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A map and waypoints for mile markers on the Pea River from its mouth at Geneva to its headwaters near Union Springs is in hand, as are a map and waypoints from its mouth at Choctawhatchee Bay to the junction of its East and West Forks. Maps and waypoints for the East and West Forks…

Choctawhatchee Riverkeeper samples and tests for bacteria  (E. coli) at 20+ sites in the Choctawhatchee – Pea Rivers Watershed The results of testing are posted in a free app, The SWIM Guide. Pull up the map in SWIM Guide and click on a site or sites you want to check. Sites are rated as relatively…

Before passage of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (Clean Water Act) in 1972 enforcement of the then federal water protection law was left to the states. States competed for industry, using weaker enforcement as a recruiting tool. And, state and local governments did not have the fiscal resources to build infrastructure for growing suburbs…