesting people to meet, dogs to hang out with and jobs to do for the wonderful cause of the Apalachicola River and Bay.

Contact your Riverkeeper for a list of volunteer opportunities today.

Upcoming Events

Wild & Scenic Film Festival

2011 Coastal CleanUp

RiverTrek 2011

Riverkeeper Dan Tonsmeire participated in Sen. Mary Landrieu's conference call on the RESTORE ACT. Learn more about this important piece of oil spill legislation and what you can do to help restore the Gulf of Mexico, click here.

Don't miss this year's Wild & Scenic Film Festival

Aug 26 & 27 Carrabelle

Sept 2 & 3 Apalachicola

Sept. 10

Marianna

Coastal CleanUp 2010

Contact Us

PO Box 8
Apalachicola, Florida 32320

Email your Riverkeeper

(850) 653-8936

Apalachicola Riverkeeper
hosts Sen. Bob Graham

Sen. Bob Graham and John Robert Middlemas

Greetings!

This week John Robert Middlemas, Apalachicola Riverkeeper board member, hosted Sen. Bob Graham and the Graham family on a tour of the Apalachicola River from Owl Creek to the delta along with Dan Tonsmeire, Riverkeeper. (Special thanks to our volunteer boat captains Mike Koun of the Gibson Inn & Tom Herzog of Carrabelle.)
Sen. Graham saw first hand the damage inadequate flows can cause on the Apalachicola. The Riverkeeper is proud to have Sen. Graham as an advocate on our behalf. His record as a champion for the environment and Apalachicola River & Bay is second to none in the State of Florida.
Thank you, Senator, for your interest and your understanding of the importance of the Apalachicola as an economic and ecological engine in Northwest Florida and the Eastern Gulf of Mexico.

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2011 Wild & Scenic Film Festival

Join the Apalachicola Riverkeeper for the 2011 Wild & Scenic Film Festival. 3 venues, 5 nights of fun and inspiration. Featured speakers include Jonathan Wickham, Red Sky Productions and producer of "Chattahoochee: Water Ways to Water Vision" and Charles Morgan, Restauranteur & Entrepreneur, and producer of "A Different Way of Doing Business" - a film celebrating the co-operative Red Bay Grocery in Bruce Fl. All that and 9 additional short films that will change your world.

Aug. 26 & 27, St. James Bay Golf Resort, St. James
Sept. 2 & 3, Dixie Theater, Apalachicola
Sept. 10, Gazebo Coffee Shoppe & Deli, Marianna
Reception: 6 p.m.; films: 7 p.m.
Admission is free

Please Support our Wild & Scenic
Film Festival
Sponsors

Theriaque & Spain
Franklin County Schools

Apalach Outfitter

Grady Market

Gazebo Coffee Shop & Deli

House of Tartts

Lampl Herbert Consultants

St. James Bay Golf Resort

Apalachicola Ace Hardware

Riverkeeper sponsors Coastal Clean-up, Sept. 17, 8:30 a.m.

Join the world's largest volunteer effort. The Ocean Conservancy's International Coastal Clean-up is observed each year in Franklin County under the sponsorship of Apalachicola Riverkeeper. Help us remove trash and debris from our waterways - preserving wildlife habitats and sparing the Gulf of Mexico and the oceans of the world from the mountain of trash collected each year.

Looking for Volunteers (Photo by Doug Wakeman)

We have identified 18 sites throughout the area. Please join us for this wonderful event.

Contact the Riverkeeper to participate

RiverTrek 2011 - Paddling for the Riverkeeper

Earl Morrough, Paddler Extrordinaire, has organized a 107 mile paddle down the Apalachicola River. The five-day event is seeking sponsors for the 10 paddlers participating as well as corporate sponsors for the Riverkeeper.

RiverTrek: Day 1 Campsite

For more information, see RiverTrek 2011

Thank you to RiverTrek corporate sponsors:

all Florida Mediaworks and

The Wilderness Way.

Please join your Riverkeeper today. Donate to help us keep the Apalachicola River and Bay the most biodiverse system in North America. Volunteer with your Riverkeeper today.

We can't continue our work without the support of our friends and our community. Thank you for your help!

Meg Nelson, Deputy Director
Apalachicola Riverkeeper