The Apalachicola River Wildlife and Environmental Area is part of a
vast ecosystem that begins hundreds of miles away in the Chattahoochee
National Forest in Georgia. The 86,617-acre Apalachicola River WEA contains
the largest expanse of floodplain forest in Florida. The floodplain
forest of the lower Apalachicola River protects, feeds, and nurtures
Apalachicola Bay. One of the best ways to explore this land and water
immortalized in the film Ulee's Gold is by canoe or kayak. Here
you can fish for largemouth bass, catfish, striped bass, and bream,
and hunt dove, quail, squirrel, white-tailed deer, turkey, and waterfowl.
Enjoy the spring and fall wildflowers, some rare, some common, and the
abundant resident and migratory birds.
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