The preserve is a model of adaptive management, showcasing landscapes in all stages of restoration and rebirth.
Now, after decades of restoration, the sandhill community is returning to its former glory and again boasts healthy populations of wild turkey, bobwhite quail, Bachman’s sparrow, Florida pine snake and gopher tortoise. In 1982, TNC began the long journey towards nurturing the preserve back to health industrial timber production had left a much disturbed landscape where once was a vibrant longleaf pine forest. The preserve also protects longleaf pine sandhill uplands, breathtaking river bluffs, and million year-old fossils. The unusual geologic features present on the preserve provide refuge for rare and imperiled plants and animals-some found nowhere else on Earth, making this region one of five biodiversity hotspots in North America. Please check back for the latest information.Īpalachicola Bluffs and Ravines Preserve protects some of the rarest habitats: these natural communities include sandhills, slope forests, seepage streams, and massive exposed bluffs along the Apalachicola River. The Garden of Eden hiking trail remains open to the public- see trailhead location.
Notice of Impacts due to COVID-19 : For staff and visitor safety, the preserve office is closed and all preserve events have been cancelled until further notice.
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