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	Apalachicola, Florida - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Apalachicola is still the home port for a variety of seafood workers, including oyster harvesters and shrimpers.
		Botanist Alvan Wentworth Chapman (1809-1899) settled in Apalachicola in 1846.
		In 1849, Apalachicola physician Dr. John Gorrie (1802-1855) discovered the cold-air process of refrigeration and patented an ice-machine in 1850, as the result of experiments to lower the temperatures of fever patients, laying the groundwork for modern refrigeration and air-conditioning.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Apalachicola,_Florida (831 words)

	Apalachicola - LoveToKnow 1911
		APALACHICOLA, a city, port of entry, and the county-seat of Franklin county, Florida, U.S.A., in the N.W. part of the state, on Apalachicola Bay and at the mouth off the Apalachicola river.
		The bay is well protected by St Vincent, Flag, Sand, and St George's islands; and the shipping of lumber, naval stores and cotton, which reach the city by way of the river, forms the principal industry.
		Before the development of railways in the Gulf states, Apalachicola was one of the principal centres of trade in the southern states, ranking third among the Gulf ports in 1835.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /Apalachicola (295 words)

	Apalachicola Bay - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Apalachicola Bay is located on Florida's northwest coast.
		The bay has been designated as a National Estuarine Research Reserve and the Apalachicola River is the largest source of freshwater to the estuary.
		The area is also home to 308 species of birds, 186 species of fish, 57 species of mammals, and boasts the highest species density of amphibians and reptiles in all of North America, north of Mexico stated by the Apalachicola Reserve, 2002.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Apalachicola_Bay (236 words)

	Gulf Coast's Apalachicola Bay System
		Florida's largest river, the Apalachicola, along with the Chattahoochee and Flint Rivers in Georgia and Alabama are known collectively as the ACF river system.
		The Apalachicola Bay at the mouth of the river system includes areas where extreme changes in salinity occur.
		The sections of the watersheds from the Florida panhandle to Mobile Bay support some of the richest biodiversity in all of North America.
	www.ucsusa.org /gulf/gcplacesapa.html (506 words)

	Green Scissors 2001 Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint (ACF) River System
		Apalachicola sport fish have been in rapid decline since the practice began in 1990, and the April 2000 navigation window resulted in an almost complete failure of sport fish spawning along the entire Apalachicola River and reservoirs upstream.
		The Apalachicola floodplain is a biological factory fueling Apalachicola Bay.
		The bay is home to 15 percent of America's and 90 percent of Florida's annual oyster harvest.
	www.greenscissors.org /water/apalachicola.htm (507 words)

	Apalachicola Fishing Passes
		Apalachicola Bay is uniquely rich among Florida estuaries, made fertile with the muddy flow of the Flint and Chattahoochee rivers out of Georgia, which join at the Woodruff Dam to form the Apalachicola River.
		Because of the high nutrient load, the bay is one of the prime oyster-producers in the country, and all that energy also translates through the food chain to the gamefish.
		The river and the bay are among the few waters to share a run of gulf-strain striped bass, native fish that reach weights of over 50 pounds.
	www.floridasportsman.com /regions/nw/r_0010 (858 words)

	Nature Field Guide :: Nature Project Profiles :: Apalachicola River and Bay, Florida
		The lands and waters of the Apalachicola -- river and bay, swampy forest and white-sand islands -- are tinged with the primeval.
		Today, however, the Apalachicola oyster and other denizens of river and bay are in jeopardy as upstream agricultural operations and burgeoning cities like Atlanta want to take more of the river's water for their own use.
		The Apalachicola River is now at the center of one of the most contested water conflicts in the country.
	www.nature.org /wherewework/fieldguide/projectprofiles/arb.html (519 words)

	Management of the Apalachicola River-estuary: Relationships of River Flow and Bay Productivity
		The Apalachicola River flows 171 km from the confluence of the Chattahoochee and Flint Rivers (the Jim Woodruff Dam) to its terminus in the Apalachicola estuary.
		Apalachicola River flow was correlated with Georgia rainfall, which indicated that the salinity of the Apalachicola estuary was associated with precipitation trends in the upper basin (Meeter et al., 1979).
		In Apalachicola Bay, high silt fractions were correlated with high food web indices, an indication that the estuary was in balance with the various factors associated with estuarine food webs.
	bio.fsu.edu /carrma/Vol3no1.htm (8239 words)

