Address: 1 Scipio Creek Dr, Apalachicola, FL 32320-1366
Attraction Location
Capt. Gill's River Cruises Videos
Stories from the Apalachicola: An Endangered River
WFSU presents a production of the Florida State University College of Communication and Information. Stories from the Apalachicola is the result of an interdisciplinary effort called the Apalachicola River Project.
Students in Digital Media Production, Media and Communication Studies, English and Environmental Science and Policy partnered with Apalachicola Riverkeeper, a nonprofit group dedicated to preserving and restoring the Apalachicola River, its bay and watersheds. The group provided boats and kayaks so students could navigate the river to collect water and soil samples, record video and write stories about the effects of reduced water flow on the oyster industry, fishing and the delicate ecosystem.
Students interviewed oystermen, beekeepers, legislators, historians, biologists, and the Riverkeeper, each with their own perspective on this critical time for the Apalachicola. Freshwater flows on the Apalachicola have been altered for decades, as the Army Corps of Engineers has restricted flows during droughts and modified the river channel create a shipping lane for barges. This has caused a decline in tupelo and other trees in the floodplain forest. And in 2012, during the lowest flow period ever recorded for the river, the Apalachicola Bay oyster fishery crashed.
Communities along the river and bay look towards a future where the river might not provide for them as it did in generations past.
For more information on the Apalachicola River Project, visit their official website:
For ongoing coverage of the Apalachicola River and Bay system, visit the WFSU Ecology Blog:
Did you find Stories from the Apalachicola informative? Did it motivate you to want to help the river and bay? Let the filmmakers know in this short survey:
Apalachicola River Trip
8 days 120 mile paddle trip from Chattahoochee FL at Lake Seminole to the Gulf. Paddlers were supported by a 40ft catamaran Mother Ship base camp and 2 small speed boats. The trip was sponsored by Apalachicola Maritime Museum AMMFL.org and supported by The Apalachicola Riverkeeper.