The water that flows from the Apalachicola River into Apalachicola Bay has its genesis in northern Georgia. Two river systems from Georgia, the Chattahoochee and Flint rivers flow into the Apalachicola near the Florida town of Chattahoochee to form the Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint River Watershed (ACF). There are many economical benefits associated within the ACF ecosystem for the Florida Panhandle. The benefits associated with ACF ecosystem are important for the ACF ecology and even the people that live in the ACF region in terms of their dependence on ecosystem services like food, clean water and electricity. First of all, ACF's ecosystem is a diverse ecosystem that maintains many different types of animal and plant species. ACF also provides many natural ecosystem services. These Read more [...]