Project Leader - Fisheries
Address
1601 Balboa Ave
Panama City, FL 32405
United States
Contact Chris Metcalf
Additional roles
Partners for Fish and Wildlife Coordinator; SE Aquatic Resource Partnership Liaison
Areas of expertise
Florida panhandle PFW focus
Working with landowners
Fisheries conservation and restoration
In The News
Fish passage barriers, like a dam removed in Gadsden County, prevent fish, mussels, and other aquatic wildlife from moving freely through waterways. Endangered freshwater mussels can now do their jobs of helping purify the water along Crooked Creek a bit better now that a longstanding dam has...
Biologists are conducting several thousand surveys in the Ochlockonee River Watershed to assess fish passage barriers and stream habitat conditions to prioritize restoration projects.
Nature-based living shorelines are essential to stabilize shorelines and reduce erosion, enhance coastal resiliency, and provide valuable habitat for wildlife.
Project maintenance is equally as important as initial restoration activities for streamside habitat management.