WE HAVE TURTLE NESTS! Seventeen turtle nests, to be exact. Seventeen as of early June 2015 in South Walton county, and we are finding more every day. Wow. You might be asking if I have personally found any. Well….no. I’ve been out of town for a few weeks, so my fellow beach walkers have had […]
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As a child, how often were you asked to name your favorite animal? What did you answer? When you ask a child you know today, what do they say? Of course if you have had the pleasure of living in such a beautiful place as coastal Walton County, there’s a chance you’d hear sea turtles mentioned. Otherwise you […]
Read More »In recent years, Highway 30A in South Walton has become a destination for the rich and famous. We’ve had country singers galore, football players from colleges and the NFL, movie stars, and music execs. We even had a movie filmed here back in the 90’s, The Truman Show, and country singer Luke Bryan filmed a […]
Read More »Well, I did it. I’ve been talking the talk, and now I can say I have walked the walk. When I first heard about the new Friends of South Walton Sea Turtle group, I was excited to lend a hand. This group focuses on education and awareness about sea turtles and other sea life in […]
Read More »To celebrate Earth Day 2015, and the location of the first sea turtle nest in Panama City this morning, we have published our first digital newsletter, the FSWST Newsletter: Dig It! What’s Going On In this first issue, we let you know all about who we are, what we have been doing and what our […]
Read More »“We make a living by what we do, but we make a life by what we give.” ~Winston Churchill Starting something brand new is exciting and invigorating. The Friends of South Walton Sea Turtles is a new group that has been formed to educate the public and raise awareness about sea turtles and sea life […]
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