	Apalachicola National Estuarine Research Reserve
		Location: The Apalachicola Reserve is located in Franklin and Gulf County, on the Florida panhandle, approximately 90 miles southeast of Tallahassee and 80 miles east of Panama City.
		Apalachicola Bay is one of the most productive estuarine systems in the Northern Hemisphere.
		In addition to its water quality monitoring program, the reserve has engaged in extensive benthic habitat mapping in Apalachicola Bay and has a highly sophisticated geographic information systems (GIS), which is used to educate coastal managers and visiting researchers about the area and its ecology.
	www.dep.state.fl.us /coastal/sites/apalachicola (240 words)

	Florida's Apalachicola Bay - Pg.2
		With the exception of the middle of the bay, where depths average about nine feet, the prime kayaking waters along the mainland marsh and river environment and the bay side of Apalachicola's barrier islands rarely exceed a depth of three feet.
		For an introductory experience to the bay, St. Vincent can't be beat because of the diversity of its coastline and its variety of flora and fauna.
		Another option is to launch from Indian Pass, paddle west along the bay side of the island and stay overnight at a primitive campsite on the western tip of Little St. George Island, which is separated from St. Vincent by half-mile-wide West Pass.
	www.seakayakermag.com /2003/03April/Apa/Apalachicola_02.htm (302 words)

	Habitat Mapping to Assess Health of Oyster Fishery in Apalachicola Bay, Florida
		The area is in transition, and the bay separates barrier islands undergoing rapid development from mainland communities whose economies are still based largely on the oyster and shrimp fisheries.
		The bay, which is about 10 km wide by 45 km long and has an average depth of 3 m, is home to the largest oyster fishery in the State (90 percent of Florida's oysters are harvested here).
		Above: The USGS is participating in a cooperative study of oyster habitats in Apalachicola Bay on Florida's panhandle coast.
	soundwaves.er.usgs.gov /2005/06/fieldwork2.html (537 words)

	Apalachicola River - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Apalachicola River is a river, approximately 112 mi (180 km) long in the U.S. state Florida.
		It flows into Apalachicola Bay, an inlet of the Gulf of Mexico, at Apalachicola.
		The lower 30 mi (48 km) of the river is surrounded by extensive swamps and wetlands except at the coast.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Apalachicola_River (299 words)

	Apalachicola Reserve, Florida
		Apalachicola Bay is in an area of transition between the semidiurnal tides of southwest Florida and the diurnal tides of northwest Florida.
		The normal tidal range in the bay is one to two feet with a maximum range of three feet.
		Apalachicola River discharge accounts for 35 percent of the total fresh water runoff from the west coast of Florida.
	nerrs.noaa.gov /Apalachicola/Tidal.html (201 words)

	Florida's Apalachicola Bay - Pg.7
		The bay side of the park is a less strenuous alternative to a St. Vincent/Little St. George excursion and makes a good conditioning trip.
		Protecting the little bay from St. George Sound is Goose Island, a 50-acre oasis of pine trees, tidal inlets and eagle nests about 500 yards from the boat-launch area.
		The smallest island in the chain of barrier islands that ring Apalachicola Bay is Dog Island, which is located across East Pass about a half mile from "big" St. George.
	www.seakayakermag.com /2003/03April/Apa/Apalachicola_07.htm (523 words)

	Charter Fishing Apalachicola and St. George island Florida Apalachicola fishing at its best (850) 653 9008
		Apalachicola fishing is among the finest anywhere in the country.
		Apalachicola is located in Northwest Florida, between Tallahassee and Panama City.
		Offshore trips may fish the Bay at the discretion of the Captain.
	www.breakawaymarina.com (378 words)

