Riverkeeper Completes Historic Slough Restoration

Riverkeeper completes historic slough restoration

Sand clogged Spider’s Cut before restoration [ Doug Alderson ] The historic $4.7 million Apalachicola River slough restoration project, begun in 2020, has been completed.  Funded through Apalachicola Riverkeeper with a grant from the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, three sloughs were targeted: East River, Douglas Slough, and Spiders Cut. The East River, about 14 miles upstream of the John Gorrie Bridge in Apalachicola, takes a share of th…

Riverkeeper completes historic slough restoration - The Port St. Joe Star

Sand clogged Spider’s Cut before restoration [ Doug Alderson ] The historic $4.7 million Apalachicola River slough restoration project, begun in 2020, has been completed.  Funded through Apalachicola Riverkeeper with a grant from the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, three sloughs were targeted: East River, Douglas Slough, and Spiders Cut. The East River, about 14 miles upstream of the John Gorrie Bridge in Apalachicola, takes a share of th…