4-H Environmental Science

Master Naturalist Program

Weekly “What is it?”: In-Stream Trash Collection

carriestevensonMay 9th, 2024If you’ve ever peeked over the railings of a bridge spanning an urban stream, walked along the beach, or even paddled in some of our more rural rivers, you know we have a trash problem in our waterways. Northwest Florida is crisscrossed by hundreds of small—and large—water bodies that are downstream of all our cities, […]

Weekly “What is it?”: Every Kid Outdoors

carriestevensonJanuary 29th, 2024The summer after my junior year of college, I took part in a nearly 40-day road trip with the geography department at my university. We headed west from Birmingham to New Mexico, then north to Banff National Park, traveling through fourteen states and two Canadian provinces before making our way back to Alabama. Between destinations, […]

Weekly “WHO is it?”: Kayak Dave

carriestevensonJanuary 3rd, 2024You know those people who just exude peace and calm? The type who never seem rattled, always go with the flow, and are positive about everything? For me, “Kayak Dave” Barker was that guy. He was a fixture at Navarre Beach, and so well known that a lot of folks never even knew his last […]