The Choctawhatchee Basin Alliance (CBA), in partnership with Visit South Walton and Northwest Florida State College, presents a unique series of eco-adventures in South Walton County. Discover Roads Less Traveled offers varied opportunities to explore and discover the natural resources that make SoWal unique. We encourage you to get outside and enjoy!
Celebrate Earth Day with the experts at the E.O. Wilson Biophilia Center on Saturday, April 5, 2014. The event is a community festival geared towards appreciating, conserving and learning about the world we live in.
Two favorite SoWal.com Dining Partners are offering classes through Vicki McCain's Kitchenique Cooking School in Miramar Beach this month - so fun and so delicious!
The Walton County School District has voted to place a referendum on the August ballot that will give voters the opportunity to change the way the school superintendent is chosen. Currently the position is an elected one, the referendum changes the Position to an appointed one based on experience, education, and qualifications.
Please visit the website to learn more at www.kidsbeforepolitics.com.
Seacoast Collegiate High School would like to invite community members, friends, and prospective students and their families to attend a special Informational Night on Wednesday, March 26, from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. in rooms 119 and 120. During Informational Night, guests will learn more about the high school and student academic plans in honors, dual enrollment, and advanced placement coursework. Faculty and staff will be available to answer any questions and give tours. Seacoast is located at the South Walton Center of Northwest FloridaState College.
Mainstay Financial Group will present a free seminar titled “Healthcare Costs – Planning for Bumps in the Road with Long-term Care” on Monday, Feb. 17 at 10 a.m. in the Family Birth Place conference room at Sacred Heart Hospital on the Emerald Coast. The conference room is located on the second floor of the Family Birth Place, which has a separate entrance to the west of the main entrance of the hospital.
Have you or your loved one been diagnosed with diabetes? Sacred Heart Hospital on the Emerald Coast invites you to join the next diabetes self-management class on Wednesday and Thursday, Dec. 17 and 18, from 12:00 to 4:30 p.m. The class will take place in the Resource Center Suite one education building at Sacred Heart Hospital on the Emerald Coast.
This year’s excessive rain opens our eyes to the impact Mother Nature has on living creatures, both human and non-human. Human behavior is directly affected by the amount of sunshine we receive daily, not to mention the fresh air and exercise, all critical to our health and happiness.
We wait for the sun to pop through the clouds so we can grab a boat or a board and head for the water. Our bodies in motion don’t know what to do with too much indoor time, especially here in paradise.
Under the Florida Wildlife Commission’s Florida Black Bear Management Plan , approved in 2012, seven bear management units (BMUs) will be established throughout the state. The West Panhandle BMU, encompassing the counties of Escambia, Holmes, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa and Walton, will be the first to be created.
October 23, 2013 by SoWal Staff
The Critical Linkages are an important part of the Florida Wildlife Corridor, as highlighted by the 2012 Florida Wildlife Corridor Expedition, which traversed many of the Critical Linkages in the Florida peninsula. This short film has some stunning images of the real Florida - a place we love - our home.
