UF/IFAS
Extension Escambia County

Tag: ecotourism

Nature Tourism in the Panhandle – Intracoastal Waterway (ICW) – Pensacola Beach


February 12, 2016

  All Photos by Molly O'Connor We began our series on Nature Tourism along the ICW at the Alabama state line on Perdido Key and discussed the ICW itself. This month we will continue in Escambia County with a visit to Pensacola Beach. BARRIER ... READ MORE

Category: Natural Resources
Tags: Barrier Islands, Ecotourism, Environmental Education, Florida Panhandle, Hiking, Kayaking, Panhandle Outdoors, Recreation

Panhandle Outdoors LIVE – Watershed School – Week’s Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve


February 5, 2016

Mobile Bay?... part of the Florida panhandle?... Really?... Well… yes… during the colonial period “West Florida” extended west to the Biloxi area and besides, all western panhandlers know we are really “lower Alabama”; we hear ... READ MORE

Category: Natural Resources
Tags: Ecotourism, Environmental Education, Estuaries, Hiking, Kayaking, Panhandle Outdoors

2016 Gulf Coast Agritourism and Ecotourism Business Development Conference


January 19, 2016

In 2014, five Extension agents involved with www.naturallyescarosa.com launched the first Gulf Coast Agritourism & Ecotourism Business Development Conference. Over sixty business owners and members of the hospitality industry met to discuss ... READ MORE

Category: Natural Resources
Tags: Agritourism, Ecotourism, Events, Florida Panhandle, Hiking, Kayaking, Panhandle Outdoors, Recreation, Upcoming Events

Panhandle Outdoors LIVE – Aucilla River Sinks Hike


September 21, 2015

A portion of the Aucilla River flows through a landscape of dramatic and unusual geologic formations. Join us for this tour to see an amazing sequence of sinks and river rises, created as the river alternately disappears into the underlying ... READ MORE

Category: Natural Resources
Tags: Aucilla Sinks, Ecotourism, Environmental Education, Geology, Hiking, Panhandle Outdoors, Panhandle Outdoors LIVE, Sinkholes