Jack Rudloe

People gathered outside a mirrored building, holding signs that say 'Kill the Drill'

Voices rise against oil drilling in the fragile Apalachicola River Basin

Margie Menzel

The Florida Department of Environmental Protection has okayed a draft permit, and Apalachicola Riverkeeper is challenging it

A crowd of people holding signs that say "Kill the Drill" and a flag of the state of Florida

State News

As hearings on oil drilling in the fragile Apalachicola River Basin begin, opponents protest at DEP

Margie Menzel

The Florida Department of Environmental Protection approved a draft permit, but the citizen group Apalachicola Riverkeeper has challenged it

Weezer, one of the rehabilitated Kemp's Ridley sea turtles, returns to the wild.

WFSU Local News

Bon Voyage! Gulf Specimen Releases Two Kemp's Ridley Turtles

Ryan Dailey

The Gulf Specimen Marine Lab released two adolescent Kemp’s Ridley sea turtles Thursday. For local marine biology icon Jack Rudloe, this turtle release…

State News

Amendment Goes Over Like A Lead Balloon, But Naturalists Say Even Latex Ones Are Bad

An otherwise popular piece of legislation saw one of its amendments defeated last week when environmentalists balked at changing rules concerning the…