Since its founding more than 200 years ago, Apalachicola has been the sponge capital of the world, the prime oyster producer of Florida, and a timber center of North Florida. Eventually all those ...

Lawmakers filed bill to ban oil drilling within 10 miles of Apalachicola Bay, aiming to protect vital ecosystem.

Proceeds from the two-day street festival benefit the Franklin County Humane Society, the Florida Wild Mammal Association and the Apalachicola Dog Park. For more information about the event ...

State wildlife officials are devising plans to allow some commercial oyster harvesting next year in Northwest Florida’s Apalachicola Bay, despite no major improvements in the bay after a halt ...

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission met to discuss the reopening of Apalachicola Bay's oyster beds, which collapsed in 2013. Local seafood workers urged the commission to include them in the ...

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission will consider a partial reopening of the Apalachicola Bay oyster fishery. The fishery collapsed in 2013 and was closed in 2020 to allow the ...