	Florida's Apalachicola Bay - Pg.1
		Since taking up residence in Apalachicola, a sleepy town of about 2,500 located 70 miles south of Tallahassee, I’ve read a boat-load of books and articles on this historic and enchanted coast where it’s a 100-mile drive between stop lights.
		The Apalachicola drainage basin, and its cosmos of streams, bays, tidal creeks and marshes, act as breeding ground and nursery for thousands of animals that thrive in this ideal mix of fresh and salt water.
		An ebb tide has marooned us in a tangled maze of oyster beds as we paddle the bay to St. Vincent Island, the largest of the four barrier islands—including St. George, Little St. George and Dog—that separate Apalachicola Bay from the Gulf of Mexico.
	www.seakayakermag.com /2003/03April/Apa/Apalachicola_01.htm (444 words)

	Florida - Apalachicola River and Bay
		The Apalachicola River is formed by the Chattahoochee and Flint rivers, which flow from the Appalachian foothills to Apalachicola Bay, one of the most productive and pristine estuaries in the Northern Hemisphere.
		The bay’s barrier islands are nesting grounds for sea turtles and shore birds and provide a critical resting and feeding area for migrating birds and butterflies.
		On the river, reservoir operations and water withdrawals from the Flint and Chattahoochee rivers have changed the Apalachicola’s natural flow, threatening the survival of native species and cutting off the state’s largest forested floodplain.
	www.nature.org /wherewework/northamerica/states/florida/preserves/art16201.html (507 words)

	Surface Water Improvement and Management
		In the immediate proximity of Apalachicola Bay, restoration of the wetlands in Tates Hell Swamp within East Bay Drainage Basin was initiated in 1992.
		Joseph Bay is located on the southwest coast of Gulf County, bounded by Cape San Blas and St. Joseph peninsula.
		This bay is notable in that it is the only embayment in the eastern Gulf of Mexico not substantially influenced by freshwater inflow.
	www.nwfwmd.state.fl.us /rmd/swim/swimdesc.htm (5089 words)

	Dock on the Bay - Eastpoint, Apalachicola Florida Restaurant and Cruise Service (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Welcome to Dock on the Bay located on the beautiful Apalachicola Bay, in the picturesque fishing village of Eastpoint, Florida.
		Eastpoint is the home of succulent Apalachicola oysters, tasty blue crabs, and delicious wild caught shrimp.
		We are situated across the Apalachicola Bay from beautiful Saint George Island, eighty-five miles west of Tallahassee, sixty-five miles east of Panama City, and three miles east of Historic Apalachicola.
	www.dockonthebay.biz (333 words)

	Apalachicola Riverkeeper
		The Apalachicola Riverkeeper is a grassroots environmental advocacy organization dedicated to the protection and preservation of Florida's most endangered river and estuary---the Apalachicola--- including its tributaries: the Chipola, the Brothers and the Little St. Marks.
		We monitor both the on-going health of the River and Bay, as well as the impending threats to that resource.
		As prioritized by the concerns of our membership we identify the most immediate threats to our River and Bay Through stakeholder meetings, media campaigns and regular visits to elected officials we develop the options and pursue those which offer potential solutions through changes to public policy and regulatory oversight.
	www.apalachicolariverkeeper.org (265 words)

	Apalachicola/Port St. Joe Area VISIT FLORIDA \| Visit Apalachicola & Port St. Joe, Florida
		Learn more about the ecology of the bay at the Apalachicola National Estuarine Research Reserve waterfront education center, home to exhibits on local flora and fauna, an aviary, and giant live fish tanks.
		Today oysters are farmed in the bay and harvested by oystermen with long-handled tongs and wooden flats boats.
		Whereas Apalachicola’s world may be the oyster, in nearby Port St. Joe the crustacean of renown is the bay scallop, harvested recreationally during the summer months.
	www.visitflorida.com /destinations/area.php/ca=45 (781 words)

