Tag: environment
Gulfarium is Making a Splash!
By Megan Trainer
You won’t want to miss all the excitement at Gulfarium Marine Adventure Park this year! Located on Okaloosa Island, the Gulfarium recently unveiled its...
The Florida Aquifer is the Fountain of Life
By Carolyn Newcomer Ketchel, Okaloosa County Commissioner, District 2
Nothing is more essential to life than water. Most of us can only live three days without...
Sustaining an Ecosystem Through Stewardship
By Heather Bennett Eye
The ecosystem provided by the Choctawhatchee Bay and surrounding areas is vital for environmental balance and biodiversity, with its waterways and...
Sustaining an Ecosystem Through Stewardship
By Heather Bennett Eye
The ecosystem provided by the Choctawhatchee Bay and surrounding areas is vital for environmental balance and biodiversity, with its waterways and...
Q & A: Alex Fogg of Destin-Fort Walton Beach’s Artificial Reef...
By Will Estell
If you are a full-time or part-time resident of any of the beach towns and coastal communities that dot Northwest Florida’s Gulf...
Estuary Program Brings Bay’s Importance to Coastal Residents
By Kenneth Books
The average human body contains about 60 percent water. And we die after about three days without ingesting liquids.
Yet, most of us...
Six Rehabilitated Sea Turtles Released
The Gulfarium C.A.R.E. Center has taken in 89 patients this year and, so far, has released 58 of them. In July, six sea turtles, four Loggerheads,...
Whale Sharks in Gulf Spark Unique Tagging Effort
By Nick Tomecek, Okaloosa County PIO
The Coastal Resource team with Destin-Fort Walton Beach Tourism in Okaloosa County recently participated in a collaborative effort that led to...
Talking Turtles with Marine Biologist Jessica Valek
By Christopher Manson
In January 2022, a partnership between Okaloosa Island’s Gulfarium and the Destin-Fort Walton Beach Tourism Department was launched. “C.A.R.E.”ing for Turtles takes place at the Gulfarium every Wednesday...
