Outdoors & Nature

July 4, 2018

Visiting Eden Gardens State Park is tuning out the rest of the world and tuning in the “Real Florida”.

February 3, 2018

In an effort to mitigate storm effects and maintain its beaches in the best possible condition, Seaside is restoring and re-nourishing its coastal sand dunes.

November 14, 2017

Friends of South Walton Sea Turtles group invites our community to the We Share the Beaches Educational Series held at the South Walton Coastal Branch Library.

July 18, 2017

On the east side of South Walton just east of Inlet Beach, turn off Highway 98 and through the gate of Camp Helen State Park and be amazed how fast you go from freeway frenzy to total tranquility.

July 3, 2017

As people make plans to go to the beach for the Independence Day holiday, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) is reminding the public to help protect beach-nesting shorebirds and sea turtles by giving them space and keeping personal fireworks off the beach.

June 29, 2017

The Cultural Arts Alliance of Walton County (CAA) in partnership with the South Walton Artificial Reef Association (SWARA) will join two of SoWal’s most beloved attractions – the arts and the Gulf of Mexico – by creating The Underwater Museum of Art (UMA), North America’s first underwater permanent sculpture exhibit.

June 28, 2017

Grayton Beach State Park has showcased the best natural environment South Walton has to offer for nearly 50 years.

June 5, 2017

The installation of artificial reefs has gotten off to a great start in South Walton, and there the vessel Maranatha is currently offshore at Miramar Beach continuing deployments of twelve new reefs in coming days.

May 30, 2017

We’re at Deer Lake State Park in Walton County, Florida, tracing this bond through a coastal dune lake watershed.

April 10, 2017

About 50 people attended the opening of Pilcher Park on Friday, April 7th.

March 16, 2017

This Settles the Pompano Controversy (Letter to the Editor, Florida Sportsman, 1945) Dear Sir, I’m no writer in any sense of the word, but have read and heard about my friend the pompano not taking a bait ’till I’ve just got to squawk.

November 28, 2016

Most people are astonished to learn that Florida has caves, but the limestone ecosystem of the central Florida panhandle is quite different than anywhere else in the state.