	Apalachicola Documentary Website
		Apalachicola Bay has already suffered a number of setbacks for shellfish harvests....Recent hurricanes and other heavy downpours have also affected salinity levels in the Bay which hurts the oyster's ability to spawn....Too much rain also taxes the community's local sewage facilities causing toxic waste to flow into the water.
		In a small community like Apalachicola, everyone seems to know everyone else....especially a person's history.....good times and bad times.....so it wouldn't be surprising to hear that the current mayor, Bobby Howell has a tie to one of the town's oldest residents Homer Marks.
		Apalachicola now attracts tourists...ironic since Franklin County officials still call it the "Forgotten Coast" People want to see a part of old Florida.......many credit eco-tourism for the new interest in the fishing town.
	www.wuftfm.org /rivers/script.htm (7117 words)

	10 News This Morning - Tampa Bay's 10 News - WTSP
		Apalachicola Bay, Florida - Hurricane Dennis may be long gone, but the storm is still bad news for hundreds of commercial oystermen in the Florida Panhandle.
		That's because Dennis' 10-foot storm surge destroyed dozens of seafood houses in Wakulla and Franklin counties, which in turn contaminated the Apalachicola Bay with sewage runoff.
		The bay has been closed since Sunday (07-10), and nearly 15-hundred oystermen are temporarily out of work.
	www.tampabays10.com /thismorning/thismorning_article.aspx?storyid=16268 (215 words)

	Swamp Quest - ecology of Bradwell Bay, Apalachicola National Forest, Florida American Forests - Find Articles
		Bradwell Bay and its adjoining areas are one of the last strongholds of the Florida fl bear, a threatened subspecies of the American fl bear.
		Bear signs are everywhere in Bradwell Bay, from fresh footprints to scat to mauled trees, marked by hears to show territorial boundaries.
		A human path through the swamp is carved with a machete, although the resulting trail often seems like a feeble attempt at penetrating the hidden flwater ponds and the massive jungles of titi, smilax, gallberry, cypress, and gum.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m1016/is_2_107/ai_78399997 (871 words)

	How To Catch Tarpon In The Apalachicola Bay Florida (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The tarpon is a large thick-bodied fish generally silver in color other than its back, which can range from a dark green to gray.
		Apalachicola Bay and St George Sound offer good fishing during the summer.
		Tarpon come in all sizes and can be caught with all kinds of fishing equipment and using various methods.
	www.neilbranch.com /tarpon.htm (346 words)

	Apalachicola Documentary Website
		The tupelo is one of the flood plain hardwood you’ll also find Cyprus, bay, there are two species of tupelo in there, the ogeechee tupelo, and the water tupelo, uh a lot of bays some magnolias sable palms both the sable palm and the dwarf sable palm uh, a lot of uh, saw palmetto.
		The bay, the estuary is a nursery ground for offshore gulf of Mexico species.
		An estuary is where fresh water and salt water meet and mix so a bay is a type of estuary, so the salinity in an estuary and a bay fluctuates depending on how much fresh water is coming down the river or how much salt water is coming in from the Gulf.
	www.wuftfm.org /rivers/imiley.html (3084 words)

	Apalachicola Bay Trading (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Apalachicola is the quintessential fishing village on the Gulf of Mexico.
		A kind of 21st Century Mayberry with a population of about 3,000 residents, three story buildings, sandy beaches, no traffic lights and a comfortable six hour drive South of Atlanta.
		Settled in the early 1800's, Apalachicola served as the major shipping port for timber and cotton in the 1800's and 1900's.
	www.apalachicolabaytrading.com (176 words)

	GulfBase - Apalachicola Bay Benthic Mapping
		Fieldwork was done during October of 1999, with 436 stations sampled using a SPI camera, 136 stations sampled using a Shipek grab for analysis of sediment texture, sediment organic content and benthic community parameters, and continuous acoustic measurements collected with a RoxAnnTM system.
		Relationships among habitats and their sediments and faunal communities will be examined throughout the bay, and geographic information systems (GIS) will be used to map the occurrence and distribution of particular species, sediment types and habitat groups.
		These efforts were initiated to develop FDEP's geospatial data resources for Apalachicola Bay by providing up-to-date benthic habitat information for use in monitoring activities, future change assessments, and resource management planning.
	www.gulfbase.org /project/view.php?pid=abbm (286 words)

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